OJ

As I posted earlier about O.J. first getting away with murder, and then committing armed robbery, viewers suggested that if a player were to be inducted into the hall-of-fame, off the field actions could change their inductance into the HOF(hall-of-fame). The thought of the comment was stated almost as a punishment if the player did not hold up to living a "perfect" life.
The idea isn't necessarily a bad thought, although I think a players performance on the field versus what they do off the field shouldn't matter. As an example: say a player came and just demolished all records, like a Michael Jordan of the NFL. Every little kid wants to be the athlete. He has every endorsement deal, he has everything he would ever want. He is the stud on the field and everyone looks at him as a god. Then all the sudden he decides to go on a rampage and do something against the law. Those actions should not be looked at after he has been inducted. The player had to work hard for his spot in the HOF, so that player should be awarded for his work ethic and his ability to perform under pressure. The player through his time in the NFL was successful in many ways because of the role model he was to the younger children wanting to be like him. My opinion of success is not how much money you have, or how many materialistic items you have, but how many lives you can change while doing what you do best.
People are not perfect although when your a star in a popular sport, or when everyone is critiquing your life, the expectations of you are raised higher because everyone wants you to fail. So when the athlete does fail, everyone can drop the hammer on him and say ya, he wasn't as good as everyone thought. He made a mistake, therefore he doesn't deserve any of the awards he worked his ass off for. That is not fair to the athlete because whether he did or did not break the law, he did something great for the league, and overall, he changed many young peoples lives because he proved no matter what the odds were against him, he pursued his dream and didn't let anyone stop him. O.J. had a dream to be in the NFL and set many records, and that is what he did. Just because he broke the law doesn't give anyone the right to take something away from him that he earned and deserves.