McNair: Thoughts from a realistic fans perspective

by Falcons

I am a football fan a pretty big one to be honest, and at this point I am tired of hearing about this case. I listen to Sirius NFL radio everyday  and all this week all they seem to talk about is how McNair was a great player and a great man and then they throw in the classic “He was human and people make mistakes” excuse. Well to that I say “Wait one second, there are other options here.”

 Now I am not perfect and I won’t play that I am, but to just give Steve McNair a pass for messing around on his wife and his kids and put himself in a bad position where he could be shot and killed by an irate girlfriend is just inexcusable. 

 So here is my thoughts on the subject: First off I am not going to play the puritanical card and say that cheating on your spouse is wrong, in fact in many cases I think it is warranted in some relationships and pretty much accepted. If you are unhappy you owe your partner the respect to say so and to do something about it. But, we all know that sometimes that just isn’t the way it works and people look for something outside of the marriage and to that I say OK.

 There are websites like AshleyMadison.com and Adultfriendfinder.com for people looking for intimate relationships and there is always the classic prostitute option ( it is the oldest profession for a reason folks!)

What I think Steve McNair really should have done is do something that wouldn’t jeopardize him or his family.

 A waitress working at Dave & Busters making probably $24,000 a year driving a Kia, starts dating an ex-football player and gets an Escalade and I am sure more than just that. Do you think that she isn’t going to lash out at you when you get tired of her and say the relationship and the subsequent ride is over?

 The other option is say the “woman of the evening” scenario:  Steve McNair wants some action and calls an escort service and gets a girl to do whatever it is that he needs done, he pays her and she leaves.  Quick, clean and honest. No one is hurt and no one is DEAD!

 So here is the kicker of the situation for me, what he did was legal. Not very cool or smart but legal. He basically had a prostitute that he could see whenever he wanted to in Sahel Kazemi or he could have called a call girl and risked being arrested for getting the same services performed. And the difference in the situations is the outcome, McNair would still be alive today.

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eddie george said that when an athlete leaves the game they are searching for somethig that takes the place of football. it becomes a "drug" to these guys. the excitement, the adreniline, the pace of life, the limelite. it all feeds the fire. when they leave they still have the fire, but not fuel to feed it. they see the "fire go out". they panic about their place in life and start doing other things to find it. mcnair obviliously needed the admiration of his fans, fe-male alike? it was wrong, but none the less we all make bad choices. no he did'nt need to pay for it that way. the only thing a person can learn from this is as an athlete you are on an open stage with your life. people adhere to you like glue. you have to be able to keep your private life away from the game and have some closier to a private side so life can have some normalcy when all this crazy fast paced life style is over. the athletes that do that are the only ones that survive the transition. mcnair did not. now as just blog baby says: his kids and wife are the ones that ultimitely pay the price, tragic. i agree the memory of steve mcnair we all have is on the football field. that is "ours". the rest of the story is his. RIP

Some strong words. I feel where you are coming from and I can't say that I disagree.

For me, however, it boils down to the fact that I respect him for what he did on the field. McNair made a bad decision but he did not deserve what he got for it. Not giving him a pass on this but the vast majority of athletes are far from committed. Nobody batted an eye when the sacred Michael Jordan finally had to own up to his past but since McNair's situation ended as it did then he became a harsh lesson.

To me, the only true victims in this are his children. No matter what, he was still a father and now his sons will have to live with this for the rest of their lives.

I'm not saying to ignore what got him into this situation but at the same time there are those who do far worse yet never suffer for their actions.

I still choose to see "Air McNair" as a great leader on the field who gave it his all. I'll take him on my team any day. No matter what he was doing off the field it never affected him on the field and at the end of the day that is the only reason I care about him or any athlete for that matter. These guys are paid to perform and not to uphold our social morals.

i think mcnair was an ego driven man. and having a 20 year old to impress and woo over you made him feel young again. virile again. but when it went public with the dui charge that thursday he called it off and she went haywire? go home and get what you need!!!!!!!!!!!!

hummm. honest prospective. good point. i'd say i agree with where he should've went. or he should have just went home and tore a piece off his wife. get rough with her and get down and nasty. his wife would have been that kind of woman for him too, if thats what he needed????