'Baby Gronk' story stirs reaction across sports world on social media

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The story of Madden San Miguel caught the attention of social media over the weekend as the young football player known as "Baby Gronk" and his dad were interviewed in The Athletic.

Jake San Miguel, the 10-year-old boy’s father, has helped his son gain more than 300,000 followers on social media. The boy’s Instagram is filled with pictures of himself in several different uniforms as well as photos with Aaron Judge, Mark Wahlberg and LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne. San Miguel told the publication he does all the marketing for his son and does his best to balance out reality with the internet.

"I’ve had a plan for my son since before he was born," he told The Athletic. "It’s playing out now."

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A football against a pylon before the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on Sept. 10, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

San Miguel added that his son is the "real deal" and that he "puts in a lot of work."

"It’s not just for content," he told The Athletic. "We put five or six days a week of training. He diets, he eats clean foods, salmon and brown rice. He is in a routine. He’s a real athlete. He’s not a normal kid. Normal kids are emotional. They put their head down when they make mistakes, talk back to the coaches, they make noises, but he doesn’t do that. He has been trained and programmed since he was 6 years old."

But the plan didn’t sit well with everyone in the sports world. The emphasis of putting young athletes into one sport for the rest of their young career is one of the hotly debated subjects in youth sports. 

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