{"id":72282,"date":"2013-08-05T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T17:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcntv.rcn.com\/?p=72282"},"modified":"2023-04-13T15:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:31:17","slug":"behind-the-mic-ray-donovan-meet-a-rod-and-riley-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/behind-the-mic-ray-donovan-meet-a-rod-and-riley-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Mic:  Ray Donovan meet A-Rod and Riley Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ray Donovan meet A-Rod and Riley Cooper<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Showtime has a new program on TV this summer titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sho.com\/sho\/ray-donovan\/home\">Ray Donovan<\/a>. It is adult in nature and reminds me of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/the-sopranos\/index.html\">The Sopranos<\/a>, in a way, but with a different \u201cfamily\u201d. Donovan\u2019s family is made up of entertainment and sports figures. They hire him to keep their scandalous indiscretions out of the gossip pages and, more importantly, out of the mainstream media. His tactics are crude, violent, immoral, creative, and, yes, jaw dropping (dare I say, also entertaining?).<\/p>\n<p>Now on to real life &#8211; You have to be living like a recluse this past week if you are unaware of the media bombardment of facts, opinions, and responses to both the Alex Rodriquez and Riley Cooper situations. One is accused of using performance- enhancing drugs in order to play the game of baseball better, the other of spewing an incendiary racial term at a security guard at a concert in order to prove (?) he is a racist.<\/p>\n<p>To me, the common denominator here is not that these two men are prominent professional athletes who made some very bad decisions, but that they both committed serious offenses in a world where Big Brother is constantly watching and they should KNOW it. Throughout history, the sinner has never thought so much about \u201cDon\u2019t do it\u201d but more about \u201cDon\u2019t get caught\u201d. Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Pete Rose, Lance Armstrong, (you can add as many as you want) are all good examples of noted individuals who lived in the limelight and thought they could get away with indiscretions and lies.<\/p>\n<p>We have all heard the expression, \u201cHistory teaches us that\u2026\u201d Obviously, this message does not resonate at all. Every day in the news and, perhaps, in our own lives, we make choices that we hope no one ever finds out about. That goal is so much more difficult these days with the advent of security cameras that are virtually everywhere and phones, with cameras, that ARE everywhere. Any high profile individual who thinks they can \u201cdo it\u201d and \u201cnot get caught\u201d is highly delusional.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure A-Rod felt the pressure and stress of succeeding and coupled that with the \u201ceverybody is doing it\u201d belief in order to convince himself PED\u2019s would not only help him succeed, but he could use them without getting caught. Riley Cooper can fall back on the alcohol excuse, but, to his credit, he has accepted responsibility for his inappropriate actions. However, one could logically ask if either man would honestly feel they did anything wrong if they had not gotten caught.<\/p>\n<p>And that is the shocking aspect. In this day and age, when virtually everything a high profile person does has the potential for being seen by others in some form through social media, one would think our athletes, entertainment figures, and politicians would be wiser. I am sure they each have their own \u201cRay Donovan\u2019s\u201d, but, unlike the Showtime series, they do not always succeed in making the problem go away. Change the adage: \u201cDon\u2019t do it because you WILL get caught!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory teaches us\u2026\u201d \u2013 Never mind!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ray Donovan meet A-Rod and Riley Cooper Showtime has a new program on TV this summer titled Ray Donovan. It is adult in nature and reminds me of The Sopranos, in a way, but with a different \u201cfamily\u201d. 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