This Peyton Manning situation is the best example I could give about why I never knocked Lebron for leaving the Cavs and teaming up with Bosh and Wade. Peyton brought that franchise back from the depths of the trash heap. 14 years he carried them on his back. Never had a defense, has gone too many seasons without a running back, never complained, just played and won games.
Never missed a single game before he got hurt. Soon as he got hurt for the first time ever, is coming back and looking to prove he can still play, the team that he carried on his back for 14 years can send him packing and it be acceptable to say "it's what's best for the team" and it be okay. Well then I don't want to hear anything about a player deciding to take his career into his own hands and saying "this is what's best for me". There's no reward for being loyal to a team for a player. The team will thrown you aside as soon as it's in it's interest to do so. Nor do I expect them to behave differently, I just assert that same liberty be freely afforded to the players.
Lets stop pretending "Sports" is anything other than what it is. Entertainment. People get paid to play a game. They play at the highest level for our amusement.
