A Sappy Divorce

SaintNik · 07-24-2003, 01:02 AM

BucNup and coastalkid have stoned me with the \"Lame Thread, Sorry Post, Low Class, Relevance to football, No Class\" attacks on MY character and judgement to \"spread this trash that is not considered news\". Thanks for the half hearted pro bono defense BillyC but I\'ll be OK. I\'ll dust myself off here and clear it up for them.

NEWS
Facts of my original post to this thread was found when viewing \"The Official Tampa Bay Buccaneers Bulletin Board by way of NFL.Com\". Starter member \"Buc-ger\", veteran of 967 posts, began thread about Sapp divorce, which at the time had over 1100 views and 40 reply posts. The St. Petersburg Times wrote in depth article on subject and ABC aired the info as well. Like it or not, agree with it or not, once media outlets run a story on something it is deemed to be NEWS. It\'s not like I went down to the local Florida courthouse and unearthed some PRIVATE document.

CONTEXT OF POST/REVELANCE TO FOOTBALL/LEADERSHIP
It is the actions of the subject, not me, that show low class and no class. Not for having children out of wedlock or for making a single mistake, but for repeatedly doing so without regard to all parties affected by the actions of an incorrigible person. Certainly the children of these circumstances suffer the most regardless of monetary compensation. The MESSAGE was that this man has character flaws that have now been exposed to his teammates that they may not have previously known about and some of them may now find his leadership qualities to be questionable. Afterall, if you lie to, cheat on, desert, letdown, all of the people you are supposed to LOVE and who love you, why would others follow the voice of this type LEADER?

If you don\'t think character has anything to do with the game of football you probably never played the game at any level. It is a team sport in which a few members of the team by way of example on AND off the field are looked up to by their teammates as LEADERS. Character becomes increasingly more important for players on the professional level. Players entering the nfl draft out of college each year, as well as in free agency, are examined in every allowable way, rated and graded by talent and past acheivements, and JUDGED BY THEIR CHARACTER. Many individuals are penalized each year sometimes millions of dollars not for what they can or can\'t do on the field, but because of past actions off the field, and because of what is perceived to be character issues, real or not. Mr. Sapp himself was originally drafted lower than what his on the field talent suggested. Understandably so!

07-24-2003, 01:02 AM	#15
SaintNik 100th Post Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 312	A Sappy Divorce BucNup and coastalkid have stoned me with the \"Lame Thread, Sorry Post, Low Class, Relevance to football, No Class\" attacks on MY character and judgement to \"spread this trash that is not considered news\". Thanks for the half hearted pro bono defense BillyC but I\'ll be OK. I\'ll dust myself off here and clear it up for them. NEWS Facts of my original post to this thread was found when viewing \"The Official Tampa Bay Buccaneers Bulletin Board by way of NFL.Com\". Starter member \"Buc-ger\", veteran of 967 posts, began thread about Sapp divorce, which at the time had over 1100 views and 40 reply posts. The St. Petersburg Times wrote in depth article on subject and ABC aired the info as well. Like it or not, agree with it or not, once media outlets run a story on something it is deemed to be NEWS. It\'s not like I went down to the local Florida courthouse and unearthed some PRIVATE document. CONTEXT OF POST/REVELANCE TO FOOTBALL/LEADERSHIP It is the actions of the subject, not me, that show low class and no class. Not for having children out of wedlock or for making a single mistake, but for repeatedly doing so without regard to all parties affected by the actions of an incorrigible person. Certainly the children of these circumstances suffer the most regardless of monetary compensation. The MESSAGE was that this man has character flaws that have now been exposed to his teammates that they may not have previously known about and some of them may now find his leadership qualities to be questionable. Afterall, if you lie to, cheat on, desert, letdown, all of the people you are supposed to LOVE and who love you, why would others follow the voice of this type LEADER? If you don\'t think character has anything to do with the game of football you probably never played the game at any level. It is a team sport in which a few members of the team by way of example on AND off the field are looked up to by their teammates as LEADERS. Character becomes increasingly more important for players on the professional level. Players entering the nfl draft out of college each year, as well as in free agency, are examined in every allowable way, rated and graded by talent and past acheivements, and JUDGED BY THEIR CHARACTER. Many individuals are penalized each year sometimes millions of dollars not for what they can or can\'t do on the field, but because of past actions off the field, and because of what is perceived to be character issues, real or not. Mr. Sapp himself was originally drafted lower than what his on the field talent suggested. Understandably so!
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