How To Avoid Personal Accountability: Get Involved In Sports.

In the event that you or someone you know ever commits a crime or exhibits a lapse in judgment, police, law enforcement officials, employers, and family members will certainly take notice.  However, if you happen to be an athlete at the professional or collegiate level, personal responsibility isn't required.  Take, for instance, the strange circumstances of Plaxico Burress.  In case you had forgotten, he took a gun into a New York City nightclub, where he accidentally shot himself in the leg.  Gun possession charges would seem to follow in a "slam-dunk" case.  However, Plax had the misconception that he didn't commit a crime, despite New York State statutes classify simply carrying a gun as a a crime.  So, then, if he had no gun, how did the gunshot wound originate? 

I guess he didn't attend the college class discussing the etymology of the word  "possession."  When the court case came to its close, rather than admit guilt and get the situation over with, he and his lawyers insisted on proclaiming their client innocent.  Not a smart move.  But, then again, athletes have people to take care or their problems.  Further fueling the flames, Plaxico then flaunts authority by threatening to take a Florida police officer to task for pulling him over for the non-crime of speeding.  Plax claims that he "personally knows" the county sheriff.  I guess if you spend your free time involved in court cases, then inevitably one will become more familiar with the police personnel assigned. 

Still, from the Steriod Trials of the early 2000s, where Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and other ballplayers blamed others for performance-enhancing drugs, to the Michael Vick saga of dogfighting and the hot water of Ben Roesthlisberger.  Now, six years after an encounter, University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino admitted to an indiscretion with a woman and then gave the woman money for a medical procedure. 

How did this turn out?  UL President and Athletic Director come to his aid, stating that the right thing to do is to admit your mistakes, and that is what the University teaches its students to do.

Really?  Lie about cheating on your wife and family, accuse the woman of trying to extort money from him until the facts come out, then admit the truth is the correct way to handle life situations?  Sounds like the University of Louisville has a Business Department full of former Enron executives. 

However, that isn't the end of the story.  Pitino likened his situation to the events of 9/11.  Quite a stretch there, as 9/11 and personal infidelity have ABSOLUTELY NO COMMON LINK. 

The NFL has their hands full with clowns like "Pacman" Jones, Vick, Burress, and other miscreants (re: the entire Cincinnati Bengals team two years ago). 

Of course, some players and defenders of the players claim that football is a violent sport, and this type of the activity is par for the course. 

If that is the case, then I hope these players are in top shape to avoid objects being thrown at them on the playing field. 

Posted by Adam at 8/13/2009 7:05 PM
Categories: Sports, Culture
Tags: 9/11 NFL Rick Pitino Accountability Crime Plaxico Burress
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