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Or Matt Leinart or Karl Malone or Ray Allen, etc...etc...Let's not confused what it takes to be a good football player with what it takes to be a good father; they're not in any way related. When the Cowboys were stirring things up at the White House, it didn't stop them from being the best team on the planet or playing at a Hall of Fame level. Sometimes I forget how in the clouds fans are in confusing athletic prowess with decency and morality.
Not true. Have you read any of the articles on the paternatity tests? Obviously not.He has already taken 1 and it came back negative, though it is not valid in court and he needs to take another. He has already said he wants to know if he is the father more than anyone else. Please dont make broad generalizations about people you dont know ... and obviously dont research.It is when you have multiple kids with multiple women and have no plans on being a part of their lives. It shows a complete lack of feelings for your own children; to me this is morally wrong. Even though this country doesn't get it, being a father is more than sending a check and visiting occasionally. Actions like this are more in tune with our neighbors dog than a moral human being.Kids out of wedlock is a morality issue?
As long as he takes care of his kids this is not an issue.People are making an awful big assumption based on a one line blurb on the Falcons blog. Especially since many posters seem to be unaware he's already taken a paternity test on #3 and it came back negative.
Spoken like a man who clearly does not have daughters. I understand the overall point you're making (the "in comparison to others")...but IMO this truly does show some serious lack of1. Judgement2. Brains3. Respect for women4. etc. etc. etc.Not qualities I'd want to invest 10's of millions of $$ into.ETA: after reading more responses, I'll somewhat temper my opinion (not that anyone but me cares!), as maybe this is just a bunch of gold digging. There's lots of back-and-forth on this already, and I guess where my "breaking point" is with the lack of respect for women these guys show. And lack of respect for the kids that they do/may father. Just soemthing I do not now, nor ever have, tolerated.
Oxymoron! Any adult who doesn't know how babies are conceived is stupid.
PAH-LEASE.This is not a question of character in that he is a "bad" person because he going on child three - thats 1.5 per decade and the ratio likely could get worse seeing as, while this doesnt say he is a bad guy, it DOES say that McFadden is pretty f'n stupid and obviously not a responsible adult. Again, he could be a nice guy, good guy whatever - but the fact is as a GM, Im thinking this guy is pretty f'n stupid and if he made this mistake not once, not twice, but THREE times, what other errors in judgement - good guy or not - will he make in the future.Stay away. The guy has huge issues in regard to his maturity and that will only be further exposed as a pro athlete. And while he run's a 4.3 he also has no leg drive when being tackled. It's not as if you are taking a HUGE risk on a CANT MISS RB - he could miss (i.e. be Michael Bennett) even without the huge question as to his judgement, decision making and maturity.
This guy summed it up pretty well I think. For a high profile star athlete to get a girl pregnant in college is neither uncommon, nor unforgiveable. BUT THREE???????By itself, it means little, but it sure would have me wondering what other foolish decisions this kid is capable of, or has already made (and I don't know about). At the very least, it would have me looking into his background a lot harder before I invested millions of $$$$ into him.
Or Matt Leinart or Karl Malone or Ray Allen, etc...etc...Let's not confused what it takes to be a good football player with what it takes to be a good father; they're not in any way related. When the Cowboys were stirring things up at the White House, it didn't stop them from being the best team on the planet or playing at a Hall of Fame level. Sometimes I forget how in the clouds fans are in confusing athletic prowess with decency and morality.
Somehow, NFL teams will find a way to look past this issue. 
As a GM I'd really be worried about investing in a talent like him with such poor judgement
Really? You don't see a difference?Your reaching big-time right now.Wilbur Wood said:
Not really, this is all part of Risk Management. Some NFL teams model up a "risk profile". Factors such as brushes with the law, multiple out of wedlock children with different moms, driving an Escalade around campus, Wonderlic scores all are factored into a Risk Profile rating.There is a positive correlation between Risk Profile and future NFL suspensions. Most NFL suspensions still come from the Substance Abuse policy. DMC has a Risk Profile that is much riskier than the average draftee.
Now I'm not sure how many girls are asking for paternity tests from him, but it sounds like he's being targeted by money grubbers more than he's actually being irresponsible.
I think anyone who's seen the data on out-of-wedlock births in the black community (rising since the 60's), and corresponding measures of drug use, alcohol use, school drop out rates, divorce, crime, and pretty much every other social pathology during the same time period, would vehemently disagree with you.You may not have religious morals, but the effect of the disintegration of the black household on black society -- kids supported or not -- has been flat out disastrous. If this isn't a moral issue, then nothing is a moral issue.
so he doesn't have any kids... not that it matters as I don't find this a big deal.
Shhhhhhhhhh, you'll interrupt the bandwagon.
That's what I'm trying to understand. Does he already have kids and this just means there aren't any more currently on the way? Or does he not have any kids at all?
As I understand it, he currently has no kids. He has a pregnant girlfriend, who seems to be along for the NFL ride, due in August. Has a paternity suit from another girl who is apparently mistaken. I agree, no big deal here.
Of course he is a target but he has to be smart enough to realize it. If he didn't know it before he must know it now.
McFadden has his own Baby-Momma Drama goin' on!that THUMP you just heard was the sound of McFadden falling on Draft Day.
According to what I've read, he has two illegitimate kids right now (that he's acknowledging) , and the paternity test for the 3rd kid came back negative. That test COULD mean he was targeted unfairly, but likely means that he got lucky this time (as opposed to the other times). Generally, there is NO incentive for a woman to claim a guy to be the father and demand a paternity test unless she legitimately thought there is a chance the guy could be the father (i.e. they had unprotected sex). If the test comes back negative, the woman looks really bad, so if she KNOWS she is blowing smoke, you just give it up when it comes to the test itself.As I said when this first cropped up, from an NFL GM's (business) perspective, I wouldn't care so much about the kids themselves, but I would care about what they represent - consistently poor choices off the field, which VERY often impacts a guy's ON-field career.
The recent article from the the NW Arkansas News Source mentions no children. LINKIt mentions child support as a future possiblity, not something he's currently obligated with. It mentions 2 women accusing him of being a father to their baby, neither of which has a baby on the way by McFadden.
Do you have something more current and accurate than that? All I've seen in other recent news articles is rehashing of what he told the Raiders last month --- he thought he had 2 kids on the way. The way I'm reading the linked article is that some or all of those kids of his are not truly his, or on the way.
Are there really any actual facts tied to this story or is it just a bunch of "according to what i read" type stuff. It really shouldn't be that hard to put these facts together yet we have nothing but speculation. Not trying to insult anyone who has contributed what they heard, but come on, shouldn't this be clear by now.edit: thanks fatness for putting together a better response then mine.
Those two quotes represent the conflicting reports. It could be wrong to assume either is correct. But I'm fairly certain he did not admit to having two kids. That was reported, but it seemed like sloppy reporting to me. Most of the information coming direct from the Combine reported that McFadden admitted to having two in the oven, one he'd disputed as his. He has since won the dispute. There are unsubstantiated reports flying around this time of year. It's usually best to take the negative versions with a grain of salt. Whatever the truth is, it doesn't bother me a bit. Santonio Holmes just hit the NFL with three illegitimate kids and he's pushing for the top 10 dynasty rankings.
The only thing all these illegitimate kids may mean is that you can forget about a hometown discount down the road
. DMC has some overhead.DMC has some questions, but I don't see this scaring a team off.
Just from a personal perspective, when I had ridiculous overhead I was incredibly motivated. When I got rid of it, I became the lazy bum I am today.The only thing all these illegitimate kids may mean is that you can forget about a hometown discount down the road
