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So Seattle Seahawks football player Richard Sherman's baby momma is about to deliver their first, and there is every possibility that it could coincide with the Super Bowl on Sunday. If so, should he abandon his job, fans, and teammates, or should he abandon his gf and child?
From what I'm hearing, most males seem to think that playing the game is a no-brainer (more on that later) while most females think that he should skip the game if necessary.
Although I am a male, I think the latter. In the first place, football is a dumb sport that inevitably results in brain damage. Thirty years down the road, what are you going to remember? That you bashed an opponents brains out, or that you were there for the birth of your child?
If the opponent bashed your brains out, you will probably not have a memory at all, so perhaps that is a potential counter-argument.
I don't know that there is a "right" answer. I will say that both could be once in a lifetime events - so it's not necessarily a black and white situation. As a mother, I'm so grateful that my husband was there with me for the births of both of our children. It would have been really scary and lonely to go through that by myself. My husband has said that being there was truly amazing and that he wouldn't have missed it for anything. But he's also not a professional football player with a chance to play in the Superbowl. I mean - it's the SUPERBOWL!
I don't know that there is a "right" answer. I will say that both could be once in a lifetime events - so it's not necessarily a black and white situation. As a mother, I'm so grateful that my husband was there with me for the births of both of our children. It would have been really scary and lonely to go through that by myself. My husband has said that being there was truly amazing and that he wouldn't have missed it for anything. But he's also not a professional football player with a chance to play in the Superbowl. I mean - it's the SUPERBOWL!
Exactly my point. It's a sporting event vs. the devotion to wife (okay baby momma) and child. It would not be a difficult decision for me.
There's no wrong answer, it should be discussed and a decision should be reached.
But yeah, I'd probably be playing in the Super Bowl. As a sports player, you work your entire life for this moment, especially if you are starting. If you aren't starting, and just a role-player, I'd probably go be with my SO.
Richard Sherman is one of the best Corners in the league right now, so he's a major part of that team's success.
She's nine months pregnant, but there is no reason to believe that the baby is coming on Sunday. Sherman has even said the baby isn't due to come this weekend. It's a side story blown completely up by the media; no one even knew his girlfriend was pregnant until this past week.
It's a decision to be made between him and his girlfriend, based on what feels right for them. Pete Carroll has even said that it is Sherman's decision, and that "family comes first."
His job, and he owes it to his entire team. The kid won't remember. I never did.
Just playing devil's advocate, but: Do most of the men here plan on going into the office while your wife is in labor? Because that's your job, after all.
I don't think that it's understandable if he plays in the Superbowl because it's his "job." My husband missed work to be there when our second son born. But I think it's understandable if he plays in the Superbowl because it's the Superbowl. I think either choice he makes is valid.
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