OT: A great story. The NFL could use more of this

[CtCardinals78]

The girl's prom date backed out on her last minute and Joe Hayden ended up taking her to her senior prom. What an awesome act by Hayden.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highs...wns-db-takes-ohio-teenager-her-092311028.html

 

[Longcolts]

I may not be a Browns fan but I sure just became a Joe Hayden fan. Classy move by the young man!

 

[52brandon]

SUPER classy move. I think every NFL player that I've personally met were all way cool. This move goes above and beyond though. Best of luck to this young man, still hope he trips every time he covers Fitz though lol

 

[Pariah]

Doesn't anyone else find it a bit creepy?

 

[Duckjake]

Doesn't anyone else find it a bit creepy?

Not me. Even though he's been in the NFL 2 seasons Haden just turned 23 so its not a big deal as long she's 18 or older.

 

[CtCardinals78]

Doesn't anyone else find it a bit creepy?

Not at all. Creepy is some girl taking a cardboard cutout of Tebow to her prom. It's nice to see these guys give back to their fans. He was in a unique position to help someone out and make that young lady's special day extraordinary. I think it was awesome he was able to do that.

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

I don't think her first date backed out.. I think she ate him.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Doesn't anyone else find it a bit creepy?

Uh, watch the video...seems highly unlikely he's creeping.

 

[blindseyed]

I don't think her first date backed out.. I think she ate him.

 

[52brandon]

Doesn't anyone else find it a bit creepy?

not in the slightest. She's his biggest fan, she got ditched a couple days before prom and decided to take a shot in the dark and ask. He accepted

 

[InfiniteRed]

Hypothetically, would you guys consider it a class act if she was a smoking hot 18 year old girl?

Haha, but really, this a nice story.

 

[52brandon]

Hypothetically, would you guys consider it a class act if she was a smoking hot 18 year old girl?

Haha, but really, this a nice story.

lol, call it a hunch, but I don't think her date would have ditched her if she was smoking hot

 

[CardLogic]

Doesn't anyone else find it a bit creepy?

Not so much creepy and more like what the hell 23 year old dude wants to go to a prom? The way Haden was talking about it, "I didn't get to my prom in high school, so..."

Weird!

 

[A fan who cares]

What Arizona Cardinal could you see doing something like this? How about Levi Brown? or Dan Williams?

 

[Darkside]

This is the new trend, big celebs taking chicks (or dudes) to Prom. I find it creepy. What parent is gonna let some 20-something year-old **** take their daughter to the prom and be okay with it? If I asked some little girl to a prom I'd be arrested. I think it's dumb and "fake" news and "fake" press and not-just-slightly but all-the-way creepy.

Truth is, dudes and chicks gotta stay within their own "class". If you don't know who Metallica is (like original metallica) then you're too young, if you don't know who Iron Maiden is then why you talking to 'em? You're too old/young. People who think Queen is just an acronym for Justin Beiber and don't realize they were a band are too young. Anyone dig this or am I too old?

 

[Fitz Rulz]

What Arizona Cardinal could you see doing something like this? How about Levi Brown? or Dan Williams?

I am not gonna name him coz he didn't do it for fame or to be on the news. A Cardinals player, I just knew from Twitter and I only met him once, nothing special, attended my Mom's funeral (she passed away last month here in AZ). He stayed all the time and even came to the burial site and helped with everything. Very classy.

 

[Athlon]

It definitely was a really nice thing to do. I can't see anyone criticizing the man for doing it. The young lady was a fan that followed him on twitter and could answer a lot of his trivia questions. That's the main reason he helped her out he felt she was a true fan of his.

 

[Darkside]

Let's not pretend like an adult taking some chick to the prom is okay. Most of us would be put in jail. Most of us wouldn't even want to take some little girl to the prom. Most adult males don't even have access to little girl conversation or wishes or desires, because we're adults and focus our attention on things that don't have to do with little girls.

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

Let's not pretend like an adult taking some chick to the prom is okay. Most of us would be put in jail. Most of us wouldn't even want to take some little girl to the prom. Most adult males don't even have access to little girl conversation or wishes or desires, because we're adults and focus our attention on things that don't have to do with little girls.

She's 18..... An adult, going to the prom with another adult.. I don't know what your point is.

 

[CtCardinals78]

I am not gonna name him coz he didn't do it for fame or to be on the news. A Cardinals player, I just knew from Twitter and I only met him once, nothing special, attended my Mom's funeral (she passed away last month here in AZ). He stayed all the time and even came to the burial site and helped with everything. Very classy.

That is very classy, but more importantly I am sorry about your mom's passing.

 

[A fan who cares]

Let's not pretend like an adult taking some chick to the prom is okay. Most of us would be put in jail. Most of us wouldn't even want to take some little girl to the prom. Most adult males don't even have access to little girl conversation or wishes or desires, because we're adults and focus our attention on things that don't have to do with little girls.

In this case, an 18 year old (not a minor) ASKED an older man a few years older to go to a DANCE with her.

If it was this same man who was the one who ASKED a 17 year old to go to HER dance and offered to provide transportation, then this is beyond inappropriate. Come on guys use common sense.

What about those 18 year old beautiful blonde girls that marry 92 year old billionaires hmmm? No one gets in trouble there.

 

[pinetopred]

I am not gonna name him coz he didn't do it for fame or to be on the news. A Cardinals player, I just knew from Twitter and I only met him once, nothing special, attended my Mom's funeral (she passed away last month here in AZ). He stayed all the time and even came to the burial site and helped with everything. Very classy.

I'm Sorry for you with your Moms passing but glad you got to see real human kindness. Hope all is well

 

[Athlon]

Let's not pretend like an adult taking some chick to the prom is okay. Most of us would be put in jail. Most of us wouldn't even want to take some little girl to the prom. Most adult males don't even have access to little girl conversation or wishes or desires, because we're adults and focus our attention on things that don't have to do with little girls.

It's not a real date you do understand that right? You act as if the media isn't going to be there with cameras and that some pervert was stalking her.

 

[gmabel830]

My fiance (a middle school teacher) makes me go to the dances with her... it's freakin' creepy!!

 

[Duckjake]

This is the new trend, big celebs taking chicks (or dudes) to Prom. I find it creepy. What parent is gonna let some 20-something year-old **** take their daughter to the prom and be okay with it? If I asked some little girl to a prom I'd be arrested. I think it's dumb and "fake" news and "fake" press and not-just-slightly but all-the-way creepy.

Truth is, dudes and chicks gotta stay within their own "class". If you don't know who Metallica is (like original metallica) then you're too young, if you don't know who Iron Maiden is then why you talking to 'em? You're too old/young. People who think Queen is just an acronym for Justin Beiber and don't realize they were a band are too young. Anyone dig this or am I too old?

I don't agree in this case. If he were 28 and she were 23 you wouldn't think anything of it. I'm 10 years older than my wife. She was in 3rd grade when I was a Senior in High School. Nobody finds that creepy (they just wonder what the heck she sees in me but that's another topic) We'll have our 25th Wedding Anniversary this August.

Hayden is barely 5 years older than that girl. People need to realize that at 18 you are a grown man or woman not some little boy or girl. In a couple of months she may go to college where she will interact with thousands of 20 something mofos as you call them.

Nobody gets arrested for dating 18 year olds anywhere in this country that I know of. 18 years of age is a line of demarcation between child and adult for lack of a better term.

Sports figures need to do more cool things like this for fans and get more publicity when they do. We need more Phil Mikelsons and fewer Barry Bonds. I don't see it as fake at all.