Rap Sheets (Rhetorical question of the day: Why do our athletes behave like criminals?)

The American Prowler ^ | 11/23/2004 | George Neumayr

[wardaddy]

a nicer way of putting it is that nearly all these men suffering from arrested emotional and intellectual development never had proper male role models aside from an occasional coach or agent....if they were lucky.


they may be 25-30 but have 14 year old maturity.

[ApesForEvolution]

Daddies.

Too many don't know theirs...

[television is just wrong]

No, just privileged.

[narses]

Criminal, but privileged.

[Smacky]

"Forty percent of NBA players have criminal records, according to Jeff Benedict, author of Out of Bounds: Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence & Crime. Yet NBA executives constantly make excuses for them, often relying on political correctness in one form or another to rationalize the rise of the criminal-athlete.

Since these guys were li'l snot-suckers they've been told that they 'can do anything' and that they 'deserve a shot'. Apparently the NBA execs did little to break them of their spoiled habits. They are used to getting what they want and not having to deal with consequence. So when they DON'T get what they want, they pitch the fit.

The NBA isn't the only sport, either. I propose eligibility based on performance, grades, record and community involvement. We'd then have responsible, civil, conscientious players. We'd also then have only 30 players, though.

[television is just wrong]

Of course. The sympathy goes to these guys. Whether they are deserving of it or not is another story.

[blackbart.223]

"They may be 25-30 but have 14 year old maturity."

14 year olds on steroids or some other drug and lacking sense of consequence.

[SAJ]

And his l'il bro, Fulla.

[Dan Evans]

14 year olds on steroids or some other drug and lacking sense of consequence.

Crime is caused by testosterone. Men have ten times as much as women and men commit ten times as much crime as women. East Asians have less testosterone than whites and commit fewer crimes. Likewise with older people. Young blacks have up to 20% more than young whites and commit about four times as much crime.

[FoxInSocks]

How is that any more surreal than letting your stars play while standing trial for rape.

There is that principle in the United States that an accused is innocent until proven guilty.

[hatfieldmccoy]

As a fellow Freeper so eloquently observed this weekend....this how stereotypes become stereotypes...

[katdawg]

I guess the good playas just happen to be criminals.

[broadsword]

Well, another question could be why do sport fans all over the world act like morons soon as they enter the stadium?

Circular questions. Scummy players. Scummy fans.

$HIT ATTRACTS FLIES!

[broadsword]

Crime is caused by testosterone.

That is absolutely the stupidest thing that has EVER been posted on the FR!

[Ken H]

Crime is caused by testosterone. Men have ten times as much as women and men commit ten times as much crime as women. East Asians have less testosterone than whites and commit fewer crimes. Likewise with older people. Young blacks have up to 20% more than young whites and commit about four times as much crime.

Might be something to your testosterone theory.

Isn't it often involved in shootings?

[cgk]

lol.

[cgk]

And his l'il bro, Fulla.

LOL!

[ladyinred]

Our local University athletes are often in the news for crimes too. They seem to get a slap on the hand and are back on the field as soon as the coach bails them out. It has always disgusted me.

[Ken H]

Rap Sheets. That could be the name OF a rapper.

Or it could be what Cheney says to do when Senator Byrd falls asleep in the Senate.

[Richard Kimball]

Unfortunately, what you say is true. Several years ago, the Texas Legislature considered enacting a law that stated that individuals could not enter colleges as athletes unless they were otherwise eligible to be students at the institution. In other words, they had to be academically eligible to go to a college before they could play sports for the college. A bunch of Texas college coaches went down to Austin and had a fit. They stated that there would never be another national championship in any sport in Texas if they enacted the law. The bill was killed.