Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Stupid Coddled Athletes

Chad Pennington of the New York Jets told reporters yesterday that it was a “privilege” for them to be reporting on him and his fellow athletes. Please … without reporters these precious athletes would be no more than glorified high school heros. I don’t think he understands just how quickly the tide of public sentiment can turn. Just look at hockey: something like 60% of people polled recently didn’t even know that hockey was not being played this winter.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Count me among those 60%

It's a privalege for the athletes to be making zillions of dollars playing a game. The fans make that possible. Without the fans, the players are nothing. With the reporters, the fans are clueless. If the fans are clueless, they largely cease to be fans.

RFT

 
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