I'M SORRY!

I'M SORRY!

I posted a an article on Monday titled "The True Meaning of a Hero". It was an article about Tom Brady reporting to camp on time. It was written as an attempt to get a reaction, I know that many of my readers are big Peyton Manning fans and I wrote it to get some interest from them.

After posting it, I received the following comments on it...

"Brady is an ok football player but don't think that you can compare him to a real hero. That is what is wrong with the society today they take the word HERO and use it very loosely. If you want to talk about a football player that is a hero write and article about Pat Tillman. The man left millions of dollars behind to go fight for our freedom so that people can have the freedom that we have here in this great country. The last stats that I checked on Brady didn't qualify him as a hero. A great QB I give him that. Nothing personal I just don't take the HERO word being used loosely like that and trust me I know plenty of HERO's that have jeopardized there life so I don't appreciate it being used in comparison to the way it is used here. But think your articles are rather interesting at times. Keep it up. Trust me you know who this is. Later "

I am not going to even address the Brady comments, because there is something more important that sports about these comments. It is something that until I read these comments I missed, and that is how casually people use the word HERO! No, Tom Brady is not a hero and should not be. He is paid millions to play a game and that does not bother me, but what did bother me after reading these comments is the way I used the word simply to get a reaction. The comments were exactly right about Pat Tillman being a TRUE HERO!He left his football career to go defend this country and that is way more heroic than anything that happens on any playing field.

I am sorry for using this term so loosely. I was wrong for even jokingly comparing Tom Brady to a hero. The real heros are the men and women who protect this country whether it be through the military, law enforcement, the fire fighters, the teachers who are responsible for teaching the youth of this country. YOU ARE ALL TRUE HEROS AND I AM SORRY FOR COMPARING TOM BRADY OR ANY OTHER ATHLETE TO YOU!

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