Unfortunately, as the national voice of his sport, he was more the mouse who didn’t roar but played it safe, by punting most controversy, like other champion American pitchmen, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.
Unfortunately? UNFORTUNATELY? Do we need yet another talk about steriods? Is the writer mad that Madden didn't turn off a lamp for one broadcast? Wait, there's more!
Admittedly, no laws are broken by the failure to use a platform for social good, but Jordan and Woods over the years have been called out for never speaking out, risking their corporate appeal. Why only athletes? Why not men like Madden?
Because Madden is a fat, well-off white guy who eats mutant turkeys*? What is he going to talk about, the poor in Africa?
"Put down your nachos, folks. I'm going to talk about a subject that's near and dear to me. See this country? See this country I'm drawing? BOOM! Right here is a famine. Now let's watch it again from a different angle. BOOM! See how hard the place has been hit? The hunger is leading to some tough-actin' subtractin'! ... Thank you."
* - Let's not forget that his job is to give commentary for a sports game. You know, sports? That thing that people watch because they want to get away from important things? Why do I feel like I'm talking to a five year old?
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