loyal2dagame Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 With all the recent arrests of pros from any sport, players need to realize they are not the untouchable giants of yesterday. Dwi's, weapon possession, domestic violence, etc. its not being tolerated by law enforcement any more just because you play or played for the home team. I like it. Rookie wr Blackmon from the jags just got a dui in Oklahoma no less.
IslandBillsFan Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 I would like to see some stats on comparing NFL employees to other large company organizations. For example, there are 32 teams with 53 players. Add about 5 high publicity coaching positions. That makes it around a 1,824 employee organization. I am not surprised there are this many arrests. Additionally, the media coverage continues to keep this incidents in front of the fans. From 2000-2008 USA averaged about 1.4 Million DUI's per year Linky. If you average our population over those years we have about 292 Million people.Linky 2 Without breaking down, race, class, and gender, that approximately means one in 209 people in the US get a DUI year. Based on abbreviated info the NFL should have about 8.7 Dui's per year. By my count, we are nearing this number already but many of the notorious headlining charges have been assault, disorderly conduct, domestic.....not just DUI's The NFL needs to behave better because they are in the public eye and our "role models". However, I don't feel they are nearly as bad as the media (or many on this board) make them out to be. If someone really wanted to do a study, they should compare young pro athletes to young celebratories with money. Lindsey Lohan and company would probably be a worse lot.
DC Tom Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Rookie wr Blackmon from the jags just got a dui in Oklahoma no less. Can you blame him? What else is there to do in Oklahoma? Watch a hawk making lazy circles in the sky? Take Laurey to the social in the surrey with the fringe on top?
Meark Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 Can you blame him? What else is there to do in Oklahoma? Watch a hawk making lazy circles in the sky? Take Laurey to the social in the surrey with the fringe on top? I dunno.. I think porn on the internet is available in all states.. LOL
BillsBytheBay Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 I would like to see some stats on comparing NFL employees to other large company organizations. For example, there are 32 teams with 53 players. Add about 5 high publicity coaching positions. That makes it around a 1,824 employee organization. I am not surprised there are this many arrests. Additionally, the media coverage continues to keep this incidents in front of the fans. From 2000-2008 USA averaged about 1.4 Million DUI's per year Linky. If you average our population over those years we have about 292 Million people.Linky 2 Without breaking down, race, class, and gender, that approximately means one in 209 people in the US get a DUI year. Based on abbreviated info the NFL should have about 8.7 Dui's per year. By my count, we are nearing this number already but many of the notorious headlining charges have been assault, disorderly conduct, domestic.....not just DUI's The NFL needs to behave better because they are in the public eye and our "role models". However, I don't feel they are nearly as bad as the media (or many on this board) make them out to be. If someone really wanted to do a study, they should compare young pro athletes to young celebratories with money. Lindsey Lohan and company would probably be a worse lot. Very well put.
BUFFALOKIE Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 Can you blame him? What else is there to do in Oklahoma? Watch a hawk making lazy circles in the sky? Take Laurey to the social in the surrey with the fringe on top? You're an idiot.
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