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| "Knuckle Heads please stay at home!" |
In previous years several players and former players have bit the dust during the Super Bowl folly. Last year in Miami Warren Sapp, a lead analyst on the NFL Network and one of the all-time great defensive players in league history, was arrested the day before the Super Bowl and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
Also the day before Super Bowl XXXIII(1999), Atlanta Falcons safety Eugene Robinson was arrested for offering an undercover policewoman $40 to perform a sex act. Ironically, that happened on the same day that Robinson received the Bart Starr Award for his "high moral character." Of course the Falcons went on to lose that game to the Bronco's.
Then there was also Barret Robins the center for the Oakland Raiders that didn't take his depression medicine and came up missing the day before Super Bowl XXXVII(San diego). When he resurfaced that night in Mexico, he was so incoherent that coach Bill Callahan had no choice but to leave him off the roster.
The most famous Super Bowl arrest of all time, of course, belongs to Ray Lewis. Though he was eventually cleared of everything except an obstruction of justice charge, Ray Lewis was arrested as a suspect in a murder at a party following Super Bowl XXXIV(2000).
This week is supposed to be a celebration for the NFL and it's affiliates not a time for players to get into trouble. I know that it's hard for some folks to stay out of jail but if that's you. Don't go to Dallas this week because they just spit shined a bunk with your name on it. The cops are riding around with the "Wish Factor".
Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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Information used in this report was provided by the Associated Press
If only we could relagate knuckle head behavior (AKA Stupidity) to just sports but the unfortunate truth of the matter is that not only is that behavior manifested in sports but it can be found in all walks of life; from Acting to Sports to Corporate America to even the clergy. That said the best we can do is to encourage the truth around actions and consequences. If many could see the potential consequences ( going to jail or family embarrassment or pain caused to loved ones) to their actions before they engage in the series of events which led to those actions then perhaps that would deter a lot of stupid behavior. The real issue however, is that many believe they are above those consequences and think that it won’t happen to them which may very well be an issue of immaturity in coming to grips with reality.
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