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Steve McNair: Remember The Titan, Not The “Player”

Written by Cassius Flemming on July 6, 2009 5:38 pm
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With the tragic news of Steve McNair’s death this past weekend, it deeply saddens me to see that people are forgetting the player he was on the football field, and instead focusing so much on his personal life. I will admit that things seem strange, and he did commit the act of adultery, but we don’t really know the whole story. We probably will never know seeing that McNair and his female companion are gone. All we can do is assume as more news arrives. Who knows what his explanation or rationale was for stepping out on his wife. I am not condoning what he did in any way, but who knows what problems were going on his life that drove him to that point. One thing that is certain; no one deserves the fate that he suffered.

It seems like a lot of people forget that athletes are regular humans beings that make mistakes all the time, except that their mistakes are broadcast for the world to see. What makes McNair different from millions of men who cheat on their spouse’s everyday?

I’m upset that the first thing people do is jump to conclusions and judge without knowing any facts. It seems like people like to “piggyback” off what the media says. Today I saw a newspaper headline that read “QB Sneak”, which I think is insensitive considering the man just lost his life.

I, for one, will not let the media define him.

I will remember McNair as a great quarterback who graced the football field with amazing talent. I will remember him as the “iron man” who constantly played through a ton of injuries. I will never forget the great performance in Super Bowl XXXIV when his team fell one yard short of victory.

More importantly, McNair was an African-American quarterback that came from a small historically black college, Alcorn State, and had a great career in the NFL. I believe that he helped pave the way for black football players today, as well as athletes at black universities, especially black quarterbacks. McNair’s success proves that athletes at historically black colleges can accomplish their dreams without having to go to a “big” football school.

His legacy on the football field will always be number 1 in my eyes. What about you?

R.I.P Steve “Air” McNair

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kolossus5klub/ Kolossus5klub

    HALL OF FAME!!! HALL OF FAME!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/damassager/ damassager

    Emotional for Eddie, I am sure he is shocked and devastated. I say Hall of Fame for McNair, honor the man, the football player.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/elusivesapphire/ elusivesapphire

    I agree with the article. Now is not the time to pass judgement on the man’s life.

    Adultery is not a good thing, but it is an issue that should be settled between a husband and wife.

    The media should not be so quick trivialize a man’s life down to a sin.

    Two people are dead, let them RIP.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/4Renees_luv/ 4Renees_luv

    LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE HE HURT WITH HIS ACTIONS. PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE OR NOT THIS TYPE BEHAVIOR HAS ALWAYS ENDED UP WITH 1 OR MORE PEOPLE DEAD OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. WHEN YOU ROLL THE DICE OF LIFE, SOMETIMES YOU WIN, AND MOST TIMES YOU LOSE. LET THIS SERVE AS A LESSON TO ALL THOSE WHO GOT SOME “ON THE SIDE BOOTIE” THAT LIFE IS PRECIOUS – CHERISH WHAT YOU HAVE NOW. COVETING THINGS THAT “DON’T BELONG TO YOU” CAN PRODUCE VERY GRAVE CONCEQUENCES. MY CONDOLENCES TO THE WIFE, CHILDREN, PARENTS AND EXTENDED FAMILY OF STEVE MCNAIR BECAUSE MORE THAN ANYTHING THEY ARE THE ONES THAT NEED COMFORT THROUGH THIS ROUGH ORDEAL. MCNAIR REALLY WAS A GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER AND YES HE DID DO TONS OF WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. ITS SAD THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST THING MCNAIR WILL BE KNOWN FOR – AND NO ONE PUT HIM IN THIS POSITION BUT HIMSELF. HIS FAMILY DESERVED BETTER THAN THAT.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/C_Sweetness_901/ C_Sweetness_901

    Its sad that he had to die the way that he did…He was a great player and an even greater person…We all fall short so no one can cast judgement on his soul…So I agree with the article remember his talent, research/learn of the good that he did for Tennessee and mourn the life of a man that was taken because he was human not immortal!!

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    I only have one thing to say. First of all, I had no idea who Steve Mcnair was, I didn’t even know there was a Tenessee Titans, so sorry “athlete” will not come to MY mind when I hear the name Steve Mcnair. This is what I have to say though, and I didn’t read the article, I’m speaking on the title of it more than anything. People so often say, “remember someone for all the ‘good’ they did, forget the bad.” My attitude is one of, if all the good they did meant anything to them, they wouldn’t commit the bad!! He made a conscious decision to start this life with another woman (women), and to top it off he chose a nutcase!! I’ll say what I’ve been saying all along, I’m not one to judge and I’m not one to speak ill of the dead, but the only people I feel for here is his family. He doesn’t have to deal with the media scrutiny anymore, his wife and kids do. They’ve got to hear the stories, and witness the other women coming out of the woodworks, and why? Because the choices that HE made on their behalf. I personally can’t focus on his life as an athlete because I know nothing of it. I just hope his family can find peace at the end of of all this.

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