Loyalty
football . i’ll be honest, i know nothing about the sport. don’t get me wrong, i do love watching football: going to games, tailgating, high-fiving burnt orange-wearing fans. but i’m no expert on the rules, players names, penalties, etc. what i do know, however, is that the character commonly called the ‘defensive lineman’ will do everything short of busting out a semi-automatic shotgun to protect the guy on his team who possesses the ball. how many people in your life would throw their bodyweight against a 250 pound piece of angry sweaty flesh to protect you? loyalty is an extremely commendable – and fairly rare – attribute. i believe it’s an issue of devotion. dedication. sacrifice. knowing that you care so much, so deeply, about someone or something that you would risk your own life to save or protect it. the friend that comes to pick you up from the airport right in the middle of the final episode of gossip girl. the co-worker who cal...