More and more athletes are getting in trouble and, to put it lightly, tarnishing their careers and ‘legacies’. And this perception of athletes and the sports they play is hurting the fan base, hurting me.
But I don’t want to believe it.
I want to believe in a WHITE KNIGHT. I want to believe that these guys we look up to are just as good of people as they are athletically. I want to believe that, not that they can do no wrong, but the miniscule mistakes they make on a daily basis are no worse than the ones I make as well. I want to believe they can and should be idols to so many kids that watch them year in and year out. I want to be naïve.
I don’t like Brett Favre; not because of the situation that arose with Jenn Sterger, I just don’t like the way he plays. But, then within the past few days I found myself defending the guy when people started taking shots at his career and who he is as a person.
Why can’t I, as a fan, watch a game without also seeing the TMZ Special inside their personal lives?
]I just want to see an athlete as the God-gifted, talented, non-human, playing the game for the love instead of the money, jersey wearing individual in their element and accept this as the ultimate truth.
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