Once again, we have another NFL player in the middle of a nasty off the field dilema and again involves law enforcement.  As you also recall, I talked about my old pal Micheal Vick in an earlier article, well folks, are we starting to see an odd pattern here?  I don’t like to hear that this is an “isolated incident” or he was “in the wrong place”…bullcrap.

The NFL is getting soaked to the bone with teams ridden with thugs and losers.  They live a phony celebrity life with their only attribute being “soft hands, speed, and hard to tackle”.  There are a lot of reputable players in the league too and I am not classifying them all as tarnished.  This is not a case of the media being too hard on these guys, or sports writers making these incidents and accidents seem worse than what they are – bologna, it’s becoming a fact of the league.  These are guys who don’t take their professional status seriously.  They have a god given gift that apparently isn’t enough to keep them satisfied.  They have millions of little boys that watch them on Sunday mornings in living rooms across the country- emulating them- dreaming and pretending that they too were NFL football players.  You have millions of people who wear their jerseys in admiration, draft them for fantasy teams, purchase thousand of dollars worth of season tickets, and stand in lines to meet them at public appearances.  WHY?  Because they have a recognizable name?  Jeffrey Dahmer was a public figure but I wouldn’t wear his line of cologne (if he had one, ode de severed head?) 

The list of NFL players getting in trouble is just absurd.   Remember- I typically take the stance of giving these guys second chances, but my positive outlook on “giving everyone a break” is beginning to run very thin.  Look at the other knuckleheads who have been in trouble this year, Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, Larry Johnson again, Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall, Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes, and the list goes on and on, there are reports of DUI arrests, drug offenses, weapons charges, money laundering, and god knows what else.

Hey owners!  Strap on a set of chestnuts and do some housecleaning!  Put a quality product on the field and I don’t mean wins and ticket sales.  Sadly, that’s all you care about.  I’m sure if the NFL doesn’t pan out for these guys they can always get hired by one of the big three automakers.  They both have unions which serve no other purpose than to drag the name down.