"...even Bill Cosby has gotten raked over the coals for speaking such truths."
Yes, and unfortunately it goes beyond football or skin color... Among other things, it's called Accountability - and many today don't want any part of it. - and for reasons obvious to many of us as well.
Bad behavior should never be tolerated regardless of the person's skin color. There is white trash, brown trash, black trash, and yellow trash, but they are all still trash, and the condoning of poor behavior has a corrosive effect on any community.