Michael Vick was the end of any sympathy I had for “misbehaving” sports figures. All their lives, these people are told, “You’re special. The rules don’t apply to you.”, in many subtle and direct ways. Then we are surprised when they fight dogs, mistreat women, and shoot people. Sorry, the rules still apply to these people, money and the opinions of sycophants do not change this fact. Don’t believe it? Simply watch the news, Michael Vick is only one example, and I will offer this from direct experience: my wife is the undergrad secretary for a department of the local university and she often fields requests for “grade adjustments” for university sports players - - - Given all the “misbehavior”, I’m astounded that people would even consider holding sports figures up as examples for their children. (HEY! Wait a minute! Maybe that helps explain the current state of society - - - (g!) )
Michael Vick was the end of any sympathy I had for “misbehaving” sports figures. All their lives, these people are told, “You’re special. The rules don’t apply to you.”, in many subtle and direct ways. Then we are surprised when they fight dogs, mistreat women, and shoot people. Sorry, the rules still apply to these people, money and the opinions of sycophants do not change this fact. Don’t believe it? Simply watch the news, Michael Vick is only one example, and I will offer this from direct experience: my wife is the undergrad secretary for a department of the local university and she often fields requests for “grade adjustments” for university sports players - - - Given all the “misbehavior”, I’m astounded that people would even consider holding sports figures up as examples for their children. (HEY! Wait a minute! Maybe that helps explain the current state of society - - - (g!) )