Last thing first. I think one should be very careful when slinging around the tern Rhoid rage without evidence (not to mention recent medical studies even question whether Rhoid rage - that's a creation of the press-- even exists.). To be fair, make sure the next time your favorite actor wails on their partner to also accuse them of Rhoid rage since Hollywood is far and away the biggest consumer of PEDs. And they're not drug tested. No system is perfect but the NFL has implemented one of the most stringest drug testing policies of any professional sports league.
Most of all, DV is hardly limited to athletes. It is just much more prevalent within society than we want to think about. DV crosses ethnicities, socioeconomic status, etc.
Next you're comparing apples and oranges when it comes to jobs. Or celebrating. Do you go out and celebrate with a drink? Everybody celebrates in one way or another.
Next why pick on this freak injury and generalize it to all players and to the whole league? So if they walk and step off a sidewalk and injure themselves, they shouldn't walk? Or they hurt themselves in the weight room, they shouldn't train?
What boggles my brain is that everyone is so critical of athletes, calling them overpaid crybabies and at the same time, never mention the charitable things that many, many athletes do? But I really think that one really has to be an athlete to understand what they're thinking.
Valid points and questions.
Yes, I did use the term Roid Rage loosely. Since Lance Armstrong could beat the doping tests year after year, what makes you think NFL players with the paid doctors on board could not get past it? That said, these same doctors have so blown their hipocratic oath by telling players that injuries are not that bad, while pumping them full of pain meds, and pre game shots, along with massive doses of caffeine. I have worked with competitive Body Builders who were on the juice. I have seen first hand what it does to disposition, attitude, and temper outbursts.
At the same time, the majority of these guys like pain. They like inflicting it on others, and by the looks of all the tattoos and branding, they like it inflicted upon themselves. So why would they just stop on the field? They take it off the field because it is a way of life for some.
Yes, I am not comparing apples. These guys make Per Game what I make in a year. They blow play after play and the one single play they actually do what they are paid for, they have to dance and jump around like a 5 year old. It's totally uncalled for and has no place in Sport. Yes, I may celebrate with a drink or a pat on the back, but nobody is jumping and dancing like a little child.
Now, as far as charity goes, yes, the players and anyone else that makes that kind of money is advised to make donations for tax purposes. They may also have good will in mind but not all.
The media is not helping here also since they seem to zero in on all the thugs and hoodlums that are in the game, and we rarely see the stiories of yesteryear where as a kid I looked up to Bart Star, Johnny Unitis and the likes. Now we get to look up to Gang Thugs, Wife Beaters, Child Beaters, guys who shoot themselves drunk in bars.
I picked the video of the injury because it would not have happened if he just did his job and lined back up. But he had to taunt the opposing QB and jump around like a child, which cost him the season. These guys are paid huge sums of money to PLAY a GAME and they should just do that and be humble that they have the privilege to do so. A big majority of them can do nothing else and were pushed thru college because they played. Then they get quick rich and blow it all.
I will not purchase a ticket for Baseball or Football or Basketball. Hockey or Soccer, maybe.
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