Jan 26, 2010

The Year of the #Fail in Sportsmanship



So far this year, in which I consider from say August until now, has been the failure of so many young athletes. Starting from the beginning of the football season and Brandon Marshall suspension , LeGarrette Blount Punch  and many many more issues too numerous to mention. Including the tweet by Larry Johnson that brought on his release by the Kansas City Chiefs, sending him to the Cincinnati Bengals.

The #fails of Tiger Woods and Arenas Gilbert has shed light on the professional sports world and it's transgressions as well. Or should we say a darkness. It depends on who you would ask. First and foremost we are all human and created equal you might say, but some are more vulnerable and their lives are out in the open for all to see unlike you and I. And those are the ones the analyst say gave up that right to privacy. So where do you draw the line? At least we haven't heard any problems out of Michael Vick this year and so far he has proven that one can make mistakes and learn from them. Should Mark McGwire be prone to more scrutiny?

The Michigan State Spartans suspended two more players from a campus fight that stemmed from a Nov. 22 assault at a campus residence hall. This happened not long after a brawl took place on another major college campus, Kansas University, which involved not only the football program but the well thought of basketball program.



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