Portis apparently is not a dog lover

[Schneed10]

I'm pretty disappointed in Portis for his comments here, mainly because it hits on a personal note because I'm such a dog lover. But in the end, he's not in trouble with the law and consequently will have no impact on the 'Skins in 2007.

I think it's OK that kids, or anyone, look to athletes as role models. But it's important that you teach your kids that when an athlete says something like this, that your child should stop and think about it, and form their own opinion. Have the conversation, so Johnny, do you think dogfighting is OK? Do you think it's OK to see doggies get hurt? Does it make it OK just because Clinton Portis said it's OK? Can you still enjoy watching Clinton Portis play football without agreeing with him about hurting dogs?

And that's the thing. Kids just need to be able to separate what athletes say from what they do. You can teach your kids that.