Whats Up With Ray Lewis

Athletes will or all should spend a decent amount of money to groom their image and actions carefully. As the 2012 NFL season wrapped up, one of the most talked about stories was that of retiring Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis. With all of his high points today at this point in time Ray Lewis is considered to be one of the most admired NFL players, from the covers of two separate Madden games an MVP, two super bowl rings and one of the most feared players a QB will ever see on the other side of the line, not to mention the trademark shuffle Lewis performs at every home game. These are indeed attributes one we need to be admired so much but this was not always the case. Lewis drew in plenty of negative image due to his role in a January 2000 fight that led to the deaths of two people in Atlanta.  Most sports analysts and commentators agree that Lewis is a gimme for the Hall of Fame. So with Lewis’s retirement, if this were the dark ages before the Internet and social media the great legacy will end here. With the fairytale ending of a Super Bowl victory to close out a spectacular NFL career, the dark spot from 13 years ago now largely forgotten unfortunately this is the twenty first century and social media is at an all time high it creates endless conversation as to what Lewis and his reputation should really be praised or tainted.

 Here we see Lewis mentioned as One of the greatest NFL players of all time as the video tends to shed more light on his successes rather than his dark past, you can also see how the mood of the video provides upbeat and light heart vibes essentially praising Lewis on a small scale, but now this video sheds a very different light on the matter one that continues to bring up his past.

  obviously both videos range very far apart from each other in that they are targeting different groups of the population. but to get my point across I should let it be know that both videos have been uploaded recently this year meaning that topic is still very much on the minds of people out there. The mass media plays a big role in determining how they want a certain event object or person to be viewed check out this CNN video which clearly aims at mocking the Trial and making the people invloved sound almost ignorant.

In the end the media has many different views on the subject and how it wants people to purvey a certain individual. Despite being a 13-year old story and having gone through the judicial process at that time, this continues to drive hatred for Lewis. now that he has retired it again open up the discussion of how his legacy should be remembered. I guess the people can be the judge of that!.

   P.S I thought I was in a group C turns out I am a week late and am in group B stupid I know right.