Mama Drama

Does mother know best?  Yea, if you’re Norman Bates.

This year’s National Signing Day made us all feel a little bit better about our family life.  Seriously, who saw crazy mama drama coming?

High school football player, Alex Collins, signed his letter of intent, as well as his father, with the Arkansas Razorbacks.  But mom, who had failed to sign the papers and wants her son to go to the University of Miami, has hired a lawyer.  A LAWYER.

Mom legit stole Alex’s letter of intent when it arrived in the mail because she wants him to stay closer to home in Miami.  Did you tell your son how you feel woman?  Is it that hard to talk to your son?

This debacle happened two days ago and doesn’t seem like the drama is stopping with the lawyer.  For athletes younger than 21, national letters of intent are not valid unless they are signed by a parent or legal guardian.  Great.  I guess parents really can ruin their children’s lives.

Jack Paris, that attorney that Collin’s mother hired is from the Cochran Firm.  That’s right.  The Johnny Cochran Firm from the man who persuaded a jury that a murderer was innocent.  I guess Mrs. Collins feels like anybody from that firm can make the impossible happen.  Paris has released a statement about his client, “she is a loving and caring mother who only wants her son to choose a university without any outside of inappropriate influences.”  Wait, Mrs. McDonald, can you say that again to yourself while looking in the mirror.

It really sucks because National Signing Day should have been Alex’s day, one of the greatest days of his life, but his crazy Mom took that away from him.  For the rest of his life, Alex and everybody else in the Collins family will only remember that day as the day Mrs. McDonald went off her rocker.  I know there is a fine line between loving your mother and despising your mother because you can’t really hate her… she gave you life and raised you.  You are in debt to her the rest of your life because she gave you your life.  But seriously….you have to let your child make their own choices, especially when they are LIFE choices that will shape the rest of their lives.  And when it comes to athletes, their choices will affect the rest of their families lives as well.

College is the first time kids are treated (and act?) like adults but it makes it a little more difficult when the adults are acting like children themselves.  Seriously Mrs. McDonald, you love you son and love him so much you want him to stick around for college, but you have to let him find his own happiness.  I would hate for Alex to take back his decision and go to Miami for his mother.  Who the mofo wants to live with that life regret?  Ugh, that would suck major balls.

Maybe this is the Twilight Zone.  Alex and his mother made a deal with the devil that he would be an amazing football star only if he went to Miami.  His mom would just be taking care of business and trying not to piss off the devil by taking away his letter of intent with Arkansas.  But if it’s anything like the Simpsons, maybe her head will just turn into a giant donut.  YUM.