QBREES9

Cam is a sore losser and proud of it.

SloMotion

Yep, apparently he hasn't learned a damn thing, #smh. Oh well, best of luck to him, #shrug, hope he wins a million SuperBowls, he'll still be a loser at life/adulthood, .

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cam-new...hfMQRzZWMDc2M-

hitta

I saw this meme earlier relating to Cam Newton about how we hold our athletes to a higher standard than our politicians. It just makes all this seem so ridiculous.

SloMotion

It is, and Cam's the one making it so ridiculous. It may even comment to how we in US society place more of a value on professional athletics vs education, being doctors/lawyers/scientists, et ... but I don't really see anyone in here giving politicians a pass on anything. If anything, I see a disdain.

I started to warm up to Cam this season because I thought he had corrected some of his deficiencies, but I guess not, #shrug. This whole "Cam vs the World" schtick is passe', self-centered and really just Cam trying to make himself relevant in issues that just aren't there, #shrug.

The NFL is getting saturated with Cam's, Johnny's, Junior's. We're seeing the end of a once great pastime, IMO.

burningmetal

I'm not sure about that. I think the standard between those two is mostly parallel. You have people that want to make excuses for guys like cam, because they are all caught up in this modern culture of "expressing yourself". And a lot of those same people don't hold their politicians to a high standard because they never educate themselves about the people they are voting for. They go with whatever is popular. These people are easily fooled.

But then you have the people who are highly critical of athletes, and are likewise with their politicians. Unfortunately none of our criticism is heard. Or at least it isn't given consideration.

The negativity toward athletes is more of a public thing, because entertainment is where the most conversation is at. It's not a subject where people are concerned about revealing their beliefs. That's the unfortunate thing, is that too many people are scared to stand up publicly. Lot's of people have strong opinions toward politics and religious matters, but won't talk about it.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

SloMotion

... and I'd be interested in seeing that meme and/or what politician's behaviors you're exactly trying to draw a parallel to with Cam's because I don't see the analogy. I'll tell ya' right now, I can at least watch Cam in the performance of his duties whereas observing these politicians at work makes me want to puke and tune out.

I think we hold our professional athletes to higher standards because they make so much money, it costs us so much to follow a sport & it's the American way to expect a bang for your buck & because they've reached the highest pinnacle of their career path, are considered "professionals" and should act like one, #shrug.

I don't understand why this is such a hard concept to grasp with the twenty-something crowd & will just have to shrug it off as generational, I guess, .