The National Football League (or as I call it, the National FELON League) recently announced they were going to come down hard on players who commit domestic violence....something like a 6 game (?) suspension, likely to cost a player hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ouch!
So what does San Francisco 49er Ray McDonald go and do? Commit domestic violence (allegedly). DUH!
So here's my question: Why do NFL owners mollycoddle their errant players who commit felonies? Yeah, I know, "They are valuable assets". Bull shit! They're $%^& football players. That's it. Most don't have the talent to do much more than be a rag guy at a car wash if they lose their football gig.
Do you know how many good....no, GREAT players there are who would LOVE to play in the NFL? I say, if these thugs playing now can't act like decent human beings, then kick 'em to the curb and give a guy who has maybe a molecule or so less talent a chance.
I watch great players every weekend play college football, and I know, and THEY know, most will never make it to the NFL. I say we put them on the ready reserve list, and put the overpaid thugs playing now on notice.
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Don't they put people in jail for assault?
ReplyDeleteIn total agreement! And not that my opinions count much, but I think they should get paid about as much as a rag guy at a car wash. Or at least a whole lot less than, oh, let's say teachers!
ReplyDeleteYeah, been a problem for years in different manifestations. It's actually seeped down to college ranks I think. I've been an Oregon fan for years, as well as an alumnus. It's money now, and while the college teams pay more attention to character to a degree, you see few teams with actual 'student athletes'...including Oregon.
ReplyDeleteNFL and college football has long past the days of the real thing....it's about the money now, nothing more.
Oh, I knew Roger Staubach, in the military....caught a few of his passes on base, missed many more. Last player I followed through his career.
I agree with you completely, even though I don't follow football.
ReplyDeleteThe new rules call for a lifetime suspension for a second act.
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