Note: Evening Sun reporters love to argue, but instead of taking our disagreement to the streets, we bring it to the readers in a forum we call “Point/Counterpoint.” Today, Sun staff members Patrick Newell and Mike McGuire discuss the early retirement of Giants running back Tiki Barber.

MM: Farewell Tiki Barber! I could care less about his career and even less about the New York Giants (I don’t care about much of anything – I’m a Bills fan). However, now that he’s a villain for retiring “in his prime,” I’ll be his biggest supporter (literally). I too supposedly called it quits before my time was up in football, but the way I saw it, the only thing that was up was my patience for the game (it is a game), the culture surrounding it (remember, it’s a game), and the constant life and death implications applied to missing a block, not bench-pressing enough weight, or missing a film session because you had class. It takes a certain person to play college and professional football – you have to be an exceptional athlete first – and it has to mean more to you than almost anything else. I am not either of those. I’m guessing Tiki’s problem lies with the latter.