- Joined
- Mar 25, 2005
- Messages
- 19,929
- Reaction score
- 3
I didn't feel terrible for him at all. As a professional your core duty is to perform in your profession. The rest is all great value add stuff to your personal standing (or appearance of personal standing) in whatever society that is.
I felt complete and utter elation at the fact that the Patriots finally won another playoff game. The Broncos were but a stepping stone.
Spreading the word is Tim's vocation. Football is his avocation and a platform for his vocation. In that respect he has already succeeded beyond even his own wildest dreams. Generally in order to succeed in this league those roles have to be reversed. Eventually Tim will come face to face with that reality. The media is drawn to him because they are lemmings and because so many whose avocation is football have little more than shameless self promotion for personal financial gain as their vocation. Tim's self promotion is much more altruistic. As opposed to those in the media who facilitate it. As a rule I save my sympathy for those a lot less fortunate than a multi millionaire football player who can't play the game at a level commensurate with his hype.