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Originally Posted by knightdreamer2k
To be fair we have no idea what players of yesterday would be like in today's climate because back then you didn't have all the exposure that you have now.
I do think modern entertainers (movies, sports, music) are so out of touch with reality that it is almost inevitable they are going to turn out they was most of them are. The minute someone has talent from elementry on, teachers, peers and parents are praising these kids. They have been told they are the greatest thing on earth are such a young age that they would not hanlde controversy well.
Sorry got on alittle rant there..
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Actually we do know a few things. Athletes and entertainers and the very rich have never had to behave like the rest of us. Your favorite hero of the past may have been just as bad as anyone today but
the media didn't report anything they did outside the game. If they got into an accident while drunk the cops drove them home. In essence modern athletes have a far more difficult time living any sort of normal life because the media look under every rock and the police won't look the other way because the media will skewer them.
No bad behavior or obnoxious personality was invented in modern times. Anybody who suggests that we had "real heroes" in the past has no clue what was done and not reported in order to maintain the myth.