Wade Posterized!!

[ATL MU Warrior]

I'm sorry, but when you look at what other athletes are out there doing and when you look at what Rose did, I just don't get how people can have this much venom for him. Yes, he did something wrong to get into college, but people are acting like he raped someone or was involved in a shooting.

You may not like applying "model citizen" as a tag to someone, but it sure seems easy to attach the villain tag. Save it for someone who actually did something worthy of being considered a crime, like Roethlisburger, Vick, Burress, or Arenas. Yeah, he screwed up, it was wrong, he shouldn't have done it, but since he came to Chicago, you couldn't ask for much more in a superstar. Is it so wrong to try to judge him by his actions now rather than by his actions then?

this says it all 

[brewcity77]

this says it all 

I fail to see how that's a bad thing 

[Hards Alumni]

I fail to see how that's a bad thing 

Because it is extremely convenient.

Mike Vick has been a great guy since going to Philadelphia.

So we should just forget about what happened before?

see?

[brewcity77]

Because it is extremely convenient.

Mike Vick has been a great guy since going to Philadelphia.

So we should just forget about what happened before?

see?

Cheating on a test and torturing and murdering defenseless animals are two completely different things. In no way, shape, or form are Derrick Rose and Michael Vick comparable.

[Hards Alumni]

Cheating on a test and torturing and murdering defenseless animals are two completely different things. In no way, shape, or form are Derrick Rose and Michael Vick comparable.

I see that you missed the point.

As has been said though, your fandom blinds you to past transgressions

[buckchuckler]

And maybe your anti fan-dom blinds you from redemption.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I'm sorry, but when you look at what other athletes are out there doing and when you look at what Rose did, I just don't get how people can have this much venom for him. Yes, he did something wrong to get into college, but people are acting like he raped someone or was involved in a shooting.

You may not like applying "model citizen" as a tag to someone, but it sure seems easy to attach the villain tag. Save it for someone who actually did something worthy of being considered a crime, like Roethlisburger, Vick, Burress, or Arenas. Yeah, he screwed up, it was wrong, he shouldn't have done it, but since he came to Chicago, you couldn't ask for much more in a superstar. Is it so wrong to try to judge him by his actions now rather than by his actions then?

I get what you are saying but that doesn't excuse it.  Sure, you can always go with the "he's not as bad as the other guys" defense, but that can get into slippery slope territory pretty quick.

I thought my question was valid...if he's a "model citizen" and kids look up to him, shouldn't he be preaching what he did was flat our wrong and make that a central point of his message to kids. Don't cheat, don't commit fraud, etc?  Not that it matters, they'll all see that Rose got away with it and believe it's worth the risk.   I know his transgressions were in college, but he fraud is fraud and the guy was punished not one iota.  AMERICA baby.