Media and the Athlete

A little different direction but still the same.Here is an example of how people place the professional athlete on a different level. Are they that different , they do make alot more money but they are still human.
We have a local player who plays for our professional football team the Cincinnati Bengals and he is giving them an ultimatum either trade me to a different a team or I am going to retire. The media and local fan base is treating him like he ows the team something and that he is a quitter. So I ask the question what would any regular person do when it came to your job, if your not happy what do you do you look for other employment or pursue other options, so I ask another question what if you won the lottery, because basically that is what a sports athlete has done. If you had an upwards of 50 million in your account because you won the lottery what would you do? He is an unhappy employee who wants to pursue other options just like you or I would, except he has a huge cushion and honestly if I had that much money I would not work ever again or do something that I was very passionate about.  There is such a hypocracey within the sports world I mean if the media and the fan base feel they are not playing to the standard that we think they should we want them traded, but if they want to leave we think they are quitting on us.