Who remembers the days of Roger Staubach, Jim Brown, and Joe Montana? Are those days gone? Today the NFL seems to be consumed with domestic abusers; drunks, child abusers, animal abusers, and head hunters. In other words plain old Thugs. Yes we still have the Peyton Mannings, Marshawn Lynch's, and Reggie Waynes but these other types of players seem to be the rule now instead of the exception. The crazy hair hanging out of the helets is on the rise. The cocky celebrations after a score or big hit are happening all over. The vicious hits well after the play looking to maim the opponents rather then just get him down are the mantra of some teams and players.
Fans are fed up and are starting to turn off their sets and not going to games. What's scary is that it's just not in football. Watch an NBA or NHL game & you'll see some of these behaviors. Even our national past time is being affected. It all goes back to the lack of character being displayed in some of our youth programs. Recently we benched 3 players for a prank they played in their middle school. Our coach was questioned by some for the benching . People said that since we are a youth team and not a school team, the boys shouldn't be punished for something that happened in school. It's that kind of attitude that is allowing our youth to display similar behaviors as the pros. We need to send a clear message of what we expect and will tolerate from our professional athletes as well as all those in the public eye as well as ourselves. Enough is Enough.
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