Are the possibilities of being burglarized more evident now than ever for a professional athlete? Recent history would say that the answer is yes. After the Sean Taylor “attempted” burglary earlier this week, it brought to light the fact that professional athletes live a very scared lifestyle.
Grant it, professional athletes seem to live a lifestyle full of glitz and glamour, they drive around in expensive cars and live in million dollar mansions, but they still have to pay for body guards to make sure that they won’t get mugged. The irony of it all is that these athletes are famous for being really good at what they do, and earning the pay for it, but some prominent business owners might make as much as a star athlete and will now have even half the trouble of keeping their family safe as say an Antoine Walker has. Then at the point when these athletes are getting mugged or burglarized, they really can’t say, “Hey, this guy stole my $75,000 Rolex watch.” Most people would just tell them to go and buy a new one, they can afford it. Why should they have to?
It’s unfair to ask these individuals to be a star and a role model for others, but don’t feel defenseless when you get one of your valuables stolen from you, just go out and spend more of that money. If you feel that this money was hard earned or not, regardless, it is fairly given to them through the rules of their sports governing body. It is sad to say that we have lost one of the top athletes in the history of our school, because someone needed his valuables more than he needed his life.
Grant it, professional athletes seem to live a lifestyle full of glitz and glamour, they drive around in expensive cars and live in million dollar mansions, but they still have to pay for body guards to make sure that they won’t get mugged. The irony of it all is that these athletes are famous for being really good at what they do, and earning the pay for it, but some prominent business owners might make as much as a star athlete and will now have even half the trouble of keeping their family safe as say an Antoine Walker has. Then at the point when these athletes are getting mugged or burglarized, they really can’t say, “Hey, this guy stole my $75,000 Rolex watch.” Most people would just tell them to go and buy a new one, they can afford it. Why should they have to?
It’s unfair to ask these individuals to be a star and a role model for others, but don’t feel defenseless when you get one of your valuables stolen from you, just go out and spend more of that money. If you feel that this money was hard earned or not, regardless, it is fairly given to them through the rules of their sports governing body. It is sad to say that we have lost one of the top athletes in the history of our school, because someone needed his valuables more than he needed his life.
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