Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 984 Not doing business properly
Shock, impact, break out of the circle, and create history!
The heat waves came one after another, and there was no way to stop them. There was no end in sight. I once again deeply felt Levi's influence, his overwhelming force.

However, fame brings troubles -

Envy, jealousy, rejection and all kinds of negative emotions began to grow.

Back then, Beckham emerged out of nowhere and broke the barriers of competitive sports. The tide of highly commercialized sports invaded the industry. Although Beckham became a leading figure, he was also besieged by the media and his peers.

In the past twenty years, the world has changed dramatically, but at the same time, the parts that have not changed are far beyond imagination, such as the jealousy rooted deep in the soul.

Like Beckham, the attacks on Levi were vented in full force.

"Fashion icon Levi - so, Levi is planning to change careers for the second time?"

"Levi, Mad Men!"

“From the court to the red carpet, has Levi’s career gone off the rails?”

"Levi, Hollywood's new darling, has his football talent been consumed by the media?"

"The new king of advertising endorsements, Levi has become the first person in the league to earn off-field income. He is the first football player in history to earn over $100 million a year. Does this mean that his brand value has surpassed the value of football?"

"Levi, do you remember which direction the gate to the training ground opens?"

The blame was overwhelming.

Obviously, many people are resentful and have been enduring it for a long time.

Endorsements. Commercials. Talk shows. Movie premieres.

As if all this wasn’t enough, now they’re even getting into the fashion industry and setting trends?
So, what’s the next step? Are you ready to use your hairstyle to create topics like Beckham did, causing heated discussions every time you change your hairstyle?
If Levi showed up tomorrow with a Mohawk or a bald head, the media and netizens would explode and scream—

I knew it!

Obviously, there is too much news outside the stadium, which seriously interferes with the attention, and the accusations surrounding Levi's "not doing his job properly" can no longer be controlled.

Not only the media, but netizens as well.

In fact, compared with netizens, these news headlines from the media can be described as "merciful", without swear words, curses, or ugly personal attacks.

Logging into social networks is the real hell.

This scene is amazing.

Some people may be confused and think, how come everyone was singing praises for Levi not long ago, how come they suddenly turned against him?

The answer is that when you are famous you are prone to gossip.

It has always been this way. There are as many negative voices as there are praises. This is the way of doing things in the era of social networks.

After all, after two consecutive seasons of historic performances, Levi became the public enemy of the entire league after entering his junior year. There were constant voices questioning whether the running back could deliver peak performances for three consecutive seasons, even more exaggerated than in any previous year.

After all, last season Levi completed the personal honor grand slam, including regular season MVP, Super Bowl MVP, and top 100 players, and he is only a sophomore. He has been in the league for only two years and has entered the GOAT discussion. It would be strange if there was no wave of doubts.

From all aspects, the coming season will be a severe test for Levi and the Kansas City Chiefs, with the entire league surrounding them.

It is in this context that the wave of off-court news about Levi is getting more and more intense. Those fanatical fans are eager to put the GOAT hat on Levi's head as soon as possible and try their best to heap all the praise on Levi.

Then, the backlash came.

While all teams are preparing for the new season and welcoming the arrival of the preseason, Levi goes to New York alone to attend a fashion brand's launch conference?

What does Reid think? What about the other Kansas City Chiefs players who work hard and concentrate on training? What about the preseason? Will Levi's performance in the new season be affected by this? The condemnation is coming in full force.

All kinds of weird rumors, such as not doing his job properly, being arrogant, relying on his talent to take advantage of others, and things have changed, have exploded, accusing Levi of no longer focusing on the game and even training, and not being able to concentrate on training as he had in the past two seasons.

Even the news about the offseason training camp was drowned out by the sensational off-field highlights, and the Internet's goldfish forgot all about it as soon as they turned around.

All of a sudden, Levi was caught in the center of the storm, and concerns and doubts about the new season were endless. Even the media in Boston and Pittsburgh had already thrown out the conclusion -

Levi has run out of ideas and his performance next season is bound to be a disaster.

The entire social network is torn apart.

On one hand, there were endless voices singing praises for the Nike and Louis Vuitton events, with one after another congratulating Levi for making history again.

On the other hand, the voices complaining, accusing, and besieging Levi were also rising steadily, reaching new highs in both quantity and quality, and a grim atmosphere permeated the air.

So, what about Levi?

In the midst of this hurricane, how did the parties involved respond?
"...".

That was the answer, silence.

Levi disappeared, completely invisible.

After returning to Kansas City, the team went into lockdown, blocking all media out, with everyone from coaches to players refusing to be interviewed.

Even when reporters surrounded and blocked them at the entrance of the training base or in the parking lot, the players all kept their mouths shut, lowered their heads, avoided them, and hurried away.

Not only players and coaches, but also people related to the team are no exception.

Even if he was just a small stadium manager, when he saw the reporter, he was like a mouse seeing a cat, and he ran away on his wheels.

The Kansas City Chiefs are filled with a tense atmosphere inside and out, as if a storm is about to come, and one can vaguely sense the atmosphere within the team.

Everything seems familiar——

This was what happened when the relationship between Beckham and Ferguson began to deteriorate and they eventually fell out. Manchester United was exactly the same at that time.

Amid the hustle and bustle, Lawson from "Inside the Alliance" tried to remind:

He doesn't think things are that simple.

Levi went to New York to participate in an event before the preseason was about to begin. This must have been agreed by Reed, otherwise Levi would not have acted on his own.

Now the publicity effect of the event has far exceeded expectations, and this is not Levi's responsibility. Levi returned to the team's training base as soon as possible. This action itself explains a lot of problems.

In fact, a similar thing happened when Levi was with the Alabama Crimson Tide. It seemed that there was a disagreement and conflict between Levi and the coaching staff; but later it was proved that this was just a smokescreen, their strategy to confuse their opponents.

Lawson believed that the same was true of the Kansas City Chiefs before him.

However, this time Lawson was in the minority.

People generally believed that Lawson, a "Levi fan", was blinded by his own fanaticism and did not see the truth. They all asked Lawson to wake up and look at the facts before him.

From all aspects, there should be cracks within the Kansas City Chiefs. Levi's lack of focus and dominance are becoming a problem.

This is not just a hidden danger, it is already a problem, a serious problem!
(End of this chapter)