Whitlock: Tom Brady bought the lie that he could have it all

The biggest lie destroying America is the belief that we can have it all. That we’re entitled to everything we feel.

The belief undergirds the transgender movement, same-sex marriage, drag queen story hour, feminism, the matriarchy, critical race theory, reparations, and diversity, inclusion, and equity.

And the collapse of Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Bucs lost their third game in a row Sunday afternoon, losing 21-3 to the tanking Carolina Panthers. The Bucs have lost four of their last five games. Seven games into the season, Brady and the Bucs sit at 3-4. No one will mistake them for a Super Bowl contender.

Maybe new Tampa head coach Todd Bowles deserves some of the blame. But I don’t see it. The fall of the Bucs is on their seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback.

Tom Brady thought he could have it all. An endless football career, supermodel wife, kids, and more fun and autonomy on the football field than Bill Belichick allows.

He had all that for one year. Two years ago, he won a Super Bowl title in Tampa. He proved, for a moment, that he was bigger and more important than Belichick’s highly structured New England system.

That’s the thing about a good lie. It mimics the truth before revealing its ugly consequences.

You can’t have it all. Adam and Eve learned this in the garden. A properly functioning human, family, society, and football team all require limits. Brady has greatly exceeded his limits. He can still play the game at a relatively high level. His fall isn’t on Father Time.

It’s a result of his unchecked desire to have it all. The desire to have it all causes man to reject his most important covenants. Adam and Eve disobeyed God because they wanted it all.

Brady sacrificed his marriage covenant to continue on as a football player while simultaneously sacrificing his football covenant to spend more time with his wife and kids.

Brady became the most accomplished football player of all time because of his willingness to submit to Belichick’s no-one-is-above-the-team culture. He left New England so he could be above the team.

In Tampa, Brady gets Wednesdays off from work. He missed 11 days of training camp to handle personal matters. The most all-in NFL player of all time is now a part-time player. He works on Sundays.

Brady’s mentality and approach have spoiled Tampa’s culture. The 52 other players on the roster are following their on-field leader. Brady ate the forbidden fruit of entitlement and privilege. Now everyone on Tampa’s roster wants a bite.

There’s a lesson here for all of us.

Tom Brady is America, the most accomplished country in the history of the planet. America is dying from a culture of entitlement and the belief that everything is for everybody. Whatever we feel, we believe we should have.

Fat people believe they should wear thongs and speedos on the beach. If you object, you’re demonized as a fat-shamer. I’m fat. I should not wear a speedo on a beach or even in the comfort of my living room.

Same-sex-attracted men and women believe they should be married. The concept of marriage is derived from the Bible. The Bible spells out that marriage is a sacred covenant to be shared between a man and a woman. Not everything is for everybody.

Bruce Jenner believes he’s a woman. He underwent several surgeries and changed his name to create the false reality that he’s a woman. He dates women. He wants it all.

It’s all a slippery slope straight to hell and chaos. That’s why many elementary school teachers spend more time talking about their sex lives and genders with kids rather than reading, writing, and arithmetic.

The unchecked desire to have whatever the mind conceives leads to anarchy. There’s no magic pill to prevent the consequences of gluttony and disobedience. You can only delay the suffering.

America suffers today because for at least the last 60 years, we’ve rejected commonsense and biblically backed limitations on acquiescing to what we feel.

The political left feels that economic and educational outcomes should be better for American black people. Leftists have adopted critical race theory and diversity, inclusion, and equity as intellectual tent poles to generate the outcomes they deem just.

The Bible prescribes a different solution. It teaches that commitment to family is at the root of all sustainable success. Too many black men and women have bought the feminist lie that marriage is a luxury item at best and more likely an anchor on happiness and fulfillment.

It’s not a coincidence that Tom Brady’s career and family are collapsing at the same time. He violated sacred covenants in pursuit of a football legacy that could go no higher.

Men need to quit lying to themselves and adopting the mindset of feminist women. Real men accept the proper limitations on their desires and live accordingly.

It’s OK if you previously failed to live as a real man. I made that mistake. I pursued everything I desired to excess. It’s not too late to change. The Bucs hope Tom Brady does.