Pullman is a town with about 31, 395 people and is home to the over 20,000 Washington State students. I’m sure all of them somehow know a football player or two.
In such a small town, it is easy to become a sort of celebrity being on the football team. Children see players on the big screen scoring the game-winning touchdown and quickly idealize the players as role models.
The Cougar quarterback’s number becomes highly sought after, and often fought over, jersey number on the local peewee football team. The men wearing crimson and gray on the field are admired and imitated by children all over the city — but should they be held to such high moral standards?