First off, RIP to McNair, who was one of the toughest guys the National Football League has ever seen. Thoughts and prayers, as always, go out to his family during this utter tragedy.
Me and my brother are huge football fans, my team is the Patriots because i'm in the east coast and I get to see every game, my whole family loves them and I grew up watching them at my Uncle's house during their first Superbowl and on. I grew to love them too, as they were fun to watch and knew how to win. My brother, however, was a huge Titans fan. How that came to be? I have no idea. But he loved them, and he was also a huge McNair fan. Now, me, I hated the Titans with a passion, but McNair I respected the hell out of. You'd hear the reports of him being too injured and too hurt to be able to practice, he'd always have to get attentin from the training staff, but each and every Sunday he'd go out and compete for his team and his fellow team-mates.
When the news first came out of his death, everyone was talking about the afore mentioned, how strong he was and how much of a leader he was. They would say he was a great guy, a great player to have on the same team as you, and a family man. Then came the news as to him being with a 20 year old female, and later on that she most likely shot him and killed hersef as the two of them were dating and had been for months.
Now, the focus shifted and the comments became more careful. What I don't understand is why his personal life, however wrong it is to commit an afair, should bar any weight on him being a good person. Look, is it wrong to cheat on your wife? Yes, but he isn't the first nor will he be the last man to do so. This doesn't change the fact that he is a good person though, it shouldn't cause people to be hesitant to say so, and it also doesn't change the fact that he could have been a good family man too. I'm sure he cared for his kids very well, as people reported before this whole mess came out, and although cheating is wrong it doesn't mean he didn't love his family and take care of them.
My point in all of this is that the fact that a man cheats shouldn't define him, as it seems to be doing in the case of McNair. He was a great NFL Quarterback, one whom me and my friends debate about being Hall Of Fame worthy, but he was also a nice guy as well. It's a shame that personal shit like this can change the entire perception of a man, sure some personal things are bad enough that it's warranted, but cheating? I really don't think it should unleash a backlash of negative thinking.
Me and my brother are huge football fans, my team is the Patriots because i'm in the east coast and I get to see every game, my whole family loves them and I grew up watching them at my Uncle's house during their first Superbowl and on. I grew to love them too, as they were fun to watch and knew how to win. My brother, however, was a huge Titans fan. How that came to be? I have no idea. But he loved them, and he was also a huge McNair fan. Now, me, I hated the Titans with a passion, but McNair I respected the hell out of. You'd hear the reports of him being too injured and too hurt to be able to practice, he'd always have to get attentin from the training staff, but each and every Sunday he'd go out and compete for his team and his fellow team-mates.
When the news first came out of his death, everyone was talking about the afore mentioned, how strong he was and how much of a leader he was. They would say he was a great guy, a great player to have on the same team as you, and a family man. Then came the news as to him being with a 20 year old female, and later on that she most likely shot him and killed hersef as the two of them were dating and had been for months.
Now, the focus shifted and the comments became more careful. What I don't understand is why his personal life, however wrong it is to commit an afair, should bar any weight on him being a good person. Look, is it wrong to cheat on your wife? Yes, but he isn't the first nor will he be the last man to do so. This doesn't change the fact that he is a good person though, it shouldn't cause people to be hesitant to say so, and it also doesn't change the fact that he could have been a good family man too. I'm sure he cared for his kids very well, as people reported before this whole mess came out, and although cheating is wrong it doesn't mean he didn't love his family and take care of them.
My point in all of this is that the fact that a man cheats shouldn't define him, as it seems to be doing in the case of McNair. He was a great NFL Quarterback, one whom me and my friends debate about being Hall Of Fame worthy, but he was also a nice guy as well. It's a shame that personal shit like this can change the entire perception of a man, sure some personal things are bad enough that it's warranted, but cheating? I really don't think it should unleash a backlash of negative thinking.