re: The Honey Badger is Hard to Like?

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A big % of LSU's fan base are conservative white people who have about 0% in common with TM7. Most of these people cant even accept Obama as president and hes a much more clean cut and sharper guy than TM7... LSU football creates cultural blurs unseesn in everyday society. The fact that dude is praised buy 92,000 hunting , fishing, republican, purple and gold confederate flag flying people is a modern miracle.

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Interesting point, but I would hope that in this day and age people would look beyond race. It has more to do with culture.

I personally found Tebow's antics somewhat annoying, jumping up and down, drawing attention to himself, but it got results.

Traditionally no matter how savagely an athlete performed on the field, he was expected to be a gentleman off the field, but that has changed in recent years.

As a fomous athlete once said "I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
Charles Barkley

So do we expect HB7 to be a role model or do we want to enjoy watching him just as the ancient Romans enjoyed watching their gladiators in combat? They were considered the lowest of the low, while at the same time cheered on by thousands and thousands of spectators. The gladiators who were skillful enough to gain many victories reached a heroic status among the people, but the rest were treated as scum.

So as long as he keeps on making plays, do we really care what he has to say?