Tua Tagovailoa Shares Disturbing Story How His Dad Disciplined Him After Bad Games

well, to his credit, his dad has been the only person to beat Tua, so far, so there must be something to it...

I was raised with the belt but beating your child for underperforming in a sports event is psychotic.

Guess this shits all over the "corporal punishment doesn't work" narrative .

He needs to learn what to say and not say. Last week media asked him what saban said at halftime and he said he didn't pay attention

There's no snowflakes in the Pacific Islands.

And Tua is now a heisman candidate, will graduate college, make millions in the NFL, and carries himself with class and dignity instead of being a thug POS. Maybe, just maybe, a dad being involved in his kids life and disciplining him leads the kid to grow up successful. Imagine that

Who didn't get beat with a belt as a kid?

I had a girlfriend in high school whose alcoholic mother would beat her if she didn't get straight As. She ended up valedictorian. She is now a crackhead with hep C.

After the way he played in the SEC championship game, I guess he's got an arse whooping coming.

His dad will really beat him now.

Dad targeted the knee.

Spare the rod and spoil the child. fricking world today is so soft!

Should make for great Gameday sign material.

More fathers need to be doing this.

Muh Pearl Clutchin

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There is a difference between getting a whipping and being beat. Media always blows stuff out of proportion. That being said, still a little extreme.

I see nothing wrong with this. Kids today are too soft.

He's probably talking about when his dad saw some obvious lazy actions on the and off the field leading to bad results. I doubt like hell his dad whipped him if he saw him play his heart out yet didn't perform well. Same with school. Typically though when you actually try your butt off in HS or College you can overcome the other team. In the pros it's different. Sometimes the other team is just not going to lose that day. Sometimes you see that in college also. HS is generally about talent. This dude has talent so I doubt there were many teams who could dominate him if he actually tried.

What’s so disturbing about this?