I'm sick of all you arrogant vindictive "fans", waiting for some athlete to slip up so you can crucify him. This goes beyond Lynch, an athlete could be caught speeding on the freeway and there would be 100 messages about how "these arrogant scumbags think they're above the law---we should banish them from sports and make them have a real job like us"
Professional sports aren't a medium for your moral utopia. Athletes aren't perfect and they don't have to be, no one's perfect and giving someone millions of dollars isn't going to change that. There's nothing on the tickets you buy that says they have to be role models for your kids. Beyond showing up on gameday athletes don't owe you one thing.
If you're really concerned about drunk driving go join MADD, but if you have an ax to grind with athletes in particular (and I know you do), carrying a chip on your shoulder because they worked hard to become successful and you ended up as a miserable failure, then don't look for pity from me when your demands for heavy handed justice don't come to fruition.
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