People Are Offering WHAT For The Ben Franklin That Johnny Manziel Signed!!?

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Yo, remember that $100 bill that Johnny fuckin’ Football signed last weekend? Upon seeing self-proclaimed “Money Manziel” deface a perfectly good Ben Franklin on Sunday, I immediately remarked to another one of our editors that it definitely just went down in value. Had to, right? Thought maybe it’d be worth like $60 now with Manziel’s signature on it.

I mean, some people will tell you it’s even a Federal crime to deface U.S. currency, and given the way the statute actually reads, Johnny Manziel could even be prosecuted! As pertaining to 18 U.S.C. § 333: Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Look me in my eyes as a damn American and tell me Johnny Football’s whack signature right over Ben Franklin’s face didn’t deface the bill, because it did! Poor Ben.

(Side note: totally wishing I could’ve quoted 18 U.S.C. § 331 which governs defacing coins not bills, because it uses the terminology “fraudulently,” which would have also been super fitting here because, you know, Manziel is defrauding the whole city of Cleveland into thinking he’s a good quarterback (he’s not), by in part attributing “Money” to his John Hanconck here.)

I digress though, because apparently some goddamn lunatics are offering up to $1,000 for the Manziel signed federal reserve note, and excuse me while I go jump off a cliff.

CBSSports.com reports:

Manziel signed the $100 bill for Caleb Leach, who later told ESPN.com that he had received offers well north of that.

“We’ve had offers up to $1,000 for it on social media, but we don’t know if they’re legit,” Leach said Tuesday. “We’ve heard from some auction memorabilia people, too. But I think we’re going to hang on to it and see what it’s worth.”

So how did Leach decide to have Manziel sign money instead of something more conventional, like a jersey or a hat?

“I had a new hat and I didn’t want him to sign a new hat,” he explained.

For the record, anyone who asks an athlete to sign a hundo’ is an asshole too.

[via CBSSports.com]