Don’t mess with moms
By Steve King
It’s a bad look – a really, really bad look considering what came to light over the last several days – that the Detroit Lions are holding their rookie minicamp this weekend.
Mother’s Day weekend, that is.
Why didn’t the Lions hold it last weekend, when most teams did since it was the first weekend after the NFL Draft? Good question. I wonder if the Lions have a good answer for it. Probably not.
But oh, well.
Matt Patricia, who was hired as head coach four months ago, and the Lions aren’t exactly high on the lists of women’s rights groups after it was learned that he had been indicted on an aggravated sexual assault charge 22 years ago, only to have it never come to trial because the alleged victim reportedly didn’t think she could take the pressure of it. And to make it even worse, on Saturday it came out that the prosecution reportedly had five witnesses it was going to use in the trial.
Without blinking an eye or thinking twice about it, the NFL plays games on all holidays that fall within its season, including Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
But the only holiday it has traditionally steered clear of for its offseason activities is Mother’s Day. The league can trample over those other holidays, but it knows better than to mess with Mother’s Day. That’s because messing with Mother’s Day is messing with moms everywhere.
And nobody – but nobody – had better mess with Mom.
About a decade ago, the first weekend after the draft included Mother’s Day, and I can remember the Browns and most other clubs, for that matter, while they were chomping at the bit to get a look at their rookies, refused to hold mini camp that weekend. They waited until the following weekend, and the Browns had no problems explaining why they did so.
So if the NFL – at least most of the NFL, anyway — can take a day off from football for Mother’s Day, I think the rest of us can do the same.
As such, then, spend some time with Mom or whomever is the significant lady in your life. It’s the right thing to do.
And the smart thing.
Because remember, nobody should be messing with Mom.
