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Originally Posted by guy44
I just don't get why anyone gives a flying fuck what any of these athletes say. Who cares? Why get so angry? What difference does it make if Bronson Arroyo is a complete dick or a heavenly saint? Sometimes I feel like this overreaction to athletes' attitudes is like the male equivelant to the millions of women who freak out if Brad and Jen break up or whatever. It. Just. Doesn't. Matter.
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In the true scheme of life it doesn't. But on the other hand, sports is an emotional part of some people's lives, mine included. It's sense of pride to watch my Ohio teams suceed, and it is painful to watch them come into dead last and get reemed in the press.
To me, it bothers me when these athletes, making more in 1 year than probably 50% of the fan base combined, decide to cry about how mistreated they are.
Why?
Because I work very hard for my money (granted I love my job but there were many jobs before I hated), and there are times I wish I could act as a juvenile ingrate but I know I'd get my ass verbal warned or fired. Meanwhile, these "men" act like freaking little boys wanting to take their ball home when something doesn't go their way. They cry, they pout, they talk shit on their teams and the fans who pay their paychecks (that they have NO PROBLEM cashing), and they have no retribution to pay for these infractions.
Let's see Manny "be Manny" at a steel mill. Or see TO complain because the other guys at Best Buy work harder for their commissions (not sure Best Buy has commissions but it's a hypothetical and you get the point), or have Barry Bonds work as a cop in the Bronx for a pay that's barely enough to live on, or have Arroyo working as a teacher for next to nothing in South Central L.A. or see Tejeda working construction where maybe 3 months of the year there is no work and you have to live on unemployment.
In other words let's see these guys work "real jobs" for their money and see how fast they pull their whiny assed spoiled brat antics.
No one allows you to act in the ways that these guys do, so why is it ok for them to act that way? There's no excuse and I truly believe it's time the fans take back sports and tell players and owners alike, we don't want role models but we want professionals who are publicly grateful for what they get and to the fans. It is the fans that pay the paychecks and some of these people need to realize that when they shit on the fans, they need to face consequences.