Articles by Levick Experts
A Doomed Court
June 8, 2009
These days, it's clearly tougher to be a professional athlete in America. Yet the reason why it's tougher may not be as clear cut as it seems. The legal system is definitely fair, but athletes still may not be getting a fair shake where it really matters: In the court of public opinion.
For professional athletes, naturally gifted from Day One, there's a lot of adulation. Yet the public can turn on them very quickly if it feels that the athletes aren't letting the fans in on the fun. Sometimes that's because an athlete just wants to focus on the job at hand, but that will to win can easily be transformed into arrogance. Top athletes -- whether it be Alex Rodriguez, Michael Vick before his conviction or, now, Plaxico Burress -- just don't take enough notice of that.