ONE STORY THAT CROSSED MY MIND WAS THE CARSON PALMER NFL SITUATION. FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL HE WAS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR THE NFL TEAM CINCINNATI BENGALS.
HERE IS A HIGH PROFILE ATHLETE NOT NAMED TERRELL OWENS OR OCHOCINCO BOTH WHOM WERE TEAMMATES OF CARSON PALMER JUST LAST YEAR AND WHO ARE CONSTANTLY IN SPORTS REPORTERS AND NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR OVER THE TOP BEHAVIOR BUT ALWAYS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THEIR TEAMS AND ITS PLAYERS.
CARSON PALMER HAS RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE NFL AND THE BENGALS AND HAS BEEN IN THE PAST PORTRAYED AS A MODEL CITIZEN OF HOW A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES. HE INSTEAD HAS CHOSEN TO QUIT ON HIS TEAMMATES AND TEAM OWNERS BY NOT HONORING A CONTRACT HE SIGNED TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND HAS SAID" HE'D RATHER RETIRE THAN PLAY FOR THAT ORGANIZATION". TO ME THIS IS NOT AN ACT OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VALUES THE POSITION HE'S IN AND NOT REALLY A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WHO MIGHT SEE PALMER AS SUCH.
I SEE THIS QUARTERBACK CARSON PALMER GETTING A PASS BECAUSE OF THE GOOD OLE BOYS NETWORK OR JUST MAYBE EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWS SPORTS SEE'S THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO WHITE ATHLETES AND BLACK ATHLETES. AS I STATED TERRELL OWENS AND OCHOCINCO ARE FLAMBOYANT AT THE LEAST BUT THEY HAVE NEVER THROWN THEIR TEAMS UNDER THE BUS BY QUITTING OR GIVING UP ON THE GUYS WHO WRITE THEIR PAYCHECKS, YET THEY ARE VIEWED AS WHATS BAD IN THE NFL?.
IN CLOSING, I WILL JUST SAY THAT THE NFL IS OVER 75% BLACK AND UNTIL OWNERS LIKE THE ROONEY FAMILY OF THE NFL TEAM STEELERS HAVE MORE OF A SAY ON LEAGUE OPERATIONS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS.
(EX.)-LIKE CARSON PALMER AND HOW HE'S VIEWED IN THE MEDIA COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF TERRELL OWENS AND OCHOCINCO WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WHICH IS SAD BECAUSE FABRICATING ROLE MODELS TO YOUNG CHILDREN TO FIT A CERTAIN IMAGE IS VERY DETRIMENTAL.
""NOTABLE FACT""
{ ""THE ROONEY FAMILY THAT OWNS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS PUT A RULE THAT IS NOW KNOWN AS "THE ROONEY RULE" , WHICH FORCES ALL TEAMS IN NEED OF A HEAD COACH INTERVIEW MINORITY CANDIDATES INSTEAD OF THE OLD WAY OF THE GOOD OLE BOYS NETWORK.""}
HERE IS A HIGH PROFILE ATHLETE NOT NAMED TERRELL OWENS OR OCHOCINCO BOTH WHOM WERE TEAMMATES OF CARSON PALMER JUST LAST YEAR AND WHO ARE CONSTANTLY IN SPORTS REPORTERS AND NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR OVER THE TOP BEHAVIOR BUT ALWAYS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THEIR TEAMS AND ITS PLAYERS.
CARSON PALMER HAS RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE NFL AND THE BENGALS AND HAS BEEN IN THE PAST PORTRAYED AS A MODEL CITIZEN OF HOW A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES. HE INSTEAD HAS CHOSEN TO QUIT ON HIS TEAMMATES AND TEAM OWNERS BY NOT HONORING A CONTRACT HE SIGNED TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND HAS SAID" HE'D RATHER RETIRE THAN PLAY FOR THAT ORGANIZATION". TO ME THIS IS NOT AN ACT OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VALUES THE POSITION HE'S IN AND NOT REALLY A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WHO MIGHT SEE PALMER AS SUCH.
I SEE THIS QUARTERBACK CARSON PALMER GETTING A PASS BECAUSE OF THE GOOD OLE BOYS NETWORK OR JUST MAYBE EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWS SPORTS SEE'S THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO WHITE ATHLETES AND BLACK ATHLETES. AS I STATED TERRELL OWENS AND OCHOCINCO ARE FLAMBOYANT AT THE LEAST BUT THEY HAVE NEVER THROWN THEIR TEAMS UNDER THE BUS BY QUITTING OR GIVING UP ON THE GUYS WHO WRITE THEIR PAYCHECKS, YET THEY ARE VIEWED AS WHATS BAD IN THE NFL?.
IN CLOSING, I WILL JUST SAY THAT THE NFL IS OVER 75% BLACK AND UNTIL OWNERS LIKE THE ROONEY FAMILY OF THE NFL TEAM STEELERS HAVE MORE OF A SAY ON LEAGUE OPERATIONS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS.
(EX.)-LIKE CARSON PALMER AND HOW HE'S VIEWED IN THE MEDIA COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF TERRELL OWENS AND OCHOCINCO WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WHICH IS SAD BECAUSE FABRICATING ROLE MODELS TO YOUNG CHILDREN TO FIT A CERTAIN IMAGE IS VERY DETRIMENTAL.
""NOTABLE FACT""
{ ""THE ROONEY FAMILY THAT OWNS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS PUT A RULE THAT IS NOW KNOWN AS "THE ROONEY RULE" , WHICH FORCES ALL TEAMS IN NEED OF A HEAD COACH INTERVIEW MINORITY CANDIDATES INSTEAD OF THE OLD WAY OF THE GOOD OLE BOYS NETWORK.""}
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