2007-05-11 05:17:59 · 16 answers · asked by ATLBALLAG35 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
1) Their employers.
2) People with too much time on their hands.
3) People who need a cheap excuse to deride a talented player from another team.
Anyone who ever uses the line, "My kids look up to these guys," or some variation of that, is merely saying "I don't bother to raise my kids." Blaming athletes doesn't make up for the fact that you didn't bother to teach your kids right from wrong.
2007-05-11 05:48:22 · answer #1 · answered by iamnotyou 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Funny you ask this question as you're apparently from Atlanta. Remember Eugene Robinson's fiasco before the Superbowl against Denver? Nothing could have shaken up the Falcons more than something like that. What happens to players off the field affects what they do on the field, as well as team chemistry. Then there's fan loyalty, endorsements, league image, and personal ethics. Sometimes the press puts way too much effort into reporting things that are trivial or that should be kept private, but especially when it comes to legal trouble, everyone has a right to care.
2007-05-11 14:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by rockstarnomad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When those off-field issues happen to endanger the lives other people then it is important and should be dealt with as well as cared about. You have football players being arrested on gun possession charges and then you have a football player who might have instigated a shooting, you have ballplayers arrested for DUI all of the time. You think its okay for ballplayers to be driving around under the influence? Would you still feel the same way if one of those ball players was drunk and killed someone close to you? Would you still feel that these off-field issues were not something to care about. You think its okay for these individuals to carry weapons in their cars? If they choose to use it, then the public becomes an innocent victim.
2007-05-11 23:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by Mister 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't, I like to watch the game and not learn about what the players off-field issues are. It's none of my (and the rest of the American public's) buisness what the players do off the field and I respect that.
2007-05-11 22:26:54 · answer #4 · answered by elkcip_rider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do- I'm a Chicago Bears fan and Tank Johnson is a great player with huge potential on the field- but also huge potential to do stupid stuff off the field. He probably won't last long on our team because of it. You've got to think of the kids watching these guys, too, though
2007-05-11 12:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by hackwilson76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally could care less about players issues. I'm sure the teams do because they have to pay them and expect them to perform to a certain code of conduct. Unless they break into my house or steal my car, I could care less. I've got enough problems of my own to take care of.
2007-05-12 18:15:14 · answer #6 · answered by tom m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it would appear that the Commish cares about their off the field problems.
I would say many people care about the off the field issues. How about the guy whose wife was killed By Leonard Little of the Rams while driving drunk. I bet he cares. How about Levi Jones who was held back and then sucker punched by the cowardly Joey Porter. How about the numerous wives of fotball players who get abused by their husbands? I bet they care. How about the guy who was killed by Ray Lewis "entourage", I bet his family cares as well. Need we go on?
2007-05-11 13:14:36 · answer #7 · answered by darkspacetrooper 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Me, A fan who pays close to a $1000 a year for tickets and then sees his money getting thrown all over a strip club floor by Pac Man Jones. As big as an anti commi pro capitalism fan as I am, its rediculous what these sports teams make and charge. And then what they do with the money is even more rediculous.
2007-05-11 12:26:34 · answer #8 · answered by Relax Guy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should. If someone in another job did what some of these thugs do, they would be in prison. I love pro sports (more so than college which has plenty of thugs as well) but these guys are paid millions of dollars to act like idiots. It is fans like you and myself that keep these guys careers going and if they want to act like a punk, get a real job!
2007-05-11 12:22:31 · answer #9 · answered by Tina L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The league knows that there are children who idle their favortie sports stars......If you allow players to do thing off the field it puts on the display that they are allowed to break the rules because they are good at sports.....
This is not a good thing to teach our youth
2007-05-11 12:20:34 · answer #10 · answered by balla4life2020 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋