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Originally posted by nostatic
Evidently I touched a nerve, eh David?
I have played and watched plenty of sports over the years. I have seen the decay of sportsmanship on all levels during the past 30 years of competitive sports. It is disgusting. If you think that the behavior exhibited by some/many players is acceptable, then more power to you.
I think this guy should be kicked out of the league. Same with hockey thugs, racing thugs, etc. We as a society deify these people and value winning above all else. That is what is sad and pathetic. The athletes are only part of the problem. I can't believe some of the *fans* behavior as well. Its as if their very existence rises and falls with the performance of the team.
And you think that all the PSAs are done because the players are totally altruistic? Man, I gotta get me some of the kool aid you're drinkin' 
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And you have information that the PSAs are not altruistic. Break it down. I'd like to see it.
As to nerves - the only nerve touched arrive from the vast generalizations you and others state here, because the fact is behavior exhibited by most players is acceptable. If most behavior exhibited was not acceptable, there probably would be no mention of the incident other than a typical Darwin-like failure of evolution from one brute to another - taking in kind your claim that all professional sports players are brutes, and so this is what brutes do - stomp on each other's faces.
Interesting that "We as a society"? Deify? Again displays such wide-angle inclusiveness that it is hardly true. There are many who choose to view the game as a game.
At the same time, an argument can be made that the society which deifies these players is the one which is most critical of these players, namely many on this thread. Look alone at how many hits this topic has received.