Steve McNair's other 'other woman

[Liberal_in_LA]

News learns slain QB Steve McNair had longtime affair with a stripper

BY Michael O'Keeffe
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Even as fans filed into the Tennessee Titans' LP Field Thursday, staring raptly at rolling video of Steve McNair's on-field heroics and writing condolence messages in large albums, a woman in Minnesota grieved alone, in her own way. :nopity: :nopity:

The former business manager of a Minneapolis strip club told the Daily News that McNair had been a frequent visitor to the club and had an intimate and extramarital relationship with an exotic dancer for about six years.

"She liked money and athletes," the former business manager said on condition of anonymity. "She went out with athletes before. She was one of those girls who said, 'You're married? You have kids? So what?' Lets have fun.

"I can tell you that she was very upset when she learned that he had died," the former business manager

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/2009/07/09/2009-07-09_news_learns_steve_mcnair_had_longtime_affair_with_a_stripper.html

[KharmaTrain]

1. Shhhh...This Is Supposed To Be A Secret...

For many years I've worked with sports reporters...and the McNair story is not unique...not in a long shot. I was constantly hearing rumors regarding sports personalities with all type of women...from strippers to anchorwomen; all who must have been drawn to the uniform and the "tight end". One player (who will not be named) was extorted by a woman when her video crew caught the two of them having some afternoon delight in the parking lot. She threatened to send the video to his wife if he didn't pay her and her crew...and sure enough the player coughed up the cash. Somehow I get the feeling that wasn't the first time she pulled off that trick nor the last.

Sports is a "high" for those who live it...especially those who play it. Athletes are given a special status that only increases with the money and the fame. It's a not so dirty secret that many players have playtoys or other lovers (and families) in other cities. Does Kobe Bryant ring a bell. It's a true DADT.

I'm sad for McNair's family, this is a terrible way to go, but it's also the risks you take by having a double or triple life.

[DarthDem]

2. Hardly Unique to the Sports World

Although you seem to be implying that this is some quirk of the sports world, these sorts of relationships are actually quite common in all walks of life in this country, and the participants are not limited to celebrities.

[KharmaTrain]

5. Hardly Unique When There's Money Or Power...

Not implying that this is specific to sports, but the dark underside of this business. In some ways we are seeing a double standard at play. While I loathe to defend the scumbag, I see Mark Sanford's philandering as getting far more critical scrutiny than McNair's (this has been discused on here in the past). This is far from being about celebrity, but it doesn't hurt.

[alarimer]

7. Well McNair did pay the ultimate price for his screwing around.

I guess it's a little harder to criticize someone who was killed by his mistress than someone who just bilked the state in order to visit his.

[DarthDem]

9. That's Fair

Understood. And you're right; celebrity status enables this sort of behavior. I may have inadvertently lumped you in with the DU contingent that periodically wails about time "wasted" watching or talking about sports, which, in that faction's view, is beneath discussion, or something. Sorry, and thanks for the clarification.

[SoCalDem]

3. and yet the wives stay with them (at least many do)

:shrug:.. I guess the prestige of having money and a "famous" spouse trumps dignity & self-respect:(

[secondwind]

4. I believe that there should be much larger issues for divorcing your husband, and don't forget......

there are always children involved, most of the time.

Now, if the player did it again and again, that may be a good reason (look at A-Rod's wife)......I bet any money that Kobe Bryant isn't "fooling around" any more (it cost him a 5 million yellow diamond ring for the wife), and I put that in quotes because I think he was framed!

[Blue_Tires]

6. not quite sure why the 'business manager' wants to bring this up now

or why he (and the alleged woman) don't give their names, or why the "popular pro athlete bones groupie stripper with probably 100 other notches in the bedpost" angle is even news (assuming what he says is true)....

but then again, it IS the Daily News...

[peekaloo]

8. They lost their meal ticket.

Now peddling their wares elsewhere.