CK is 100% right on. My 5 year son was devastated when we explained to him that his favorite player, a player he had met, a player he had multiple interactions with and a player he truly admired was no longer going to play for Akron because he chose to be involved with something illegal.
My son talked about him at his day care, wanted to go to games early to see him. My son lit up when he got a hi-five from AA.
When we eventually shared with my son what had happened to AA, he cried for over an hour. He was inconsolable and I will never forget that. I will never let him get close to another player again because of it. We root for the name on the front of the jersey and not the individual players playing in them.