Good (Peyton) vs Evil (Sherman)

Labeling an NFL player's personality from what we see in postgame interviews is like labeling a Hollywood actor based on what we saw from a movie. Peyton Manning comes off as a "golly, gee, aw shucks" kind of nerd who happens to articulate well and we as the viewer see this so we automatically think he's a great guy. Peyton Manning might be a solid individual but he's certainly not what we see in interviews. The same goes for Sherman. His interview made us think he was a thug when, actually, that is the farthest thing from the truth. Sherman donates a lot of money to Stanford's Lucille Packard Children's Hospital and he spends a lot of time with the kids in the offseason. His acceptance into Stanford as a student athlete should tell you all you need to know about his intelligence. Its unfortunate for us to see Sherman, negatively, ten minutes, postgame, but we weren't living the emotion as he was. As well, the NFL has just as much to do with marketing and theatrics as it is, sport. The NFL is ENTERTAINMENT. So, in my opinion, it was quite brilliant for Sherman to self endorse himself in front of a national audience even if he did look like a fool because, now, the average Joe knows who this guy is. Whether we like someone or not, it's completely all about perception.

Labeling an NFL player's personality from what we see in postgame interviews is like labeling a Hollywood actor based on what we saw from a movie. Peyton Manning comes off as a "golly, gee, aw shucks" kind of nerd who happens to articulate well and we as the viewer see this so we automatically think he's a great guy. Peyton Manning might be a solid individual but he's certainly not what we see in interviews. The same goes for Sherman. His interview made us think he was a thug when, actually, that is the farthest thing from the truth. Sherman donates a lot of money to Stanford's Lucille Packard Children's Hospital and he spends a lot of time with the kids in the offseason. His acceptance into Stanford as a student athlete should tell you all you need to know about his intelligence. Its unfortunate for us to see Sherman, negatively, ten minutes, postgame, but we weren't living the emotion as he was. As well, the NFL has just as much to do with marketing and theatrics as it is, sport. The NFL is ENTERTAINMENT. So, in my opinion, it was quite brilliant for Sherman to self endorse himself in front of a national audience even if he did look like a fool because, now, the average Joe knows who this guy is. Whether we like someone or not, it's completely all about perception.

Labeling an NFL player's personality from what we see in postgame interviews is like labeling a Hollywood actor based on what we saw from a movie. Peyton Manning comes off as a "golly, gee, aw shucks" kind of nerd who happens to articulate well and we as the viewer see this so we automatically think he's a great guy. Peyton Manning might be a solid individual but he's certainly not what we see in interviews. The same goes for Sherman. His interview made us think he was a thug when, actually, that is the farthest thing from the truth. Sherman donates a lot of money to Stanford's Lucille Packard Children's Hospital and he spends a lot of time with the kids in the offseason. His acceptance into Stanford as a student athlete should tell you all you need to know about his intelligence. Its unfortunate for us to see Sherman, negatively, ten minutes, postgame, but we weren't living the emotion as he was. As well, the NFL has just as much to do with marketing and theatrics as it is, sport. The NFL is ENTERTAINMENT. So, in my opinion, it was quite brilliant for Sherman to self endorse himself in front of a national audience even if he did look like a fool because, now, the average Joe knows who this guy is. Whether we like someone or not, it's completely all about perception.