Posted on 11/18/2014 5:47:21 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
Jaguars cornerback Dwayne Gratz’s first trip to Miami ended with a visit to jail. Gratz was arrested at 5:53 a.m. Sunday by the Miami Beach Police Department following a disturbance and was cited for disorderly intoxication and trespassing. Police were called when a store employee balked at Gratz’s request to pay for his items with bubble gum instead of money.
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Must have been ABC (Already Been Chewed) gum.
he simply had a spontaneous flashback to the age of five...?
It sure seems like a lot of NFL players get in trouble with the law. Anybody in the NFL concerned about the league image???
He threatened to ‘Bazooka Joe’ their butts if they didn’t see things his way!
todays players seem to have difficulty adjusting to adulthood for some reason
the trend to extended adolescence seems to have a home base,,,in the NFL
This kind of nonsense helps the NFL because the NFL is now a soap opera for grown men.
The pro sports with non-massively popular minor league systems probably have a big leg up in that regard. It’s a lot easier to bench or cut problems when the problems are playing 2nd base for the Altoona Curve or the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
Freegards
the salaries and the associated fan base likely makes “change” pretty difficult in the NFL
I’m not as think as you drunk I am.
Yup. Lots of tertiary industries like fantasy and gambling around football at all levels. It basically drives sports media. And after fruity celebratory capering and self-congratulatory chest slapping displays became commonplace, it only became even more popular.
Freegards
He meant to write i have a gun. It was a mis-spelling.
Don’t worry it will be cleared up for next weekends game. Also it will be somebody else’s fault.
the excuse? four words!
fetal chewing gum syndrome
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