Integrity of Football

Anyone who watches The NFL on a regular basis can see the writing on the wall. Its not even just the NFL, its NCAA Football as well. People looking the other way  for bad apples or good players can skirt the rules. 

What am I talking about you ask? How about the constant barrage of investigations by the NCAA against schools or players getting paid to play, or teachers letting players not show and passing them so they can play. Schools constantly break the rules so they can win and make money for the school. It's almost like the schools dont care as long as you win. Granted I can't blame the players for wanting to get paid, the school are making millions off of them. On the other hand, they're getting a free education! HELLO! But Players getting babied all throughout their lives who make it into the NFL think they can still get away with the same things.

Professional Football. Most kids dreams are to one day play sports professionally. What kind of example are they setting for the younger generation if they see NFL players constantly stomping on players, throwing punches, breaking the rules and nothing happens to them? This to me says its okay and I can be there too if I am decent and break the rules as well. There are teams who get rid of players for marijuana use, but keep others who are better for far worse infractions? 

At what point does an owner stand up and say, " I wont put winning over the integrity of the game."? There are currently players that have to have 24/7 bodyguards around to protect the players from themselves. There are players that abuse not only other teams on the field, but their own team mates on the practice field? I, for one would not have these players on my team, as Im sure there are others and parents and players that would feel the same. 

Whoever you favorite team is, can you say this is true?