Real Life Real Faith Men of Faith May/June Issue | Page 17

figures and there are a lot of bad
situations of negative news stories
that dominate the media airwaves.
the best, not Joe Blow.” The question:
how is it we didn’t know, and now
that we do know, how do we feel
about our heroes? How come we
didn’t know how awful someone was?
Our vision of the action on the
playing field, and the soft questions
interviews hid flaws in the armor.
People knew. Their coaches and
related personnel and teammates,
they knew; even the good ones with
no flaws showing kept discreetness.
Examples: The great Mickey Mantle
was an all-out drunk who had to be
sobered up to go out and hit home
runs. Decades later, major league
baseball knew about steroid use of its
biggest stars for years. However
breaking home run records in the
droves was in, so baseball acted
indifferent as it needed to get fans
interested in baseball again after a
strike. Some of the winningest college
coaches have been involved in
recruiting scandals, and suspected of
turning their heads to boosters
paying players on the side. The
college is punished, but the coach is
allowed to move on to another
college or onto the pro’s. Majorly, it is
the athlete bringing shame and court
cases and heartbreak that we have to
feel and witness. At an early stage of
playing sports, many athletes have
been hyped to believe they are Gods
gifts to us all, and even more so
women. The sexy game of men and
women being charming, and
respectful has turned into many
young men having no idea of what
charm and patience is. Young men
fail to associate with women who
have the same ideas of what they
want, and even then, if a woman
changes her mind and idea of what
she wants, some men lose their
heads.

Some say it’s the music and the hiphop world that is harsh toward
women. The lure of money can’t be
denied as it can send both men and
women down a path or corrupt
mind games that can turn both
men and women into using or
abusing of each other. Then
someone says stop, I want to stop, I
want to call it an end and foulness
can arise.
Whatever it may be, all too often
some form of police involvement,
and charges and or legal issues
follow, and sometimes large
settlements. Sponsors pull away;
administrations/teams/lawyers
panic and take bad stances or make
statements to only to have to come
back and throw someone under the
bus. Groups and mindsets who
harbor certain agendas can protest,
and call for boycotts and fight in
social media. All negative from a
bad night, bad decisions, ego
tripping and victims that are revictimized by the courts of public
opinions. Often boys from the time
of high school, sometimes even as
early as junior high, feel as if, “I’m a
stud and women chase me and
want me.” That attitude can carry
over into college where more
freedom can lead to sexual
situations. Sometimes these boys in
college find women for the low ball
game of sex-sex-sex without
respect for their minds, bodies and
souls. For the young man, who has
had his way, some carry on an
aggression into their adult lives for
lack of respect for women and
themselves. Early on we have
already given them a fan base and
then…we hear on the news the
starting linebacker for the
UNIVERSITY of WE-WANT-to-WIN
was charged with sexual
misconduct.

We are hearing reports that colleges are
having problem with reporting the
numbers of women who have been
sexually assaulted, and that might be on
purpose. Decades of women have been
the victim of sexual assault, and many
have had to live with fear and shame.
Thanks to social media and too many
stories coming forward, colleges are
forced to make changes.
Primal science VS the Soul, and the Soul
Should Win No Excuses:
He’s in the gym to increase his skills for as
many hours as he’s in class, and or on the
playing field. He’s lifting weights to be able
to hand out punishment and to take it.
He’s running wind sprints to become
faster and running distance to have more
endurance. He’s eating protein plus more
protein, and then some more protein and
he’s downing supplements. He may be
taking or did take previously steroids or
some type banned substance. He’s fit.
He’s cut. He’s lean with muscle mass most
men envy, and many women admire. He’s
got an ego! His confidence slips into
arrogance. He’s primed for sexual release.
Primal science and the soul have a battle
unlike anything on the playing field.
Morality keeps most men in check, for
there are no excuses for depraved
behavior, but some fellows, act as if, they
didn’t get the message.
We read and hear about the
circumstances. Add some liquor, and or
drugs, add some flirtation where certain
souls don’t understand limits, and
understand no; add ex-sexual partners
and new lovers; add a break-up and
someone not accepting the break-up, and
add jealousy or insecurities, add an
augment or control freak attitude; add I
want sex and I’m reading you right or
wrong… add any of the above, and lets
party, plus add the primal science
mentioned above, and not be controlled
by a moral soul…it equals one thing can
lead to another and it’s all bad. Not to
mention the one thing we can never
understand is the criminal mind that will
take from others what is not theirs.
Onto the pro’s role models, they are not.
We love the pro athlete photo-opt at the
children’s hospitals. We appreciate that
some athletes give back to their