Originally Posted by
Fritz
...And that is the truth. Guys can be rapists or child-beaters or cheaters, and for the most part, they get away with it - as long as they are stars on the field. But the minute that performance slips, we're all of a sudden indignant at their terrible behaviors.
You've also got to consider that many, most, of these guys have been told from a very young age that they were special. So they got special treatment as a result of their athletic prowess: passed through their classes in high school and college without having to do much if any work. Slide past trouble other people would get busted for because the school needed them in the big game. Girls provided. Drugs. Everybody wants to be their friend, most everybody wants to lick their asses. You give this kind of life to any human being, and that person is bound to be changed by the experience. Mostly not for the good. Mostly those people start believing they ARE different, they ARE special, because that's what they've been told their whole life. So it's all understandable. Sad, but understandable.
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