CBSSportsline did a courageous thing with publishing on the front of their spots section an article on NFL draft prospect Darren McFadden. They were courageous because the article wasn't about his football talent (which is immense), but is about him probably fathering 3 children out of wedlock before his 22nd birthday. The author of the article rightly argues that NFL teams should be careful before giving lots of responsibility and lots of cash to players who have not shown that they have matured enough. Kudos to CBS for publishing an article that doesn't pull any punches.
The other interesting thing in the article is that the author argues that the next big sports scandal will be about players having children out of wedlock. Wilt Chamberlain used to brag that he slept with 10,000 women in his lifetime. NFL star Travis Henry has a bunch of children all by different women as well.
Good article. Thanks for posting CRChair!
YanıtlaSilLack of fathers is the biggest issue facing the African American community. These sports stars are being horrible roll models by continually fathering kids without any regard to consequences. Then they fight to not have to take care of their kids. Ugh. If only they would get a clue.
I know there are many sports stars - african american ones as well - who are great dads and that the ones mentioned in the article tend to be the exception. it's just unfortunate that it's such visible stars that are making the mistakes.