First of all, Steve McNair did not deserve to be murdered.
Nobody deserves such a fate from his girlfriend while lying on the couch.
The sad reality of McNair’s death concerns the circumstances surrounding it.
Now we find out that McNair had perhaps as many as three girlfriends; the one who killed him thought he was breaking off their relationship because of another one.
And as we all know, McNair was married with four kids.
It appears a majority of people in Tennessee could care less about McNair’s lifestyle because he was a great football player.
If you succeed on the field, local fans turn a blind eye to what you do off the field.
No wonder San Francisco Giants fans supported (suspected) steroids user Barry Bonds. No wonder Los Angeles Dodgers fans are backing Manny Ramirez after a 50-game, drug-related suspension.
Cheating – whether it’s with drugs or infidelity with women – doesn’t seem to matter if you are a sports hero.
Take former NFL running back Travis Henry. He has nine kids with nine different women (married to none) and has now been sentenced to three years in prison for financing a drug trafficking operation that moved cocaine between Colorado and Montana.
Recently, we learned from former North County Times sportswriter Mike Sullivan that Antonio Cromartie of the San Diego Chargers has seven kids (all under age 5) by five different women. He’s not married or engaged to any.
Cromartie was a hero in 2007; a bust in 2008 because of a hip injury. With his off the field activities, he’s obviously distracted in more ways than one.
Like all others, Cromartie puts on his pants one leg at a time. From now on, hopefully he’ll keep his pants on … both on the field and off!
Nobody deserves such a fate from his girlfriend while lying on the couch.
The sad reality of McNair’s death concerns the circumstances surrounding it.
Now we find out that McNair had perhaps as many as three girlfriends; the one who killed him thought he was breaking off their relationship because of another one.
And as we all know, McNair was married with four kids.
It appears a majority of people in Tennessee could care less about McNair’s lifestyle because he was a great football player.
If you succeed on the field, local fans turn a blind eye to what you do off the field.
No wonder San Francisco Giants fans supported (suspected) steroids user Barry Bonds. No wonder Los Angeles Dodgers fans are backing Manny Ramirez after a 50-game, drug-related suspension.
Cheating – whether it’s with drugs or infidelity with women – doesn’t seem to matter if you are a sports hero.
Take former NFL running back Travis Henry. He has nine kids with nine different women (married to none) and has now been sentenced to three years in prison for financing a drug trafficking operation that moved cocaine between Colorado and Montana.
Recently, we learned from former North County Times sportswriter Mike Sullivan that Antonio Cromartie of the San Diego Chargers has seven kids (all under age 5) by five different women. He’s not married or engaged to any.
Cromartie was a hero in 2007; a bust in 2008 because of a hip injury. With his off the field activities, he’s obviously distracted in more ways than one.
Like all others, Cromartie puts on his pants one leg at a time. From now on, hopefully he’ll keep his pants on … both on the field and off!
1 comment:
It sure seems like in America if you are a great sports star then at the very least your home town fans will forgive you. No wonder America's youth is so confused about who to look up to; their favorite sports stars are running around planting their seeds and praying for a crop failure or else buy, selling, using or financing drug deals. Like the old song says "Where Have you gone Joe DiMaggio."
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