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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
One athlete fucks up = Athlete mentality (negative emphasis )
1,000,000 non-athletes fuck up exactly the same = we cool
Everybody can lose their employment by using drugs so why is it an "athlete mentality"?
OH; because the money is so big?
Yeah, everybody changes for the better with money on the line. 
This guy must be "2 1/2 Men" on his TV show.
Let's talk about the "TV actor mentality".
Were you able to create one for them too?
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I understand that many people can lose their job if they are drug tested and come up positive for weed. However, the money and the longevity of a career are the big things here. The average pro football player has a career that lasts 3.5 seasons long. Now a guy like Josh Gordon who is very good at the game could play longer so long as he doesn't get too many or too serious of injuries. But even then he may only have 8-10 years. He has a small window of time where he can earn an insane amount of money and he instead is choosing to smoke pot and throw millions of dollars away.
If he has an addiction, he should get help.
The difference between an "actor mentality" and an "athlete mentality" is that if both make bad choices when they are young and screw up their careers, the actor can make a comeback and still have a lifelong career. Once the football player hits his early 30's most teams won't even look at him and his career is over.