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Originally Posted by frazod
My thoughts on this:
1. I don't blame him for hating Vermeil. I hate him too.
2. Carter kind of led him down the race path. It is ever possible for one black man to interview another black man and NOT mention race? Sure doesn't seem like it. 
3. That said, it's not like Larry grew up in the projects dodging machine gun bullets. Give me a fucking break.
4. I love Larry as a Chief. If he played for anybody else, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't. |
These are some very good points.....and I'll add:
I dont see why it comes down to race and that only young black male athletes have to:
1) watch out for their money
2) watch out for their friends taking advantage of them
3) watch out for gold-digging women
4) watch out for bad people trying to harm them
5) look for a mentor or role model who has previously "put on the pads"
It's a shame it went down this road....and I'm tired of hearing about "the struggle"....I bet over 3/4 of pro athletes (white and black) have pretty much had the easy life ever since their late days in high school (when colleges took notice and threw scholarships/full-rides - and probably money - at them).
There are a lot of REAL, hard-working individuals who face struggles in their daily lives who dont have the luxury of full-ride college scholarships, women (or men) worshiping the ground they walk on, and the comfort of a nice fat signing bonus that gets them the cars, houses, photo-ops with Beyonce, etc. etc.
I like LJ for what he does for the Chiefs......and that's it. Part of the blame is with carter's line of questioning.....but c'mon...we're not talking about people curing cancer, or that "secret santa" guy who's actually done some real good things for people in his life....these are professional athletes making a LOT of money to score TD's, hit home runs, etc etc