Three Smart Brothers

My Backbone...

It is said that each action has a reaction. We feel this is a true statement--short term gratification can ultimately set you up for long term suffering and each person, young or old, must be willing to accept that trade off. Choice is such an elementary word, you learn how to spell it and what it means as a first grader, but yet it impacts you your entire life. Choice has separated many people who become labeled good or bad, smart and not so smart.

We witnessed a lot of people while growing up making bad choices when we were growing up. We decided when we were kids not to make those same bad choices. We are not saying it was easy but when you have a support group like we had with each other and a very strong mother who guided us,  the good choices become less difficult. Why people make bad choices, our mother would say, is that they want to be popular and they want to have friends. But you guys have each other. When all is said and done your brothers and I are going to be your backbone. So that is what we did.


We have never really considered ourselves to be smart guys, but others may. We just think we are regular guys that made smart decisions, decisions such as not taking the easy route of getting on the corner but by challenging each other to go to school. We all chose Grambling State University and finishing with a degree or two. This, our education, was something that we feel is invaluable because no one can take it away from us.

Making the choice to earn our degrees assisted us to build bridges that allowed us to enter fields of our choice. Ontario Money Johnson is currently working as an investigator with the Department of Labor, Michael Tron Beavers is currently working as an investigator with the State of California and Keyon Johnson works within the NFL, LFL, NBA as well as the Pac-10. The three of us are big sports fans and community-oriented and with these characteristics, we decided to combine the love of sport with the community and established our new venture, Pick 6 Flag Football LLC www.pick6ff.com.  The mission of Pick 6 Flag Football is to create positive and competitive flag football tournaments throughout the year that gather the community together to promote the social, athletic and competitive spirit of football. Our events provide opportunities for adults and children, regardless of their age, race, nationality, economic status, and sexual orientation to enjoy healthy competition, develop teamwork skills, good self-esteem, and learn the fundamentals of fair play and good sportsmanship.

We will tell anyone that is willing to listen is that anything you want to do in life is possible. We have proven that through our story. We looked up to positive people in and around our lives that we could actually see and talk to.  We didn't really look up to celebrities because they never came to where we lived.  Our mother was the 'Smart Woman' that we saw doing everything she could to secure the best for us.  So please do not use anything as a crutch, obstacles are definitely going to come into your life but smart guys know how to fight through them and choose to keep pressing forward. Set goals that you want to achieve and then set objectives or ways you can achieve those goals. Then follow that path and you will get to where you want to be.

Three Smart Brothers,

Ontario Money Johnson, Michael Tron Beavers, Keyon Johnson

You can follow their ventures Pick 6 Flag Football LLC at www.pick6ff.com And be sure to check out Keyon's Superbowl project At the 50 Yard Line www.atthe50yardline.com