A-Rod's Infidelity

I'm honestly sick and tired of hearing about A-Rod and his life. It seems I can not go a single 45-minute commute without hearing of A-Rod and something about his life on ESPN Radio or MLB Home Plate (XM).

Yet it's these same radio broadcasters (that I enjoy listening to when they are not talking about A-Rod) that are appalled at the media paparazi that follow A-Rod around and chronicle every minute of his life. Hypocrites? Hello? Aren't you spending every free second talking about him? I suppose even I am a hypocrite writing this and adding to the buzz.

But currently these sportscasters and analysts say that a professional athlete's life should be off limits to the media and that it is not fair for the picture to be taken of A-Rod and his mistress....I have to disagree. Sure, I think it sucks that A-Rod has media hounding him at every turn. But, at the same time, he is making millions and whether he wants to be or not, he is a role model. It comes with the job.

As a Christian man, I am big into accountability and believe it is vital to us men becoming better men. Men struggle with temptation. Men with money and power struggle even more. A-Rod is a married man and needs someone to hold him accountable. Obviously Derek Jeter is not going to be his accountability partner. If I had to guess, A-Rod does not have a friend to hold him accountable....after all he stays in his own hotels away from the team on road trips. If he doesn't even have a friend on the Yankees that stays in the same hotel, who else would be in his life to help him with his struggles?

If the media is the only thing that can hold A-Rod accountable to his fidelity and his struggles, then I am all for it. It is about time these professional athletes become men. If the threat of a media paparazi being around every corner is what keeps him mindful of morals, faithful to his wife, or keeps other players faithful to their wives....then media people.....keep the paparazi coming!

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17

Maybe A-Rod's "iron" will be the media.