another great role model

[baddest434]

maybe had they made the playoffs this might not have happened

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

[SteveR]

at least he didnt have his peeps shoot up a night club or something

[NJSPEEDER]

Jeez.....Just more proof that money doesn't buy brains. I would love to see baseball take a page from the NFL's book and start burning these guys foe the way they act.


-Tim

[Mike]

oh my ****ing god, no one on here has ever driven drunk. once again, if you let children use a 22 year old kid as a roll model, thats your problem. lets post all the stories of the actors overdosing and inventing crazy religions. because they are entertainers just like athletes

[NJSPEEDER]

Tom Cruise didn't invent his crazy religion, L. Ron Hubbard did.........10 years after he died. lol

-Tim

[Mike]

dosent matter who invented it, its a ****ing cult

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

oh my ****ing god, no one on here has ever driven drunk.

Nope and never plan on it.

[NJSPEEDER]

Mike, does someone else making the same stupid decision/mistake make it any better than someone in the spotlight did it? Is it magically less illegal because it happens regularly?

-Tim

[Mike]

its just as bad for everyone, but just because someone makes money and is on tv dosent make them a roll model. thats the problem i had with this

favre - substance abuse problems

the cowboys of the late 80s early 90s ------had a house just for it

i mean come on, if you dont know by now that these people arent roll models, its your problem, not theirs

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

its just as bad for everyone, but just because someone makes money and is on tv dosent make them a roll model. thats the problem i had with this

favre - substance abuse problems

the cowboys of the late 80s early 90s ------had a house just for it

i mean come on, if you dont know by now that these people arent roll models, its your problem, not theirs

But will a 9,10,11 or 12yr old know that they shouldn't be looking up to these people?

[NJSPEEDER]

So everyone should just let it all slide because they are rich and famous instead of holding them accountable?

I would love to see all drunk drivers and drug addicts dealt with. Seeing professional athletes lose the privilege of playing the games they love should be a part of that. If a DUI can cost someone their license and their job in the real world, it should in the baseball world too.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Frosty

But will a 9,10,11 or 12yr old know that they shouldn't be looking up to these people?

thats the parents job to raise their child and not just park them in front of a tv and hand them a remote. just because someone gets paid a lot to play a kids game, dosent mean they are a good person

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

So everyone should just let it all slide because they are rich and famous instead of holding them accountable?

I would love to see all drunk drivers and drug addicts dealt with. Seeing professional athletes lose the privilege of playing the games they love should be a part of that. If a DUI can cost someone their license and their job in the real world, it should in the baseball world too.

Tim, in real life they have special situations for people with minor or DUI offenses where they can serve their time without losing their jobs, be it community service or serving their time on weekends or paying heavy fines.

these players usually end up with something like that where they pay fines or donate time to education.

just because they make more money a fine structure written in stone should be modified just for them?

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

thats the parents job to raise their child and not just park them in front of a tv and hand them a remote. just because someone gets paid a lot to play a kids game, dosent mean they are a good person

I completely agree however not every child has good parents. Also, like it or not a lot of society glorifies athletes. Right or wrong they do. Like it or not players have the responsibility to live up to certain standards, like it or not they ARE viewed as role models.

Everyone makes mistakes, maybe the situation with this guy is an isolated incident but dip****s like Pacman Jones should be crucified.

[Knipps]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

dosent matter who invented it, its a ****ing cult

and no other religion is?

[NJ Torque]

kinda ironic that the ad above that article is for patron?