It's not just the players, it's the culture. Sometimes it's the people around them; the people who are looking after them - the money they're given. Some of the families give up their jobs and live off their sons. That would never have happened 10 years ago.
“Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily.”
“As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish.”