tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351799533521853514.post9128716275072103003..comments2023-04-01T18:12:18.850-04:00Comments on Addicted to Krak: Defending the Indefensible...krak1220http://www.blogger.com/profile/17680898395944696208noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351799533521853514.post-13824438448410968932009-09-12T12:27:13.522-04:002009-09-12T12:27:13.522-04:00Read this people....and remember, judge not, lest ...Read this people....and remember, judge not, lest thee be judged yourself...<br /><br />http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4467177krak1220https://www.blogger.com/profile/17680898395944696208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351799533521853514.post-2214113259964926092009-09-11T22:51:48.052-04:002009-09-11T22:51:48.052-04:00So apparently I was right. I was defending the ind...So apparently I was right. I was defending the indefensible. Players no longer have hearts that break when they leave a family member behind or have basic human rights. Once they sign a contract with a team, they are property of that team and they give up everything for a little extra money. Sorry, but I have a major problem with that. Money does not make everything better. If money made everything better, then rich people would not have any problems. Sometimes fans become jealous that athletes make a lot of money and that jealousy breeds contempt and a lack of sympathy for them. That's truly sad.krak1220https://www.blogger.com/profile/17680898395944696208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351799533521853514.post-2807558469694818892009-09-11T22:51:07.991-04:002009-09-11T22:51:07.991-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.krak1220https://www.blogger.com/profile/17680898395944696208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351799533521853514.post-26981312561440447242009-09-11T22:36:55.257-04:002009-09-11T22:36:55.257-04:00I have a difficult time feeling for athletes who e...I have a difficult time feeling for athletes who earn millions of dollars when they are traded to a city hundreds or thousands of miles away. They know going in that moving is a part of their professions. Unlike the "civilian" who is transferred these men can fly their families in for long weekend (and in first class) as often as they wish. <br />There was a time that an athlete could reasonably expect to stay with a team for most of his career. The TV special "When It Was A Game" clearly showed that it is no longer a game, it is a business and the players are not merely players thay are corporations. <br />Howard G.Howard Gleichenhaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861851687698760757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351799533521853514.post-74507404264811749162009-09-11T14:37:50.218-04:002009-09-11T14:37:50.218-04:00The sensitive side of Krak! I feel for Seymour.......The sensitive side of Krak! I feel for Seymour....as much as I can feel for a Pat. But, there is something youare overlooking. We (the "Fan'). Have been somewhat conditioned by player behavior to have no tolerance for their daily life struggles. For as many players are loyal and stick with a team there are equally those who hop from team to team, city to city in pursuit of a higher salary. That type of behavior forces us to see that the almighty dollar really does rule their world. Just a slightly different angle. My favorite example of this was back in the Cowboys hayday of the 90s with Troy, Emmitt, Irving and HARPER....Harper - a SOLID 2nd to Irving thought he could be the man and sold out to Tampa for a few hundred thousand dollars more (dont research that amount...I am still a chick with no propensity for those type of details), well, he could never be "The MAN" and within short order his career tanked. But, when he made this choice...he broke some Cowboy hearts. So, you see We have become a bit callous.Nikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351799533521853514.post-71204014929429304462009-09-11T14:37:02.049-04:002009-09-11T14:37:02.049-04:00you made some really good points. i agree, it'...you made some really good points. i agree, it's hard to have to go through something like this, but the fact is he gets paid a rather large sum of money each year to play a game while most other people get paid a mere fraction of that to do something much more beneficial to society. he should try living paycheck to paycheck and then see how his situation compares to what others have to go through. it's not that i don't feel sorry for him, but i really think moving to another town to live in another comfortable house without living paycheck to paycheck is not the worst thing in the world<br /><br />carlos garciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com