sdog1981":24pnpph0 said:
I don't give a rats ass about someone making a celebrity appearance on Thanksgiving/Christmas. Do these kinds of things in June-July-August when these charities are really hurting for help.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
I understand where you're coming from, too many celebrities follow the examples of the Pharisees from ancient Israel. Priests that would do all of their fasting and demonstrations of piety in public, 2 plus millennia ago. Maybe these celebrities are reincarnated "Timpletons." Hypocrisy is nothing new, yet lazy people never learn.
However, Bobby Wagner is NOT one of those people. He was there for one event, and tried to slip in some significant donations without anybody knowing, but a group of teenagers recognized him, and the word got out.
In fact, most players are genuine philanthropists, and care about something enough to attach their name to it. These are young people, but they've learned life's lessons a lot earlier than most of us have. And one of those lesssons is that in the days of social media, any insincerity will show up like a giant zit on their reputation, and they do not want that.
Usually you can tell when celebs are full of it, because they don't show up to their own events, at least not for more than a few minutes.
Which reminds me, I thought it was so awesome what Grady Jarrett does for people in his community. Dude is right in the middle of it.
