All I can say is that it's a good job no bugger took pics or filmed me when I was that age, and I'd guess that a fair few others could say the same.
It also brings up the issue of these players being "role models".
Are they really?
Well, not to me, and to try and pitch them as role models does the players and the youth of this country a disservice.
At that age I wasn't making tens of thousands per week in my job either.
I think the issue is that these young men (or boys if you prefer) are being given an immense opportunity...one that they've earned I'll grant you, but nonetheless...they are being given a once in a lifetime opportunity and to engage in behavior that could jeapordize that can sometime speak volumes to where these kids' heads are.
You make a very good point....at that age, I wouldn't want to have my full life on show either and I surely did some things that I wouldn'tn put on a resume....BUT....I'd like to think that if I were in the position they are that I'd have grown up a bit quicker and put childish things away?
Who knows, at the end of the day yes they are just human beings and humans are inherently adept at making mistakes.
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