[berserker]

From the title, I thought for a minute that this was going to be a story about how some wealthy players were in the Reserves or had enlisted or something to actually show their support for the war. Or helping out at the USO. Or something. I didn't know that it was simply a story about some wealthy players saying, Yeah, I support the war, because its protecting me.

[Tall_Texan]

Well, it's a step in the right direction.

There was an NFL player who quit his job and joined up to fight in Afghanistan. But realistically, it would be asking a lot to expect some pampered athlete to walk away from millions of dollars to go fight in the military and put himself in harm's way.

If you think about it, their salaries *are* helping to fund the war because they are rich enough to get taxed at the highest percentage.

As for other displays of public support, I don't doubt that, just as with charity, their good works often go unreported and they'd probably prefer it that way.