Athletes Relationships

Why do people care about an athlete's relationships? Is there nothing else that deserves more attention? Watching television for most of the day, just about every show on ESPN has talked about Alex Rodriguez and his break up with Kate Hudson. To start, I have noticed that when you hear about athletes and their relationships it is more times than not about male athletes. Second, why should we care who an athlete is dating and breaking up with? These are things that happen everyday outside of sports we do not care about those break ups. This shows me that male athletes are the top dogs in American society, because you do not hear about female athlete's relationships unless they are with a male athlete.

The reason I bring this topic up is, because SportsNation and Around the Horn asked the question will the break up hurt A-Rod's game? The side I heard most was that A-Rod was emotionally changed from being in a relationship and that helped his game. My argument to that is, he was in a relationship when he was struggling in the post-season. I can see how the person that you are in a relationship with can bring about different emotions and it might be possible that Kate Hudson was a reason for his improved game or it could be that the Yankees did not have to depend on A-Rod. Whatever the reason for his improvement in the post-season this topic should not be a top headline in sports, that is what the tabloids are for.

I am by no means have or ever will be a New York Yankees fan, so I am hoping that A-Rod's game goes back to the way it was in the past. I find it a little humorous that male athletes are supposed to be superior and people are saying that A-Rod cannot play good without the help of a female who does not play a sport. Is this attacking his masculinity without directly doing so? I do not think so, but if this topic is being brought in comparing his numbers before and after Kate, then maybe some people are attacking his masculinity.