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September 26, 2007
Athletes doing Good.: Its nice to see an athlete making a sacrifice and generally trying to make the world a better place.
posted by kyrilmitch_76 to culture at 06:00 AM - 14 comments
I totally agree. These kind of stories are exactly what the public needs more of. I'm just tired of hearing about nothing but the negative. Great post.
posted by BornIcon at 06:42 AM on September 26, 2007
Nice post, k-mitch. I remember hearing about this when it first became public that Walls was going to donate his kidney to Springs. Nice to see the follow up, and that it may be a starting point to helping others.
posted by THX-1138 at 11:45 AM on September 26, 2007
I would bet that there are 20 such stories about athletes supporting one cause or another for every story about the athlete gone bad. Unfortunately, the "good" stories just don't boost newspaper circulation or TV ratings. I truly wish that it were otherwise, but our human nature seems to favor the prurient interest over the noble. It IS nice to hear about the good guys once in a while, though.
posted by Howard_T at 12:16 PM on September 26, 2007
I kind of like the notion of human kindness not being newsworthy.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:46 PM on September 26, 2007
I agree with Howard T. There are a lot of athletes that do good and great things in their communities and for good causes. Unfortunately they are not controversial, so they do not bring a lot of discussion. I did enjoy reading this story, thanks kyrilmitch.
posted by urall cloolis at 05:52 PM on September 26, 2007
I kind of like the notion of human kindness not being newsworthy That's just sad.
posted by BornIcon at 06:22 AM on September 27, 2007
I think it's sad to want acts of human kindness to be so rare that they warrant mention in the newspaper.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:32 AM on September 27, 2007
What's sad is that you don't consider human kindness to be newsworthy. These kind of stories are what's needed more in today's society instead of the garbage that's provided instead.
posted by BornIcon at 11:31 AM on September 27, 2007
So you're more interested in the quality of the content of the news than in the behavior of people. Got it.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:36 AM on September 27, 2007
Crafty, it's a big jump to say that BI wants acts of kindness to be rare just because he would like to see more of it on the news. I'm not even sure that he thinks they are rare.
posted by hawkguy at 11:37 AM on September 27, 2007
And here I thought it was a treacly, "Really makes you think" throwaway comment.
posted by yerfatma at 11:55 AM on September 27, 2007
So you're more interested in the quality of the content of the news than in the behavior of people. Got it. Never said that but to see how people seem to gravitate more towards a negative story than a positive one is a classic example of how the way of the world is in this day & age. I'm not even sure that he thinks they are rare. Yeah, that's it. /sarcasm In case you weren't aware.
posted by BornIcon at 12:53 PM on September 27, 2007
And then Springs doesn't have the balls to show up and get the back of his "friend" Walls. Because of his "treatment". Boo Hoo. Backstabber. See? It IS a negative story.
posted by THX-1138 at 05:31 PM on September 27, 2007
I know that this isn't nescessarily the most exciting article out there but I really enjoy reading the stories about people doing good once in a while. Not every story in the media needs to be about a gun-toting millionaire athlete leaving a strip club so that he can go home and beat his wife and inject his pit bulls with HGH.