That is a laughable statement. As if men have any morals left. We've seen Tiger Woods go through his nonsense now John Terry is going through the same thing but much worse. He bedded an mate's ex-girlfriend which is a no-no in man law especially when his mate had a kid with the girl. Everybody has talked about Tiger Woods so I'm going to say my two cents about the man in question now.
I thought about this topic of moral standards when I was reading up on the dailymail and them talking about other options for England captain if indeed Terry is sacked or resigned his captainacy. Each of the candidates have had problems with the law or cheating on their spouses or having orgies with prostitutes. We want to hold these people. Our "role models" in higher standards than they should be. However we forget who these people are. They are footballers. They've ate, slept, and shit football since the day they were born. The only families that some of these footballers know is their footballing academies. Don't get me wrong, they love their mothers and fathers but it is their manager telling them what to do once they turn 10, 11, or 12. I'm pretty sure that they do not go into life training when they are in these academies. For that matter, I don't think school would be a necessity to those trying to live the dream.
Where am I trying to get out?
We are talking about those kids who hardly have a family life anymore. They have not been taught right or wrong when it comes to relationship with each other or their woman friends. What do you expect will happen when they turn 20 years old and they are a Premier League footballers with millions and millions, AND glorious women flocking to their side any chance they get. We shake our heads to the John Terry's and the Ashley Cole's of the world that cheat on their WaGs (Wives and Girlfriends) but it is hard to say whether they do not know if it is truly right or wrong to do this. Until it gets to the media and they embarrass their women into tears, then they realize that they are wrong and "they'll never do it again". Until the next time they do it again.
I don't feel sorry for John Terry. It was his decision to get married to his childhood sweetheart. It is also his decision to go on drunken binders and find other women while he's engaged to his wife-to-be. It is also his fault for "cheering" up Vannessea Perconnel (Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend). What does he expect? A "Chelsea girl" who has slept with numerous Chelsea players other than Terry and Bridge. Hey he is one of those that just doesn't know when to say no or does he care about the ones he hurt. He wanted to hide this relationship to save his sponsorship deals, he never made one mention to hurting his family in any way. I mean how low is that.
Alright back to the task at hand. I truly don't know why any of these footballers (anyone for that matter) get married at an early age. Like I said before, they don't have any idea how to raise a family or how to treat their wives and children. They might love their children (John Terry was a dad of the year in England one time, wow England must have sad bad dads) but they don't understand the bad behavior they conduct themselves with will have a bad effect on them. Like what is being said by everybody, "John Terry is a football man." This is true, he knows nothing else and it will be a fool to say that you are shocked by his actions.
What about Women and Moral Standards? Haven't we forgot Vannessa was best mates with John Terry's wife? And she has done everything in her power to sleep with almost every Chelsea player she could. (Shoot I should have played for Chelsea). These women don't hold up their end of the bargain either. They are the ones who throw themselves at men to make a quick buck or they change their entire appearance just to keep their football husbands or boyfriends. Can't really fault them, I mean if they can sell a story for $250,000+ then all the power to them. But don't think you'll earn an ounce of respect from others due to you failing in keeping up with your moral standards.
We want our to hold our footballers, athletes, actors, actress, etc to a higher standard. And then you have people like Catholic Priest fondling little boys. Or pastors and deacons laundering money for their own good. These are the people who we look to to tell us of a better life after this one. And yet a minority of them take your money and don't even blink twice about it. What I'm trying to say (in case it got lost within the babble I spilled) is that stop expecting people to be perfect. None of us are. Even those who have an image of perfection, they aren't. And I'm not going to be surprised when I see a superstar: cheats on his (or her) wife/husband, or take PEDs, or goes to a brothel. Because they are only human and like Adam and Eve did a LONG time ago, sometimes we succumb to our urges no matter what the consequences are...
