War is no game; soldiers not playing

Lance Briggs, Chicago Bears linebacker, had the audacity to compare the rash of injured players the team had to "fallen soldiers." Wat compounded this tasteless comparison was the Daily Herald's featuring of the quote on the front page of the newspaper.

Why not also use "heroes" a couple of times as well to describe the Bears win over the Seattle Seahawks. The United States has true heroes, actual soldiers fighting and dying in two wars overseas. Describing highly paid professional athletes who happen to become injured PLAYING A GAME as "fallen soldiers" is reprehensible when the true fallen have made the ultimate sacrifice with their lives. Sports are a game not a battle, played on a field, not a battlefield and a contest not a "war."

We as readers do not need to see verbatim quotes from pampered, overpaid, narcissistic athletes that compare their endeavors and their teammates in terms that should expressly, exclusively be used for our brave men and women in uniform. And we certainly don't need to see these abhorrent quotes printed on the front page of our newspaper.

Steve Sarich

Grayslake