Thug-life
For the second time in my life, I am enjoying the excitement and anticipation of the Bears in the Superbowl. Great town, great stuff.
The League gets attention in this matter as yesterday a big Bears star won court approval to travel to Miami despite the 10 pending weapons charges against him, which violated his already existing parole, and the next day murder of a man who was arrested with Tank Johnson. We don't have to look far to find the other thuggish transgressions of the NFL - here, here, & here.
I don't buy the helmets argument to explain the divergence of reputations for the NBA and NFL is the number of players. The only reason I can come up with is team size. When Stephen Jackson and his collegues turned a strip club parking lot into the wild west, one of 5 starters were involved. Tank Johnson is just one of 22 starters, 30 including special teams. It follows that the Pacers, and by extension NBA, are 20% thuggish and the Bears and NFL are only 3% thuggish.
posted by HP All-stars at
6:16 AM
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After old man hoops last night, the subject of the latest Bengal arrest was a topic of conversation. There was universal approval that a) it was only a misdemeanor and b)at least someone else was driving the car. Of course, picking someone to drive the car who has an actual valid driver's license would have been better, but baby steps...
The more legitimate question is how a police force that can't seem to do anything about keeping people who live in the city safe can do such a good job arresting African American football players.
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Jason N, at 9:45 AM
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