A while back, people made a big deal about how football player Antonio Cromartie couldn't remember his eight or nine kids' names. Was it eight or nine? I don't remember. Should we ask Antionio? Proabably not. He probably doesn't remember either.
But anyways, I think people were way too hard on him. I mean, the guy once had five kids in one month. That makes it a lot harder to keep track of them. If you have your kids spaced a year apart, it's easy--because you spend so much time with each of them. If you have DJ first, then Stephanie, then Mary Kate, and then Ashley, that makes things easy. "OK--those are my four kids."
But if you have all of them together, things change. If you come home and see your kids, and you say, "Hi, Stephanie," and then you see someone else, you're going to think, "Who the hell is that? Who the hell is Michelle?"
Also keep in mind that the NFL is really complex nowadays. Each team has a thousand plays and ten variations of each one. I know Antionio Cromartie is on defense--but he still has to make adjustments. And now you're asking him to memorize 10,000 plays and his eight or nine kids' names? It's not like his kids pay his rent. His NFL career pays his rent. His team pays his rent. His kids just live at his house. Why should he remember their names?
Plus, this'll make his kids compete for attention. If you have one of those fathers who remember their kids' names, you're basically being raised in a communist environment. He's going to remember your names regardless of what you do. That didn't work out for the Soviet Union--so what makes everyone think it'll work in the Cromartie household?
His kids should have to compete in order to have their names remembered. In fact, I think they should have to compete just to be part of the family. Antionio Cromartie's family should have a six child roster. If DJ doesn't clean her room or Stephanie doesn't use her catchphrase enough, she should be sent packing.