PACMAN...more like DONKEY KONG!!!!

Finally...the NFL has put it's foot down to halt the spiralling and out of control behaviour of many of its players. Adam "Pacman" Jones met with commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss the various brush ins with the law that Jones has had over the last few months. Goodell and many others have been troubled by the indiscretions of his league's players and said that he wanted to protect the integrity of the league. How is he going to achieve this...by suspending the Tennessee cornerback for a full season and I must say that I agree with this verdict. This young man was headed in one of three possible directions...either DEAD...in JAIL or charged for MURDER. His family had tried several times to get through his thick skull that he had to stop associating with bad company...But Pacman lived his life like a character in a video game...unfortunately he ran out of quarters this time...GAME OVER Pacman! He will be denied a paycheck during his forced hiatus from the league and have to stay out of trouble during the year he's not playing....then he will have to apply to the NFL to be re-instated before he can even try to step back between the lines. Hopefully he will take this time and re-think his position in life and in the game. He must cut off the bad influences and negative associates in his life immediately or he risks losing what he cares about the most...FOOTBALL.


Also suspended...but for half the time(8 games) is the Bengals receiver Chris Henry...who's had so many brushes with the law in the last couple years that it's a miracle he hasn't been on America's Most Wanted Yet.
The funny thing...actually not very funny...Maybe odd is the better word...is that the two were teammates at West Virginia! What in the hell was their coach teaching them...was it football or a course in crime apprenticeship ?
The new commissioner is more David Stern than Paul Tagliabue...his predecessor! He is a man who is determined to get rid of the bad apples in the league and if it means losing some of the talent in America's most powerful sports conglomerate...so be it! He is undaunted in his pursuit of a certain decorum for HIS players in HIS league.
The players must realize that the NFL is a privilege and not a right...You can' t live by the rules off the field...then you won't get to make millions off of it.
It's also Ironic that Jones' latest altercation came during this past NBA All-Star weekend in which a shooting victim was paralyzed. The NBA has always suffered more of a backlash than the NFL when their players have run afoul of the law. The disdain for NBA players after the brawl in Detroit was felt throughout the league...although the altercation was an aberration between two teams that historically disliked each other. NBA players have been involved in shootings...drug possession and other transgressions...but for goodness sakes...NOT MURDER.

In the NFL...names like Rae Carruth, Ray Lewis and Tank Johnson have been involved in killings and serious gun possession charges and major drug trafficking. Don't forget Bam Morris' bust for a trunk full of goodies in the 90's. But in years past while under Tagliabue...the league would wait until the courts settled matters before handing out penalties...hence NFL players were not tainted by a few bad seeds...like how all NBA ballers were put down for the criminal infractions of some of its players. By the time Tagliabue would lay down the law the player(s) would have pled their way to lesser charges or the charges would have been dropped altogether.
The NFL's reputation has almost always gotten off scot free but it seems the time has come for change and Mr. Goodell has drawn the line in the sand. Pacman say goodbye to $1.3 million...while Henry will lose up to $230,000. But I'm sure both of these guys will be missing the thrill and rush of NFL competition and camaraderie more than the greenbacks taken away from them for the boneheaded and life altering decisions they have made. These choices have ultimately served to threaten the length and scope of their careers in the NFL.

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