re: The Trouble With JFF-ESPN

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I'm supposed to feel sympathy for a rich kid with amazing athletic talent, a free ride through college and all the perks along with being the most popular kid on campus... all because his douchey behavior gets judged? All people engaging in that kind of behavior gets judged. He's in a national spotlight, so he gets nationally judged.

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I don't feel sorry for him. You are right. He is a rare talent, and will get judged in the national spotlight. I just think the way that his actions are "criminalized" by the media is pathetic. JFF is the same guy that he has been all along. The difference is that the media glorifies him, he enjoys the fruits of the glory, then the media turns around and criminalizes the same behavior that they once glorified.

My issue is grown men enjoying a young mans collegiate game, and then passing judgement on the young man for acting like a young man.

It is just pathetic to me, and the majority of the guys that make such a big deal about his behavior are simply jealous that they will never know what it is like to experience what he experiences.