Sports Illustrated Writer Makes Social Work Seem Like Bad Habit

GWright — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:24:08 +0000

Chris Henry. Photo courtesy of Cincinnati Bengals.

Jeers to Sports Illustrated columnist Paul Daugherty for putting down the social work profession in a recent column.

Daugherty criticized Cincinnati Bengals football team president Mike Brown for allegedly coddling troublesome players such as Chris Henry, who died this week in a bizarre truck accident involving his fiancee.

We don’t have a problem with Daugherty’s views about Brown. But why did he have to put social workers into the mix? He wrote:

“It was Brown who proclaimed himself ‘a redeemer’ and re-signed Henry in August 2008, over the public objection of Bengals coach Marvin Lewis. If Henry were a symbol of all that was wrong with the Bengals between 2006 and 2008, so was Brown, the forgiving owner prone to social work with miscreant players.”

Q: Daugherty’s comment seems to imply social workers are weak and ineffective. Do you agree with this reading of his statement?

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Sports Illustrated Writer Makes Social Work Seem Like Bad Habit