There is not excuse for this horrible event. Sadly, this is the dilemma of kids who have been expected to excel in athletics all of their lives. Many times, their talent is their only worth to family and friends. A twenty-two year old black kid from Montgomery Alabama makes the big time, gets a sixteen million dollar contract and buys a custom corvette along with a lot of celebration booze. I am betting it is the first car he has ever owned and didn’t have much driving experience or life experience in the first place. It is a recipe for disaster and the NFL sets the stage for enslaving these kids to recruiters and lots of money, then they throw them to the wind.
Poor black kid from the 'hood makes it big in pro sports and is immediately handed millions of dollars with virtually no life experience or even coaching to properly handle it.
Truly a recipe for disaster.