I am certainly no fan of professional sports -- especially football. I think people are just way over the top about a game. But I disagree with The Dallas Morning News. They're all bent out of shape because Dallas Cowboys rookie Dez Bryant spent $54,896 for dinner for a bunch of his teammates.
They cite people who are laid off from work, people who are facing bankruptcy, people who are putting their kids through college. I don't know what they expect -- do they think that if Bryant hadn't spent that money, that those people would have somehow had all their problems solved? Look, they said, we're used to athletes making millions, but they don't need to rub their fans' noses in it. Wonder if they thought about the fact that the fans wouldn't even have known about it if the media hadn't reported it?
And, pardon me, but that money belonged to Dez Bryant to do with as he pleased. If he chose to put it in a wad and call out the media and throw it down the sewer, it's nobody else's business. I can't figure out why this is any different than a professional athlete driving a flashy car or living in a 20,000 square foot home and wearing expensive designer clothes and lots of bling. Look at it this way -- some lucky waiter probably received at least an $8500 tip off that meal. Dez Bryant was doing his part to stimulate the economy, and it didn't cost the taxpayers a cent.
"Excess doesn't seem so funny to fans." The Dallas Morning News; October 2, 2010; p. 22A.
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It's infuriating that the media will do a story on that, but not say a word about the Lone Star Card moocher with a passel of kids and a buggy full of stakes, cokes, and junk food.
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