Sports parents should be publicly tar & feathered

[Ankf00]

http://www.esquire.com/features/the-game/todd-marinovich-0509

daaaaamn.

[Don Quixote]

I knew it was bad, but not that bad. I'm glad my folks let me be a lovable loser. :)

[Ankf00]

My parents only cared about the USN&WR ranking of my major. :gomer:

[emjaya]

As a baby, Todd was fed only fresh vegetables, fruits, and raw milk; when he was teething, he was given frozen kidneys to gnaw.

:saywhat: :yuck:

[chop456]

And in college, he was given only sticky, delicious, kind buds. :D

[emjaya]

I read the story, and sure, the old man was a little over the top; but as far as I can see the guy screwed up his career, and his life, all by himself.

If the pressure playing football was too much for him, he could have quit and got a 9 to 5 like the rest of us. He choose the drugs instead.