Is This What It's Come To?

RG III's dad is sticking his nose into Redskins business:

Robert Griffin III and his father have become targets for blame. Bleacher Report’s Jason Cole reports that a “hardheaded” Robert Griffin III and and his “interfering” father have become problems for embattled head coach Mike Shanahan and his staff.

Cole reports that Griffin’s father has become a nuisance to the Redskins, acting like the college stage dad that some people warned NFL executives about before the 2012 draft.

In recent weeks, according to two sources close to the situation, the elder Griffin has politicked Dan Snyder to hire Baylor coach Art Briles, who coached the younger Griffin to a Heisman Trophy, to replace Shanahan.

I don't think I've ever heard of an NFL player's father doing such a thing. Is this the most pathetic example of helicopter-parenting (he's a goddam qb in the NFL, for fuck's sake!), or just something in the sport we're gonna hafta get used to?

"You hear that, Pop? Get 'em!"