This week's news about former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green's arrest for domestic violence caused a lot of reaction among fans. I watched Green become the team's all-time leading rusher from 2000 - 2006 and a bit in 2009. I even had the opportunity to interview him a few years ago. The news was disappointing, to say the least.
It was another reminder that as much as these players do and have done on the field to bring us joy and entertainment, we don't know them as people. We support them, buy their jerseys to wear and put them on a pedestal for doing what most of us can't.