If you haven't seen it by now, you likely haven't been on the internet much over the last 24 hours. A video started circulating Tuesday night featuring a boy apparently disgusted that Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid would not sign his jersey during an autograph session. After getting a card signed, he tosses his McDavid jersey into a pool of water below.
The video garnered a ton of reaction, from laughter to people berating the child for being a spoiled brat. The video had been originally posted by the boy's father but was removed after he received some serious backlash. Of course, nothing posted on the internet is ever truly gone and the video went viral any way. Now, the boy's aunt is attempting to explain why he reacted the way he did.
In a post on Facebook, the aunt explains the child is nine-years-old and waited in line for six hours to meet his idol and get his jersey autographed. The reason he was so upset wasn't necessarily that he couldn't get his jersey signed but that McDavid has signed jerseys and other pieces of memorabilia before it was the boy's turn in line. A photo was posted showing McDavid at the same event signing the jersey belonging to another young boy.
"Apparently the licensing or brand or whatever as (the) reason and it was posted. He was only signing cards you get at the station," wrote the aunt. McDavid was signing memorabilia people had, he signed an Oilers' Medallion for my bro-in-law but not my nephews Jersey. My nephew was crushed."
The aunt goes on to explain that this was never brought to her nephew's attention in advance and he was simply waved off, something that hit the boy hard.
While many will see the jersey-tossing as an overreaction, anyone with kids will tell you they overreact sometimes, despite your best efforts to teach them otherwise. Ultimately, people will form their own opinions and the video will be essentially be forgotten in a few days.
