In discussing the particulars of Mr. McNair’s death, one cannot help but assess the situation. Hopefully, most people know that choices to commit adultery typically leads to someone–if not everyone–being hurt, who are involved in the situation. How hurt? Again, we can make our choices but we have no control over the consequences of our actions (which, often, include and affect other people and, indirectly, their choices). We cannot control how people respond to being disappointed and/or wounded and hurt by us. A rational person handles disappointment differently than an irrational person. How do we know? Well, we don’t until something happens and the other person reacts—in accordance with his or her own values and principles. This is what consequences entail and why it is so important to treat people kindly and respectfully. But, we live in a society where people seem to naively think that everyone will and should exercise their “legal” options or act logically when hurt or wounded by another. Or, we simply are flippant and don’t care that we hurt others and have a “oh, well, it happens…get over it attitude”. Then something like this tragedy happens and we complain about the unfairness and the severity of the consequences. Again, we have no control over how things play out once we make our choices. If any lesson can be learned from this, it is to weigh the cost of your choices. Think worst-case and best-case scenario for each decision you make that affects someone else. Can you afford to make this choice? In what possible ways could they respond—extreme or mild? Don’t be foolish to think that people–who we have no control over and who have no control over us–will always react or respond the way we think they should. Just do onto others, as you would like them to treat you as well.
That being said…what happened to Mr. McNair is so tragic. He paid the ultimate price for a mistake he made. Yet, Mr. McNair’s life is not about just one or, even, a few indiscretions (we all fall short or have fallen short of doing the right thing at some time or another). I do honor and remember him for more than just how he died. I remember him as a great player and the positive ways he contributed to society. I wish he were still with us.

If the girl really did this then she was a psycho and a cold blooded murderer. Had she been dating another guy who was not an athlete and got dumped she probably would have the same thing.

In any scenario a person like this would resort to violence like this. These same people who do things like this probably will hurt anyone even in minor incidents like road rage or petty arguements. Sometimes you can tell how volatile those people are by their behavior. Alcohol and drugs usually usually speeds up this process even more but in this case it looks like premeditated.

Bottom line is that Steve was killed by someone because he was with this girl. Probability is very high that Steve is dead because of this affair. Someone other than this girl could have done this because of jealousy also.

Some people are so caught up with their emotions that they resort to taking another person’s life. Its like OJ and though he was proven innocent we have our reservations. Did Nicole deserve that? Did Ron deserve that? She divorced him but the psycho did not leave her alone. Some people just can’t accept being rejected. I just feel you have to be extremely selfish and cruel to take someone’s life and especially because of jealousy. Some people feel really bad spraying a can of raid on ants, cockroaches, and flies. And here they are taking someones life because they are having an emotional outburst.

Steve should have known better and you can blame his judgement. However, as stupid as he was and as morally wrong as he was you cannot say he deserved it.

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“If you play with fire you will get burned” comment implies that what happened to Steve is okay. I don’t think so. If you believe a guy or a girl is not tru to you just dump them. Break the relationship. No one has a right to take another person’s life.

Details about this are still coming out so I will refrain from saying it is this girl who did it. It is a tragedy and Steve did not deserve an end like this.

A lot of people have affairs and though it is wrong I don’t think there is a law against it. You can divorce the guy or the girl and you can get money, custody of children, or sieze property from him or her. But you cannot take his life. Thats just not right.

I am just very sad to see Steve go like this.