Reflections on McNair murder/suicide.

Yes, Steve McNair was a great quarterback. Yes, Steve McNair was a well respected member of the Tennessee community, and as the announcer for Titan’s football (as heard on 670 The Score Chicago around 9:45am) put it, “One of the founding father’s of football in Tennessee.” However, the way that I think he will be remembered is as a man who was cheating on his wife, and who gave in to the desire of lust that led him down an eventual road to his death. A person’s legacy is possibly one of the most important things in life, and all of McNair’s great stats and contributions to the community will be overlooked because he was found killed with his 20 year old girlfriend, who he had bought a condo for, who his wife knew nothing about, and who his niece said was the reason for a divorce that McNair was about to initiate.

Think of all the consequences of this situation: mother outlives her son, four boys grow up without a father, a wife learns that her husband was cheating in the worst possible way, ex-teammates are emotionally affected (Eddie George broke down during an interview), and the whole community in Tennessee is deeply saddened. All of this because McNair made a choice, to not be faithful as he promised to himself and God, and honestly once he made this (see: selfish) choice, it ended up not only affecting but destroying and devastating many of the lives around him.

Our society is so selfish, which I think is really bred by capitalism, with the divorce rate over 60%, with everyone striving for the ‘idealistic’ image, sometimes it becomes hard to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong. Just remember, trust your initial judgement, and you won’t go wrong.