``But I’ve got to learn. I’m 21 years old and it’s time to grow up a bit,’’ said 21 year-old Chicago Blackhawks player Patrick Kane. Kane was one of three Hawks players - Kris Versteeg and John Madden included - caught in the latest online photo mess. The three were seen in pictures shirtless (and pantless for some) with some alcoholic beverages and lady friends after a game. The three players, along with coach Joel Quenneville and captain Jonathan Toews don’t believe the incident will create a distraction...except for right this second.

Kane is right in one sense that he does need to grow up....this behavior is completely unacceptable - have you seen the pics? Does this kid not know what a tan looks  like? And unlesss you're playing strip poker being the only person pantless in a limo is not a good look for anyone.

And that's where it should end.

Our society loves to judge...and we seem to hold athletes to some un-recognizable status where mistakes are treated as life-altering events....much like LOST. If you're an athlete and you make any kind of mistake, well you obviously won't everchange and should be punished to the limit of the law, or whatever the consequence may be. You're just a bad, bad human being, really...and our society doesn't need that. We definitely don' tneed single 21 year olds drinking in a limo after a game...with girls...shirtless...wait, what exactly did he do wrong again?

Kane is 21 and legally can drink anywhere he wants, from old Mexico to New Mexico. He's single...no Tiger Woods story here. This little shindig is happening after a game, not before. He's not driving the limo, or driving his own car...so besides being pale, tanless, and pantless he's guilty of what, being a normal 21 year old?

Kane doesnt get to do what normal boys his age do...which is go to college parties, wear togas, and makeout with silly drunken coeds while preparing to wear the cleaninest  possible pair of pj pants and hoodie outfityou can find to brunch in the morning. He has to be bigger than life, hell, he's on the cover of the same video game he plays, and moments like  these....which happen on a regular basis almost all over the world, they get judged harshly. If this is as bad as Kane gets at the age of 21 then god bless him, cause lord knows what some of us were doing at age 21. Hell, I work at Wrigley, I know what some of you have been doing at age 21...you should be ashamed of yourselves!

Kaner, don't change a thing...well, you may want to wear pants next time, and pick better beer, and please tell your friends to keep their cellphone cameras to themselves.

As for you, Greg Oden...we need to talk.

Oden, another 21 year old, currently on injured reserve for the Portland Trailblazers  was suppose to be the next big thing in the NBA. Insert your own joke here.

See, its different when other people take pictures of you being a silly 21 year old and doing something embarassing, thus putting it out on the internet. But when you decide that taking pictures of yourself naked via cameraphone and sending it to your latest fling is a good idea, well you're bound to end up at a press conference apologizing for your giant lifesaber being all over the internet.

Again...young, crazy, naive kids. But you should know better. But he's still a kid...and kids, even 21 year old man-children, make mistakes. Oh to be 21 and stupid again.

I can recall being 21 years old, holding my new best friend, a plastic swan lawn ornament, and wandering a closed mall with random locals at 2am on my 21st bday....or the day after, I think. Thank god there's no cellphone pics of that.

These kids didnt kill anyone.....so you know what, let's just let kids be kids and let them die of embarassment once their kids find these pics 20years from now.

Mike Kincaide