Mark Sanchez caught a ton of grief recently when he decided to eat a hot dog on the sideline late in a blowout win over the Raiders. And I mean that -- people kind of freaked on the Jets quarterback, for no apparent reason other than the fact that the dude was hungry and pounded a dog.
Fortunately for everyone's sake, Sanchez was poised (!) enough to offer an apology after the game. But he wasn't done there; on Wednesday, the Jets announced (via Twitter) that Sanchez was going to get his charitable grub on for a local food shelter.
Mark Sanchez has purchased 500 hot dogs, 500 hamburgers, buns and rolls through A&P to donate to the Community Soup Kitchen of Morristown.The Jets also covered it in more detail on their official blog, although the main point of that post is to say, "Hey, jerks who were mad about the hot dog -- why don't you donate something too?" (That's how I reading it, anyway.)
But here's my beef (yes, intended): why does anyone give a crap about Sanchez eating a hot dog on the sidelines? We hear about 22-year-old superstar athletes eating junk food all the time, and we don't bat an eyebrow.
Why? Because they work out more and are in better shape than almost anyone on the planet, their collective metabolisms could get Rush Limbaugh down to 230 and their off- (or on-) field dietary decisions don't really affect their performance. So let's all simmer down on the hot dog issue and just give him DAP for handling this the right way.
