I've been hard on Moss, but today, I talked to a Vikings fan who told me about how he witnessed Moss visit homes with disabled kids and he had genuine smiles and treated the kids very decently, and made sure everyone got an autograph, etc. The Vikings fan said he likes Moss on a personal basis. I was glad to hear that about him, and I am sure that this the kind of person he is more than capable of being. However, if a team coddles him because of his talent and treats him as special, it not only creates resentment and destroys team spirit, it's giving Moss a big ego and inciting his least admirable traits to come to the surface.
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