It isn’t unusual for ESPN to double down on this type of stuff.
After everyone felt uncomfortable about how much tragedy porn they were using for prospects they decided to release a statement saying it isn’t changing.
Our NFL Draft coverage analyzes the prospects on the field and introduces the human side of the players by telling their stories, including the obstacles their families have overcome as part of the journey to the NFL.
What that means is you are going to have to expect this to continue to happen and you know why?
Because these things go viral and they care about the engagement and people talking more than anything else.
Flip the pages for some of the tweets with the prospects.