Professional athletes are people just like you and me, however, they are also held to a higher degree of accountability due to the wide ranges of audiences that follow them. So, when big time role models like Tom Brady admit to liking the "F" word, it makes some fans question his level of respect. His recent remarks remind some of another foul-mouthed great who ended up a train wreck, Tiger Woods.
Brady has been with the New England Patriots since the NFL Draft in 2000. Before that, he played college ball for the University of Michigan. While at Michigan he started every game of his junior and senior year.
His time in the NFL has been respectable and successful. He has led his team to the Super Bowl five times, where they won three. Also, he has earned himself two League MVP awards.
To achieve all this, it is clear that the superstar has some sense of class on the field. However, his foul mouth is a problem for some. According to TMZ Sports, Brady enjoys using the "F" word even though he wishes he didn't:
"Tom Brady is a...fan of the F-word ... saying the reason he drops it so often on the football field is because 'there's nothing that quite expresses the way I feel like that word." Brady has been dropping F-bombs like crazy recently ... and this morning he explained why he uses that particular word. 'I wish I did have a better mouth out there at times, but there's nothing that quite expresses the way I feel like that word." [Brady said] it's a 'great' word ... 'especially in the heat of the moment.'"
These kinds of actions remind sports fans of another star that was extremely popular for a time.
That star is Tiger Woods; he went from encouraging young athletes, to setting an example for them of what not to be. The Huffington Post reported on a particularly vulgar show of disrespect:
"...a foul-mouthed, club-kicking back nine at the Masters...Woods acted like a petulant teenager who wasn't getting his way. He cursed wayward shots, hung his head after missed putts, and took mock swings in anger. The player who vowed to honor and respect the game when he came back from the sex scandal that derailed his career and ruined his marriage did just the opposite."
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