The union supports Roberto Alamor after the Orioles' second baseman spit on an umpire because he disagreed with a decision. Caving into public and team pressure, Alamor apologized. Steve Howe, caught numerous times for violating baseball's drug policy, always believed he was entitled to another chance. And so on. It should because it's modeled right in our very homes where more often than not, personal, emotional and monetary profit are chosen over principle and moral judgment.
Immediate gratification is chosen over parental responsibility.
The roots and causes are as complex as the solutions. Players from this generation have been raised in or exposed to, situations and environments that yield those personality types that display the behaviors we are witnessing. A society obsessed with money and sex and where divorce and teenage pregnancy are becoming common, the Belles, Bonds and Howes of society are natural. Our relationships have become both transitory and volatile as evidenced by the continuing high divorce rate, spousal and child abuse as well as teenaged and single, parenthood. Relationships and people are now treated quickly and as easily replaceable, much in the same manner our products are planned and manufactured.