It's been a hot minute since I last posted....I apologize...I haven't had anything particularly inspiring to say....
Except that Brett Favre needs to retire...once and for all....once I get a Harry Potter wand...I will come up with a spell to convince him it's just time...sheesh...is he ever gonna learn how terrible and egotistical all this makes him look?
It's just time...you know?
And Stephon Marbury...smoking weed in your car and thinking it's ok because you're not driving...or on a team...uhhh weed is still ILLEGAL...what a distorted perception of reality!
And then there's Plaxico Burress...dude shoots himself in his own dang leg and gets suspended for the whole season...I mean I understand that he should be punished for bringing a loaded handgun into a public area....yadda yadda yadda...it could've gone off and killed an innocent bystander. HE SHOT HIMSELF....IN THE LEG....a leg he uses in his job to run...which doesn't matter anyway this year because he's suspended but DANG! I think shooting yourself and being publicly ridiculed should be considered at lest partial punishment.
In the news you read all the time about how these professional athletes have really jacked up perceptions of reality and monumental senses of entitlement. Combine the two and that's how you get the aforementioned cases not to mention countless others. The thing is though, that these two things are not a singular problem with professional sports...it starts in middle school and high school and only progresses with time. Anyone who's ever known anyone who would have been called a "star athlete" growing up can vouch first-hand how these individuals are coddled by coaches and communities.
Until they get cut from their teams and have no jobs....no completed educational background...and no real prospects outside the athletic world....you could almost feel bad for them....and then you realize they signed million dollar contracts...and you feel somewhat mollified...HASTA LUEGO!!
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