Why Is This So Common Among NFL Players Now?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by hesscl34

Agreed.. but maybe we need to think about charcter more, as well as talent when we draft!

NFL teams are definitely giving "character" a lot more weight in their player evaluations. This seems to be an isolated incident for Tatupu though

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

NFL teams are definitely giving "character" a lot more weight in their player evaluations. This seems to be an isolated incident for Tatupu though

Except for Dallas...

[Stuck in TX]

I love the NFL. IMO, there is no better sport. I would love to be able to say its the best organization harboring the best sport on the planet... but this just keeps happening. Baseball's got its steroids, Basketball's got its high school dropouts and crybabies, and hockey, well, no one watches hockey. The NFL is getting the image that its full of thugs, and drunk drivers. Tatupu may have been an isolated incident, but so was Benson, Tank Johnson, D. Rhodes, Chris Henry......... you all get the picture! Come on guys, you are making the whole organization a laughing stock!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Stuck in TX

I love the NFL. IMO, there is no better sport. I would love to be able to say its the best organization harboring the best sport on the planet... but this just keeps happening. Baseball's got its steroids, Basketball's got its high school dropouts and crybabies, and hockey, well, no one watches hockey. The NFL is getting the image that its full of thugs, and drunk drivers. Tatupu may have been an isolated incident, but so was Benson, Tank Johnson, D. Rhodes, Chris Henry......... you all get the picture! Come on guys, you are making the whole organization a laughing stock!

As for image GOlf has them all hands down. I can only think of John Daly when asking about golfers getting in trouble.

[Cowell]

Originally Posted by firstdown

As for image GOlf has them all hands down. I can only think of John Daly when asking about golfers getting in trouble.

Of course golf has them all hands down. The culture around golf is the polar opposite of all other professional sports. For one you don't hear about the young guy who made it out of the ghetto playing golf...