[RedMonqey]

The NFL could fix this. All NFL players should have 24/7 babysitter/chauffeurs. That or stop signing criminals and irresponsible jerks.

The NFL has always been a 'blue collar" sport and with that draws from a pool of talent from the rougher edge of society. Back in the day players only got arrested in the visiting team's city or the crime was unusally brutal. With the internet EVERYTHING is revealed so it cannot be swept under the rug.

One difference though was ALL the players were insanely PATRIOTIC and wouldn't tolerant a "pinko" in the locker room. They would "settle" with the said pinko in their own manner and thus removed from the sport.

[grania]

Too much money and a sense of entitlement have ruined that rough-around-the-edges element from the game. Instead of being grateful for wealth and fame, they're either making irrational demands or enabling those that do.

I don't get why they keep getting more chances with real bad behavior and drug violations. One should be enough. I get it that a good team sells tickets and the owner wants talent, but that's a false narrative. Look at the damage losers like Josh Gordon do to the rest of the team. Get a decent, hard working player such as Ted Ginn Jr and he's around longer then his more talented and more criminal HS and college classmates.