committed suicide<\/a>. He was involved in a police pursuit and car crash before texting his family \u201cgoodbye.\u201d<\/p>\nEluemunor openly struggled with mental health early in his NFL career and worked hard to restore his confidence and get his career on track. He is enjoying his best season in Year 9.<\/p>\n
\u201cA couple years ago when [Chargers star] Khalil Mack had that six-sack game, three of them were on my side,\u201d Eluemunor said. \u201cI had thousands of comments coming at me. A lot of hateful stuff that made me shrivel up a little and wonder if I wanted to keep playing, but that\u2019s just how it is. You are in the public eye, so you have to learn how to roll with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
It used to be that amateur college athletes were treated with more sensitivity. The NIL checks and transfer-portal professionalization of the NCAA has led to the removal of all kid gloves.<\/p>\n
Jermaine Eluemunor speaking to the media after practice at the Giants Training Facility in East Rutherford, NJ. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
St. John\u2019s star Bryce Hopkins jumped teams within the Big East, leaving notoriously vitriolic Providence feeling spurned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was receiving a lot of backlash for making my decision and coming here, but it comes with the sport, and you just have to be positive,\u201d Hopkins said. \u201cSome of [it], you can\u2019t really look into it too much because there\u2019s a lot of burner accounts, and it could be a kid saying something behind an account. You just have to be strong mentally and have a good support system around you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Yankees address the pitfalls of social media with their players during media-training sessions each spring training.<\/p>\n
The focus isn\u2019t just on what players post or \u201clike,\u201d but the unregulated vile messages directed at them and their loved ones, which have seemingly increased in conjunction with legalized sports betting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn many ways, it\u2019s the wild wild west,\u201d a Yankees official said. \u201cWe try to impart the idea that you don\u2019t need to find validity or applause through the posts of strangers. Everything is right there at your fingertips, including the unsavory and ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The big gamble<\/p>\n
Every yard gained, goal scored and rebound grabbed is attached to a prop bet.<\/p>\n
So it\u2019s not just Jets fans and Giants fans that are unhappy with the way the NFL season is going in New York. Those people can vent by booing at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone feels like they have a personal right to whatever your stat line is,\u201d Jets receiver Garrett Wilson said. \u201cThey\u2019re not thinking of the fact that they might lose [a bet] going into it. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s actually dangerous, but if you go through your DMs sometimes, it might feel that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrew Thomas (78) reacts as he leaves the field after the San Francisco 49ers beat the Giants 34-24 in East Rutherford, NJ. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
Harassment isn\u2019t just limited to DMs sent on X or Instagram. What do you see when you open an app to split the cost of dinner with a teammate?<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople Venmo request me [for their losses],\u201d Giants receiver Darius Slayton said. \u201cFantasy and gambling has taken it to a whole other level, but obviously fantasy and gambling aren\u2019t going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asking 20- and 30-somethings to stay off their phones and avoid the hate all together is na\u00efve \u2014 with few strong-minded exceptions.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not going to beat the internet,\u201d Jets safety Tony Adams said. \u201cIf you know junk food is bad for you, don\u2019t have it in the house. If I know that those comments are cruel and rude, why even allow it to come to my DMs? Why even allow it to come to my comments?\u201d<\/p>\n
The prevailing opinion is people say things to athletes on social media that they never would in person, though Gano said he has had hateful things said to his face. Reacting is a no-win situation.<\/p>\n
Stanek hopes the leagues figure out a protective solution before the threats are no longer empty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more it goes on, the more the league needs to figure something out because there\u2019s enough crazy people out there that might do something, that you don\u2019t want to have the league wait until the worst-case scenario happens to a player because of the gambling stuff,\u201d Stanek said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a tough landscape now that players are dealing with because the teams are making so much money off [gambling] that they don\u2019t want to fix the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, professional athletes are making millions, too.<\/p>\n
But money doesn\u2019t buy peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cI try not to let it get to me, but there are definitely times that I reach breaking points,\u201d Brunson said. \u201cI try not to let the world see it because people don\u2019t really care about your problems, but I think that when my family is around, I\u2019m allowed to be vulnerable, I\u2019m allowed to say what\u2019s on my mind, say what\u2019s on my chest, and not feel any certain way about it. But it definitely crosses a line.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Additional reporting by Zach Braziller, Brian Costello, Greg Joyce, Mike Puma, Mark W. Sanchez, Jared Schwartz, Ethan Sears and Howie Kussoy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Ryne Stanek walked into the clubhouse after letting a close game get away from the Mets, he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11651,3921,19091,4777,20,21,9,2683,11,6821,430,1104,320,10,22,319,6115,3363],"class_list":["post-32820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-andrew-thomas","tag-darius-slayton","tag-graham-gano","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-mlb","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-new-york-jets","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-st-johns-red-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}