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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
What's messed up to me is that a conservative, white 43 year-old teacher and father of four-plus children living in South Dakota thinks he can understand a 27 year-old black multi-millionaire that hangs out with Jay-Z and Beyonce (among others) in his spare time. You can't and quite frankly, you never will.
Carter asked LJ a simple question and LJ responded in kind. What did all you people expect LJ to do? Answer it like YOU would answer it (or better yet, how you *wanted* him to answer it) or answer it truthfully?
The bottom line is that so many of the *fans* want to like their hometown atheletes but in reality, they have very, very, very little common ground between them. The atheletes "struggles", real or imagined are very different from that of the "common" man. That doesn't make the struggles any more or less important than those of the fans. It's just their experience.
I don't watch NFL Football because I want to *like* the players or want to hang out with them or worship them. I watch the NFL for the entertainment factor. I'd love for my team to win every game and I'll travel all over the country to watch them do so, but liking them or hanging out with them is not even a factor in whether or not I'll watch *my* team.
I appreciate LJ's honesty in the interview but I really don't care what he thinks about DV or Herm or whatever. If he runs well and the Chiefs win, I'm a fan. If he runs out of steam, get injured or doesn't play well, bring on the next guy. It's that simple.
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You make some excellent points here Dane. But for me personally, i really do want to like the guys on my team...or atleast respect them. If this were some bungles bunch or some similar team, my interest in the CHIEFS would take a huge hit.
It just seems pointless to hear some multi-millionaire who is on top of the world tell me about his awful struggles.
But then again he was asked & so he answered, i'm sure i will get over this.