No point in providing a synopsis of what happened last night, anyone reading this has no doubt already seen it. The point of this post is more about the backlash that occurred afterwards than the event itself.

Within minutes of the interview my Twitter feed and Facebook timeline were littered with phrases like "ghetto", "trash", "thug", "stupid", "classless" and everyone's favorite "n-word". All over someone getting a little too excited for making a play that just sent his team to the Super Bowl, AKA living everyone who's ever loved sports' lifelong dream.

Richard Sherman has been the main topic on TV, radio and the internet non-stop for the last 24 hours. The sanctimonious opinions haven't stopped yet. 18 years ago Mike Tyson threatened to eat someone's children and the faux outrage was nowhere as swift or ugly. We also didn't have it replayed and hashed out a million times via social media, and that's the difference.

People who'd never heard his name, had no idea who he was and hadn't watched a down of the NFL all season suddenly had an opinion and a need to express their distaste. 99.999% have no idea the guy has a degree from Stanford (yes, Stanford), does major charitable work and is considered a team leader by everyone in the Seahawks organization. He also wasn't lying. In every measurable statistic he IS the best cornerback in football. Yet he's suddenly nothing more than the shouting villain on TV and represents all that's wrong with professional sports and young black males. A caricature, a stereotype.

Richard Sherman is better than that, and so are all of you.