Don't hate the player, hate the defense
In a divisional game against the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings' wide receiver Randy Moss performed what some fans said was a “tasteless act” when he fake mooned the fans at Lambeau field.
Moss' performance is just one of many recent celebrations by NFL players that have been criticized and punished with a fine. Other famous examples include Terrell Owens' signing the football with a sharpie marker that he hid in his sock, or Joe Horn's using a cell phone that he hid under the goal post to call his mom.
However, Moss' actions on the field were not overshadowed by his actions off the field.
The fake moon after scoring the touchdown might have been distasteful, depending on your taste, but the comments Moss made after receiving his fine were outrageous.
By saying that $10,000 is basically “chunk change” to him and it would not matter to him if he was fined again, Moss insults a lot of hard-working Americans out there who work hard every day for that amount of money. These are the same people who scrimp and save to be able to go to games and watch him play and buy No. 84's jerseys.
Think about that the next time you say something ridiculous like that, Randy. The problem with the players' attitudes today is a cause of their upbringing. These are the same people who are given special circumstances from high school all the way to the pros because they can catch a ball. Growing up, these players are given everything from free grades in classes to free cars.
After a life of being treated better than everyone else and receiving special privileges, why shouldn't these athletes think they're not more special than “regular” people and that the rules do not apply to them? Until people like Moss are not given special privileges they will continue to act as bad as they want to be.
.But for those who get disgusted every time one of these athletes performs some form of spectacle after scoring a touchdown, they need to be upset with the defense of the opposing team because all of these so called “disruptions” are preconceived. When T.O. signed the football, he had previously decided to put a sharpie in his sock and sign the football after he scored his next touchdown, and Joe Horn had to have someone put the cell phone under the field goal.
These guys go on the field with the idea that we are going to score on you, and we dare you to try and stop us. If defenses would be able to keep the clamps on these guys then they would not have anything to celebrate about.
So, the next time a player celebrates in the end zone and you get upset, don't get mad at the player—get upset at the defense that let him score.