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Johnny Manziel gets the middle seat, makes national news

He’s the man, he’s the man, he’s the man (who needs you to get up every time he wants to use the restroom).

Bill Hanstock
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.

Johnny “Manziel” Football was recently spotted taking a flight via commercial airliner, which means that it’s a news story. Because everything Football “Jonathan” Football does is a news story. The nature of said news is that he got the middle seat, between some normal, salt-of-the-earth people.

(Note: Cleveland doesn’t need to be embarrassed, because it appears Football “Football” Football was flying Southwest, which has the most efficient available seating methodology, although sometimes you are stuck with a middle seat.)

Look how uncomfortable he looks! Just like literally any person that sits in the middle seat of an airplane, except richer. He was kind enough, however, to allow someone to take a picture of him while he listened to his music. (Or, as he calls it, his “ear-stories.”)

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