Sean Taylor

I feel bad for the family of Sean Taylor and give my sincere condolences and prayers. I have a relative that works for the Redskins and know that Sean was well liked and the entire organization is finding it hard to accept his death . But this is a question that falls in the I'm Just Asking category. Should we, as a society, hold our sports figures up as heroes? Is this one of the ways that we fail our children? I don't have a clear cut answer. Sean's death is indeed tragic, a young man who had found his niche in life with a young daughter who will never know the love of her father. But was Sean a national hero? Should his funeral have been televised on network TV? I'm just asking.......