Game 4

Today, I was lucky enough to be able to witness the fourth game of the playoff series between the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics. It was an incredible game that went into double overtime, and even though they were favored to lose the Bulls came out victorious. While I was in the United Center I was completely consumed with the game. The sight of Derrick Rose weaving through defenders to slam the ball in the basket, the sound of the thousands of cheering fans reverberating off the walls, it was an amazing game. Afterwards, as I was driving home with my Dad, I came to the realization that even though I have been doing copious amounts of research on how athletes do many bad things that destroy their image as role models, I still look up to athletes. I cannot help it. Every human being wants to see some form of perfection, and the players in the NBA have achieved athletic perfection. They are ten times faster, stronger, and more agile than the average American and it is amazing to watch. I am aware of all the bad things that NBA players have done, but once I stepped through the doors of the United Center I forgot everything because I was simply there to enjoy a basketball game. Therefore, I can see now that it's not that we as a nation give professional athletes special treatment due to their profession, it is that we love to watch them play so much that our subconscious just looks the other way.