Monday, May 2, 2011

Peyton Manning Makes a Joke?

I have to say that I have had nothing but respect for Peyton Manning and the way he has conducted himself.  He has appeared, to date, to take his position as a role model seriously and has stayed out of trouble.  Therefore, is was disappointing to see the article written recently in which he admitted to dogging the neurocognitive baseline tests in order to allow himself an easier return to play after a TBI.  In a time where kids in middle school and high school work very hard to emulate those that they look up to, I found this comment disturbing.  The fact that Mr. Manning more recently called it all a joke doesn't help matters.  He has basically encouraged kids to try to subvert the system in any manner that they can to be able to return to play as quickly as possible.  I  hope that over the next few weeks, he will continue to try to retract his statement in full and promote taking the exams much more seriously.

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