Athlete saves the day

[Sergey]

Not to take away from him what he did but would the media have mentioned it if he were not an athlete? I think not, that's just the way it is.
Greencom

True. Why do they even mention that he plays football? What does that have to do with it? "his football instincts kicked in"????

Thank the Lord for football players. Without them, WHO would save us from gun-toting 14 year olds?

Probably because it describes who he is and gets more interest in the story.

Just like if an actor or any entertainment icon did it. Athletes are celebrities. Get over it.

Teenagers are celebrities?

[Polite24]

Yeah, some are. Stop making narrow minded posts.

[Ray]

teenage athletes are clown puppets. not celebrities.