I mean, you are both correct. I tend to go even further than Legodoom, I don't think there are many elite, 1% of 1% pro athletes who are capable of being normal human beings and not narcissists. Obviously that's not really true, there are plenty of good people, and plenty who learn to become good people the hard way, and plenty who are just a little weird and obsessed and broken without being terrible people (our current 1B and QB might both fit into that category, while Joel might not be weird and obsessed and broken enough). But when I think of Rose, Kobe, MJ, I can't separate the character flaws from what drove them as players.
Doesn't sound like the cops were too hard on him if he got to follow them back driving his own car and made bail that night. No wonder the UGA players just keep doing it.
I don't think it's ridiculous to hold athletes to a higher standard though. They are part of a public relationship with a city and (despite what Barkley said) are role models. High school and college football sells itself as something that makes better human beings, that's why people hold them to a higher standard. So sure, it's ridiculous only because the whole thing is.
