Bucs RB arrested for battery on a pregnant woman.

[Mc2guy]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

I'm sure there have been scumbags throughout the history of the NFL, we just hear about them more now.

I agree that is part of it, but there is another issue with today's modern athletes. Most of them have been coddled by their parents/coaches/teachers since they were very young. A lot of these guys never grow into adults, they stay in this stage of perpetual adolescence because they have learned that there are little or no consequences to their actions and no one has ever held them accountable for anything.

That is a relatively new phenomenon and I think it contributes significantly to the behavior problems you see with today's players in most major sports.

Start dropping these guys from the league (as Goodell's new conduct policy will do), and you will see behavior improve a bit, but the problem really starts much earlier.