Wow a whole bunch of articles about Tank Johnson, one about a Seahawk, one wrapper article that mentions police at a nightclub then goes on to discuss the NFL playoffs, and a year old article about the Panthers cheerleaders. Yup, sure is bad to be an NFL guy at a nightclub.
Here's the reality of it, at the beginning of the year there were almost 1700 people playing for the NFL (53 man roster times 32 teams), and that's not counting coaches, practice squad members, and cheerleaders. As the number climbs the chance of something bad happening to one or more of them climbs as a sheer function of the group size. It's unfortunate but it really isn't a statement about the league, and trying to make it a statement on the league, especially when the story in question involves a death, is pathetic and sick.
Right. But the NFL has already been dealing with a rash of adverse publicity this season due to the number of players arrested for off-field incidents -- including that one player for the Chargers who was shot by the police before the season began.