I was a little surprised to see Lawrence Taylor as a guest on First Take this morning (looks like he is doing several ESPN shows today - I forget what they call it when they bring people in to Bristol to do the full tour of programs, maybe he is on that). First, he was there to hype the release of Madden 13, and it seems odd that a product that successful, and that much a part of the lives of so many adolescents, would take the risk of associating itself with someone who has had a long history of criminal activity (heavy drug use, tax evasion, hit and run, sex with a 16 year old girl). Second, why would ESPN associate itself with someone like that? Third, he has been so ravaged by both a savage football career and his hard living lifestyle that he can barely string together a coherent sentence. They asked him about modern football, and had the NFL gotten to soft with all of its safety concerns and concussion awareness, when Taylor himself is a walking (barely) case study of the consequences of the violence in the NFL.
There is no doubt that Taylor was one of the great defensive players in the history of the NFL; it is also obvious that his is a tragic story of how fame and fortune and a violent game can ruin a person's life. I am all for letting people move on from past mistakes (even multiple ones), but that does not mean they belong back in the public eye. The people behind Madden, and ESPN, are not doing him any favors. Fortunately my son was already at school when he came on. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
