Clay Travis: The Tennessean Is Sitting on a Story That Steve McNair Had Several Other Affairs

Why is it important for me to read about them.

Well said. The man has passed on, and I don’t care to read about who else he was or was not sleeping with. Hopefully the media will restrain itself. The family has got to be still reeling.

In general I just don’t care about “affair” news, although when it’s a governor that disappears to another country for several days to boink some gal and his staff claims he’s hiking the appalachian trail and out of touch, OK, that’s funny. They can roll out the circus tents for something like that.

since when? i wouldn’t be surprised in 80% of athletes cheat on their wives…

in fact most titans probably have a girlfriend in indi, houston, and jacksonville because they are there every year…. but who cares?

what does the choices an athlete make in their personal life have any effect on me? it dosnt, and frankly it is none of my business. Those kinds of things are personal decisions that people make for themselves and deal with the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately in #9’s case his decision led to being murdered… it is very tragic. No matter where you stand on the issue of infidelity no one deserves death for these errors in judgment.

Jesus Christ, me too, who cares

Anything interesting going on with the supplemental draft?

My point in the thread of Gramseys was not so much the details of all his affairs. More on the effect they have on his legacy The things I feel should be discussed are questions like 1) How does this have an effect on his legacy? 2) Is it deserved? 3) How does this impact his perception and his work in the community? And in regards to the amount of affairs, it does matter to some extent. As Clay Travis said, he sadly ended up dead over this. Those consequences, his death, the hurt caused on his family, while not foreseen or deserved, are all a direct result of his affairs.

Yes, all athletes do it, but not all athletes were revered in the community as McNair was. Kirby Puckett’s problems were revealed late in his life and even more after he died. It most definitely changed the perception of him, and deservedly so. The truth be told, we don’t know who the real McNair was, and most likely it was a mix of all of it. The bad affairs and the good community work. Truth be told, most of us are that complicated as well, and have good and bad qualities within us, and if a journalist followed us around, could portray us either way. But it certainly has bearings on us as his fans. I love McNair and will ALWAYS remember him fondly, but I also refuse to turn a blind eye to the details of his life just so I don’t tarnish my own memory of him. In my opinion, these details do, and will, and should factor in to how I remember him. Most likely, McNair was a man who had some demons he was chasing, but also wanted to do good things for people less fortunate.

I do not mean to stir the pot, but McNair to me was my last athlete I idolized. Maybe it’s my own curiosity I am trying to satisfy and nothing more, but I do want to know why he took the actions he did that led to his unpredictable and tragic ending. He was a beacon of hope to many, especially in regards to his family. He was always portrayed as a family man, and this most definitely reveals that he wasn’t. True family men don’t have multiple affairs. I want to know why. The fan in me wants to know why he would be so kind and loving to so many people he didn’t even know, but so hurtful to the people closest to him. Why would he tell a 19 year old girl he was going to leave his wife for her? All these things need asking in time and should be discussed in time. Ultimately the pain the McNair family is feeling is not caused by the media for the most part, for the media outside of a few blogs like Pro Football Talk, is only reporting facts. They were caused by McNair’s actions that led to completely unpredictable and undeserved consequences, but nevertheless it was his actions that sadly led to this point.

I will always love and respect and even admire McNair, but not as much. One of the reasons I idolized him as a kid was because of his family man persona, and that has been revealed to be a sham. That’s not speculation, that’s just the truth. As a fan of McNair I want to know why he chose what he chose to do, and I don’t think that is unreasonable.

Some people want a good juicy story. People aren’t perfect. I mean, when Michael Jackson died. People made a big memorial about him and only talked about the good things he as done. Which sure he’s done good things. But you hardly see anybody talk about- well, Michael was weird and did odd things and may have been with little boys and dangled his baby out a window. But Steve dies this way and everybody want to point fingers- to play a who done it game- a " I want to be a dective"-“lets play clue” type game. If Steve died later at his house or had a heart attack in a pool hall, even if he was still having affair(s) at the time, no one would say other wise. But because he goes like this the Media goes nuts because people like to dig deep into people’s personal flaws. I mean, we all have done things. If someone really wanted to they could bring up dirt on your own Mom and make her look like a bad person. It’s a Shame Steve went out the way he did, and left something for people to talk about.

McNair no longer plays for the Titans, and his off-field personal items have nothing to do with how the team will perform. I do not make the argument that his death will not have an effect on the team—the grief will play some part, I’m sure, though I do not know what that part will be. But the details of his personal life are: 1) well past us, 2) well outside the scope of the actual team’s organized activities.

I think we are in danger of confusing a man’s personal life with his professional life. If this stuff actually is “newsworthy”, then it is stuff for the Society Page. MCM, however, isn’t the Society Page, and honestly, if I wanted to read that sort of thing, I’d have gone to TMZ or someplace like that.

We have choices as fans. I may choose to be a fan of a player because of what he does on the field, and that does not mean that I approve of what he does off of the field. But I also have the right as a fan to not be a fan of someone BECAUSE I do not approve of what he does off of the field.

And for the record, I am not against this conversation, or any other conversations concerning #9 and his demise. I, however, will not stand for the “he deserved it” or “HE SUCKS” or “GET OVER IT11” garbage that we, unfortunately, have been subjected to, even if it was just for a brief time. That was the point of my earlier post.