Selfishness

In sports you are always told to be unselfish always trying to make get a better shot at the hoop by making that extra pass, or diving for ball even though it hurts. When i got to thinking most sports players reach their downfalls because they are too selfish and can only think of themselves. For example, the much hated former Cowboy, Terell Owens, is said to have ruined the Cowboys locker room turning players against players, and ruining the chemistry. This got me thinking of Oedipus because even though Oedipus is probably the least selfish person both Oedipus and Terell have tragic falls that lead to their downfalls. For Oedipus' tragic flaw is impatience for Terell, well Terell has a few you could start out with selfishness which in turn could lead to impatience, and worst of all he is very cocky. Like we have been discussing in class poetic tragedies lead to the downfalls of the characters and for Terell he was cut from the three previous teams for pouting, and blaming his poor performances on other teamates. In San Fransico Terell called Jeff Garcia, Jeff Garthia making an inuendo that Garcia was a homosexual. Personally i think this is ridiculous why even bother saying something like that because first of all Jeff Garcia is married to a model and it just ruins the team, like in Dallas when he turned players against players. It is very interesting how Terell can never be at fault it was always the quarterbacks faults Garcia, McNabb, Romo, and who knows maybe his new quarterback Trent Edwards. As it has played out in previous situations for Terell he has been eventually cut he becomes the enemy of his teamates. It is only a matter of time before he starts up his shanigans because his performances over the current season would are very horrible for as much money as he is getting paid. The downfalls of men can be prevented, but like in Oedipus the tragic flaw the character contains is inevitable leading to their downfall.