Eric Francis writes about some of this today:
Real sports journalists stop putting athletes on pedestals early in their careers, which is something sports fans have long had a hard time comprehending. Maybe now that almost every major sport is dealing with unsightly blemishes on the front page of the paper, it's easier to let go of the starry-eyed notion that athletes should be immune from the scrutiny they're subjected to."
http://calsun.canoe.ca/Sports/Hockey...79078-sun.html
Boy Eric really think's he's the cat's meow now doesn't he. Us fans should apologize for taking so long to grasp what a real journalist like him has been telling us.
I long ago gave up the notion that just because a guy is a great hockey/basketball/baseball player that it means they are a great person. But Francis does fail to recognize that for every Mike Vick out there, you have the Andrew Ferances of the world.