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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 963119" data-attributes="member: 17953">Years ago I came to the conclusion that professional football fans do two things very effectively.First, they turn gifted athletes into people that believe they're living gods, by heaping praise on them, demanding that the media hang on every word they say as if it was pearls of wisdom. They can do no evil.Secondly, when the skills diminish, or a question of "loyalty" appears, they tear them down, like a statue made of clay. What was built must be destroyed, because the person has now failed to meet the expectations we've placed upon them.It's human nature. We demand more of our athletes than we do of ourselves. We reserve the right to leave an employer, and move on, for personal reasons, or for more money. Athletes? Oh no! It's a loyalty test. After all, we've got the person's jersey on. They should be thankful. And, even more, they make so much money they should be grateful. We lament that we'd be happy if we were in their shoes.Anyhow, it's called a love/hate relationship. For a lot of Packer fans, Rodgers has gone past the love part, and is now in the hate portion of his career. No matter what he does, it's going to be interpreted as wrong. Let's just hope our own lives aren't judged as harshly as his.It's hell living in a fish bowl.</blockquote>

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