But I have also seen a guy ruined because his brother was famous and an underage girl made accusations hoping for a big payday. She later admitted making the incident up but it still destroyed his career.
While I don't agree that whenever an athlete is accused they are automatically guilty. I don't think its unAmerican to condemn someone if they run with the wrong crowd. This gets into the racial profiling area. And lets face it a lot of us (myself included) believed and still believe things about Clinton that aren't exactly provable in a court of law.
You run with horse thieves, you hang with horse thieves For most of us who you associate with carries a lot of weight as to your own character.
I agree with you, how you behave and have behaved in the past affects your reputation, Mike Tyson v. Kobe Bryant. It is often reported that Mr. Bryant DOES NOT HANG WITH NBA PLAYERS. He came to the league young and did not hang with teammates and is not close to them.
Again he makes his living playing basketball. That is all some people need to conclude he is guilty. Racial profiling is a matter of picking likely suspects. That someone looks Middle Eastern or has a Middle Eastern name might be a reason to screen them more carefully at the airport. IT IS NOT EVIDENCE AND COULD NOT BE INTRODUCED AT TRIAL nor should it be.
It is still UnAmerican to look at the group rather than the individual. It runs counter to the US Constitution. Those that do it here are whiney liberals on this subject whether they like it or not.