A Victoria Times Medical Minute

I understand that the NFL locker room is an unsanitary place, and the violent game that football is lends to open sores, surgeries and things like that, but the latest leaguewide staph outbreak seems a little ridiculous. No, not ridiculous in the "it's horrible that so many people are getting staph" but in the "people seem to almost be giddy to have gotten staph."
First, it was Kellen Winslow upset that nobody in the Cleveland Browns organization was bragging about his staph. Next, the reports were out, telling us how courageous Tom Brady was, contending with his staph. Not to be outdone, Peyton Manning came out the other day to say "Oh yeah?! I had the staph too!" Have some class guys, nobody likes a guy who brags about his staph.
But seriously, the good news is that the staph was discovered quickly, as there are certain strains that can prove fatal, such as MRSA. I suppose this is one of those stories that makes me glad to not be a professional athlete.