The clothes are the least of my worries though. Some of the players that I see around campus choose to fit the football player stereotype of being an anger-prone, dumb jock so well that it almost seems like being civilized has gone out of style for them. With a tendency for having a foul mouth or displaying rude behavior, they have marred their glorified image of being the masculine athletes that put their bodies on the line every week for the glory of their team. Maybe they can don the purple helmet and pads and work with teammates on Friday nights, but every other day, their face guards are off. Every other day, each of the players have to represent the school and streams of curse words and unkempt behavior just doesn’t cut it.
And each of us should hold ourselves to the same standards, pretending we are famous athletes that everyone is looking up to and watching. Even if we are with friends, at a store, at a restaurant, where we think no one is watching, we can’t let ourselves do something stupid. We are reflections of every group or organization we are in and every friend that we have. Letting ourselves down with a bad judgment call doesn’t just affect ourselves, but also everyone around us. So remember to always act your best. Ultimately, like it or not, someone is always watching us.