Krause: Complaint department of sports world is busy these days

So now we know the real reason why Wes Welker left the New England Patriots. It turns out, money wasn?t the only issue.Bill Belichick was mean to him.The coach, Welker said, had a bit of an attitude toward his erstwhile wide receiver, apparently. Among other things, he got on Welker?s case in front of everyone else on the team. Of course, Welker admits, he did that to everyone else too (except, maybe, Tom Brady), so taken in that context, it?s difficult to see what the problem was.Welker was also apparently too outspoken for his coach?s liking. Now, we all know how this works. Belichick wouldn?t tell you if you were on fire, and he expects everyone else to be just as circumspect in their dealings with the media. Reporters don?t like it very much (I can tell you that from first-hand experience), but if that?s the way the man wants to play it, that?s his privilege. Buck him on that — and on anything else, really — and expect to hear about it.That?s just life. And Welker just really needs to buck up and deal with it.Welker?s words — as uttered in Sports Illustrated this week — represent a double-edged sword. On one side, it?s refreshing to find out that someone down there didn?t drink the Kool-Aid willingly … that a guy as good as Welker chafed, at times, at all that heavy-handed authority that Belichick is known for (such as sitting him out for the start of the 2011 Jets playoff game because of his not-so-subtle digs aimed at Rex Ryan).Yet Welker also knew the rules. And if he wanted to act like Otter, Boone and Flounder every chance he got, he had to know he?d end up drawing the ire of Dean Wormer. And, of course, he did.But you know what? Get over it. As they say, if you can?t do the time, then don?t do the crime. Sure, it must have been great fun to ruffle the feathers of the fuddy-duddy head coach. Just like it?s fun to get under the skin of the principal in junior high. But when they?ve had enough, and decide to call you on the carpet, don?t whine about it! You have to know the risks going in.But hey, we live in the information age … any information, and at any age. The newspapers, airwaves, Facebook, blogs and Twitter are all filled with stories, and reports, and tweets of famous and not-so-famous people whining about their oh-so-wretched lives. Said Jimmy Durante once, “everybody wantsta get inta da act.”Welker is afraid Big Bad Bill is going to reach out from Foxborough and smite him for a not-so-bon mot. Seriously? Really?Still, his rant (if you want to call it that) is tame, though, compared to David Ortiz, who practically had a nervous breakdown because an umpire called a high pitch a ball. Papi?s never swung at a bad pitch, I guess, so he has the license to demolish a dugout telephone and act as if someone stole his Halloween candy over one bad call. He moans and groans about “respect,” while giving none to the guys who are trying to make an honest living too.Now he?s whining about the $5,000 fine he?s been hit with for conduct unbecoming of even an infant. How many million dollars does Ortiz make? Shut up and pay the fine, David. Have you any idea how ridiculous you look?About as ridiculous as Alex Rodriguez for his suggestion that there are forces in baseball who would love to see him suspended and out of their way.Well, yeah. Just about everybody, in fact. And that includes the organization that pays him. The Yankees would love to get out from under that albatross of a contract. Simply put, A-Rod?s a has-been who, it would appear, tried to forestall the aging process via chemicals so he could achieve some personal goals.You can wring your hands all you want and claim that steroids and performance-enhancing drugs are no more of a scourge on the sport than spitballs are (an argument that might have some merit, by the way). But it happens to be against the rules … and not only that, the commissioner?s singular obsession is to rid the sport of them (he may have been late to come on board, but he?s all-in now