Dont it make you sick.

It does make me sick. To think of a guy getting paid that kind of money to play a game. To hold these guys up as heroes for our young people and then wonder why kids are following after the pattern of these professional performers who cannot handle what they are making or the lifestyle that kind of money brings. It makes me sick that a guy can perform and then be excused for the choices of drugs, violence ,etc .And then after their retirement be placed on a pedestal ie "Ring of Honor". What does this teach our younger generation? They need some heroes that r real life heroes. JMO but I believe at the professional level athletes should get their chance but if they blow it with bad choices they should be dismissed and let another kid come in and live their dream of professional sports. The cost is too high our kids are watching these monkeys perform and some things at that level should not be excused. Let me step down off the soapbox by saying that not all pro guys are bad examples and I do believe in second chances but we gotta be careful who and what we "honor". In the famous words of Earl Pitts "Wake up America!" JMO