Comments on: Titans’ McNair Decal Honor Gets Unexpected Flak

By: Kris G

Kris G — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:17:57 +0000

Grow up. All your favorite athletes, politicians, actors all cheat. Fact of life. People with opportunity and temptation tend to give in. That’s why it’s called temptation. The flaw is in all of us. Your soap-boxing of McNair has as even less to do with hurting his family as your soap-boxing of Mike Vick had to do with protecting animals. It’s the fan mentality. You own an athlete, and you think your role is to cheer and boo every moment of his life. And I completely agree with the Sean Taylor reference. Taylor’d be alive if he were not rich, McNair’d be alive if he didn’t cheat on his wife… or maybe if he were gay. Either way, getting murdered is NOT a natural consequence of either, so linking the two rings extremely hollow.

By: Joe E. Gladstone

Joe E. Gladstone — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:51:16 +0000

A decal or a number on a helmet or a sleeve is fine; even a moment’s silence before the first home game….but please don’t do some on field ceremony in his honor. That requires family members to be present on the field and how awkward would that be for McNair’s wife and four children!?

By: Lumpy Goldstein

Lumpy Goldstein — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:23:02 +0000

I have a great idea. Why not put a picture of his widow and kids on the back of the helmets. They are the ones that had to “explain” what this animal was doing behind thier backs.

By: Mcnair lives

Mcnair lives — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:57:11 +0000

I agree that although it is common that it should not be acceptable. However, a player should still be respected for his on the field achievements and his humanitarian efforts like the Steve McNair Foundation. All should not be lost due to his extramarital affairs.

By: Klod

Klod — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:20:23 +0000

Jen,
> Some of us are perfectly decent atheists who simply
> don’t believe in being a cheating jackass.

Perfectly said.

Ward,
> We don’t honor them for their mistakes people

True. But it’s his mistake that is still very fresh in everybody’s heads. McNair seemed a very nice guy, but cheating with a young unstable armed girl, with some light drugs added to the mix, does not seem like a good idea, and since the No Fun League is about perception and not truth, what would be in most of the audience’s members if they saw a uniform patch celebrating a guy who recently died in the above mentioned circumstances? His self-sacrificing attitude on the field would fade away and be replaced by thoughts about his death. I believe the way McNair’s life ended will make it difficult for people to look at his career objectively. it will take time.

Mcnair lives,
> an honor to watch him on the field

You can consider this an honor. To me, the opportunity to watch great athletes after paying an expensive ticket is:
- The service I paid for, unless one pays to watch the Lions: that’s a religious experience, since they expect to see a miracle;
- Luck, if I see an amazing performance, e.g. Erik Kramer leading the Lions to a 38-6 victory on the ‘Boys in 1991’s playoffs;

Mcnair lives, again:
> FYI to all the people criticizing him about cheating,
> guess what, this is quite common in the NFL and all pro sports

Guess what: the fact that many sportsmen cheat does not make cheating more acceptable.

If you are married, tell your spouse “Hey, cheating is ok, it is quite common in all pro sports”. Let us know what she says… if you are still capable of writing, afterwards!

By: Mcnair lives

Mcnair lives — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:28:06 +0000

You have to be kidding me for downing this man’s career. Hello people! This is honoring the man on the field not his off the field antics(despite the fact that he was absolutely great to the city of Nashville). He was an incredible player and it was truly an honor to watch him on the field. And an FYI to all the people criticizing him about cheating, guess what, this is quite common in the NFL and all pro sports

By: jen

jen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:04:13 +0000

Not everyone who disagrees with cheating is a “bible freak”. Some of us are perfectly decent atheists who simply don’t believe in being a cheating jackass.

By: You

You — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:56:34 +0000

mcnair was an idiot…but what he did on the field should be kept seperate from what he did off of it…..good football player…lousy role model

By: Ward

Ward — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:46:41 +0000

This is silly. Everyone posting “Why honor an adulterer”

Do you people really not understand that wouldn’t be what they are honoring about him?!

Every single person who has ever had respect paid to them in sports has made stupid mistakes.

We don’t honor them for their mistakes people. This isn’t complicated. Why would you attempt to make it so?

By: Bearfoot

Bearfoot — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:53:05 +0000

Yes it’s unfortunate he was shot and killed but really NO sports figure is a “hero” in any way shape or form. What have they tought us.. that it’s ok to drink and drive, or smoke pot, or owmanize as long as you make over a million bucks a year for playing a stupid kids game?

Thus I don’t care either way myself.