RE: Weekly NFL Picks Thread
November 6, 2013 at 1:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2013 at 1:16 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
(November 6, 2013 at 9:15 am)Tonus Wrote: I think the most notable thing about the situation in Miami is not that players bully and intimidate one another, especially if they are younger members of the league. It's that a player took actions that turned it into a public story. We're no longer in a day and age where the league and media can represent this as an isolated incident by a rogue lone wolf. Even ESPN's analyst's are admitting that it's a part of the culture of pro sports. One reporter opined that players are more likely to be angry with the young man who couldn't take the bullying, than they are with the knuckle-dragger who was harassing him.
In the military we try to solve things at the lowest rank level. Jumping the chain of command or disregarding it completely won't earn you too many friends. There was a better way he could have gone about it. If you're a 6-4 300 lb dude, surely you can manage to confront your bully, and if not, why not give the coach a shot at resolving the issue? I'm not condoning the things the guy said, but seriously...this thing has gotten WAY out of hand.
