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Originally Posted by saphojunkie
As far as I can tell, the only reason people care about this story is because they want to emotionally support the team. No one here is furiously googling whether or not their roofers have domestic violence charges in their past. No one is calling for Home Depot to fire their lumber associate because he told his girlfriend he ought to slap her.
Why is this one area where suddenly it has to be about "more than football." More than the job? More than your ability to do the job? Why is morality part of the equation?
I think it comes down to people wanting to LIKE the team. LIKE the players. One might argue "Hey... I'm a season ticket holder. I don't want my dollars going to a guy who MIGHT have hurt a kid."
Might.
Might have.
And I get that. But virtually EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS you patronize has someone who MIGHT have hurt a kid. How hard do you scrutinize the landing place of every dollar you spend?
It's really fascinating, because there is this idea that pro athletes must be free from sin. Like... it's really a fascinating social contract. This whole thing should 100% be studied by sociologists, because there's some next-level tribal thinking happening here.
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If I see on the news that a contractor I'm currently using/have used in the past has plead guilty to felony charges then ya I'm probably not going to be requesting he come back.
The difference is that you don't usually hear about shit like this in normal everyday living because you and me aren't high profile citizens.
It doesn't change a persons beliefs because they may or may not know about some random schmucks background.