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Football Fri Oct 24 2008
The Boy Who Cried "Staph".
I have been a fan of Kellen Winslow Jr. since his days at the U of Miami. Oddly enough, I tend to dislike loudmouth, cocky and arrogant players. I like class acts, guys who keep their nose to the grindstone and eye on the brass ring.
I like Tim Duncan more than Garnett. Call me boring.
However, I have always backed Kellen through the countless things he has said and done. When said he would kill some Tennessee Volunteers in the name of the U, I thought to myself "hey, if they were trying to kill me, I would try to kill them first too". When he lost a season to an injury sustained after a reckless motorcycle accident, I reminded myself that motorcycles are super fun and awesome. So what's the big deal?
Kellen has always been one who doesn't know how to hold back, and I've always been willing to overlook that because his all-world talent supersedes his big mouth. After being hospitalized because of a dirty locker room, Kellen actually has something to complain about. However, no one listens because sports society has grown so tired of his antics.
I, for one, believe Junior. It seems that this suspension is based entirely on Kellen blabbing on something he was asked to cover up. Six different players with staph infections in one year is a lot. It's especially horrifying when reading the symptoms on WebMD. A football locker room is filthy, everything is coated in mud, sweat, blood and more sweat. Everyone walks around naked too. These things are bound to happen with out proper cleaning.
Kellen isn't the most credible opinion in sports, but this sounds legitimate to me. We won't listen to Ron Artest if he said someone stole his wallet because he's an ass. A lot of people won't care that Rasheed Wallace complains about unjustified technicals because of how many justified technicals his attitude earned him. I give Kellen the benefit of the doubt because this sounds like a real conspiracy-nut cover-up.
Plus, the Browns are a somewhat shitty organization, so I tend to go against Phil Savage and crew are saying. I'm gonna go with Kellen on this one and remember not to take my pants off in Browns Stadium.
