Quote Originally Posted by episcopalscot
Since Pat Tillman has been brought up, we should also mention the 16th Battalion (MacRae's Battalion) of the Royal Scots Regiment, which was composed of a number of football players from the Heart of Midlothian Football Club (the Hearts) in Edinburgh during the First World War.
Todd, what I was getting at is none of these men are heros for what they did on the playing field where there is really nothing of importance at risk, they're heros for their services and sacrifices for their country and putting everything, including their lives, on the line. I don't believe that playing a game well deserves hero status, it just cheapens the word.