Wisdom lost through the ages, common sense is no longer common.
The NFL, National Football League, has a tremendous problem.
The kneeling incident, created by several black players. protesting the actions of police who have upheld the law by arresting and sometimes shooting activists who have resisted arrest and threatened the lives of police officers, is backfiring on the league.
Fans are getting tired of the continuous protests, especially since they are based on a lie.
There was no police brutality, and in most cases, no racism. Just police officers upholding the law and protecting their own lives.
But it is a bigger problem than that, and it has been coming for a long time.
At one time, athletes were role models, someone a kid could look up to and emulate, someone to model their life after. Athletes lived to a higher standard, they avoided trouble, and tried to live a good moral life.
That time has disappeared, especially in the NFL and the NBA, in today’s world many have fallen from grace and are no longer role models.
About half of the NFL players have some sort of police record and many have served time in jail.
Except for congress, no organization has this high of a crime rate.
I wonder if this is why they don’t like the police?
In any profession, you only hire the best people you can find, and their criminal record is taken into account. How many businesses would hire someone with a criminal record?
Most corporate executives know that to hire people of that caliber, you are only asking for trouble, so they shy away from them and never employ them, thus avoiding trouble.
The NFL ignores this issue, and cater to them because of their talent.
They are discovering that regardless of their talent, these people are becoming a liability.
The few trouble makers are destroying the game for everyone, the players, teams, and the fans.
Where are the Peyton Mannings and Tim Tebows?
Remember when Tim Tebow was scorned for praying on the field?
Now players are praised for exercising their so-called first amendment rights.
The fans go to the games to be entertained, they are trying to forget all the political garbage in the world today, and a vast majority of fans are extremely patriotic, the last thing they want to see is an over paid entitled Prima Donna protesting about how hard life is when they are making millions of dollars a year throwing a football.
The only way this is going to get settled is for the decent athletes to stand up to the nonsense and once again return some common sense and decency to the sport.
If they don’t, the sport will be ruined beyond repair.
Gary has been a writer/photographer for over thirty years. Specializing in nature and landscape photography, as well as studying native cultures.
His travels have taken him to most of the United States, as well as Australia, Belize, Egypt and the Canary Islands.
He has studied the Mayan culture of Central America as well as the aborigines of Australia. Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in various parts of the world.
He has published several books about his adventures.
For more information, please consult his website,www.journeysthrulife.com.
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