Derek Carr Gets Ripped On Twitter For Praising Child Collecting Recyclables To Pay For College

All professional athletes know most things he or she say on social media, especially Twitter are going to have some backlash. Derek Carr wasn’t expecting this to be one of them.

The Raiders QB, who’s spending his offseason rehabbing from a broken leg, sent out this tweet praising a child for earning money to pay for college (when the time comes) by collecting recyclables.

Saw that a 7 year old is collecting recyclables so he can pay for college.. has made 10k. Get off your tail and go work hard 4 what you want

— Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) February 9, 2017

The tweet prompted quite a few people who took offense…

@derekcarrqb I too am pro-child labor

— Barry Petchesky (@barry) February 9, 2017

If you go to can boy’s site it becomes clear that it’s his parents’ recycling business and Ryan is mostly a marketing tool.

— Barry Petchesky (@barry) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb Aluminum can is most valuable. $.82/lb. 34 cans/lb. $10k/.82=12195lbs. 12195*34=414,630 cans. I do not believe a 7 yo did that.

— GitKilbert (@GitKilbert) February 9, 2017

saw that a 10 year old has been selling his blood so he can afford a class trip to the aquarium. whats your excuse?

— DOJay Glazer (@OhWowHmm) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb what the fuck is wrong with you. Kids shouldn’t have to work.

— Chelsey (@chel_sey23) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb 10K! Wow! He can pay for half a semester at a state school!

— Amy Miransky (@AmyMiransky) February 9, 2017

Just saw a 10 year old is gluing on a fake beard and walking in stilts to work as a longshoreman for lunch money. What’s your excuse?

— Howard Whosman (@FanSince09) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb my 9 month old son crushes aluminum cans with his teeth all day to help pay my student loans

— Antifa Jeb (@neaterguyonline) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb So a parent is bringing their kid along on a sub minimum wage job to pay for his college. That shouldn’t have to happen, dude.

— ☠j/o power & assoc.☠ (@bizmarkiedesade) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb do you have brain damage?

— She Persisted (@rwaldron) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb what if i told you this is actually bad

— scott e burberry (@pukalogy) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb I hate lazy 7 year olds too. Let’s put them in the NFL so they can work like the rest of us!!

— Jerry Hernandez (@TheRealJerryH) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb pic.twitter.com/pkw0lLMvqp

— Elite Breed (@Carnage45) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb says a guy who went to college for free?

— Jason Q. Public (@CrazyAteCrazy8) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb poor people, rifle through garbage cans like a dog if you want college

— googling mons pubis (@agoodstrongwife) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb Yeah, because children should spend their free time doing menial tasks instead of playing, learning, and living happy.

— Jeremy Glassford (@JeremyGlassford) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb Nothing screams “I’m a Christian” quite like voicing your approval of child labor.

— Rando Calrissian (@RCalrissian) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb Think before you tweet sir. Please.

— Clayton Bigsby (@cw2147) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb Privileged much? Many do work 40 hrs/wk & still can’t make ends meet. Maybe they aren’t working hard enough? Advice needed.

— Lisa Mitchell (@LMMitchell614) February 9, 2017

@derekcarrqb Making America Great Again pic.twitter.com/djSTDNaVb7

— The Monster (@boris3324) February 9, 2017