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Posted By: peter chao

David,

The reasons for the lies are pretty obvious. They are protecting their careers, most contracts have clauses that pertain to off the field conduct. If they are convicted of a felony, the team has the right to terminate their contracts.

Also, they find the role-model requirements of a superstar to be burdensome and unrealistic. They really don't want kids to worship them, they want to be judged solely on their on-field heroics.

Peter C.