Why? If a team will take him, why should he not be allowed to continue his chosen career? To take that away from him would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. If a cab driver were convicted of the same crime would you advocate that he not be allowed to drive a cab any longer?
I have no doubt that he will play in the NFL somewhere next season. I also have no doubt that people will fill the stadium to see him play. The only people with worse memories than the American voter is the American football fan. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[email protected]>wrote: > > >I hate what he did as much as anyone....but he's paid his price. I hope > the > >man can put his life back together. > > He is welcome to put his life back together, certainly the man has to make > a living...but in some other capacity than as a player. That is just too > much a "role model" position and not one he should be in, IMO. And I think > any team that hires him to play would be asking for a HUGE backlash from the > fans. I've already seen petitions being passed around on the internet with > thousands of signatures demanding that he not be allowed to play again. You > can bet any game would have large numbers of protesters outside, it could be > a really dangerous situation. It will certainly be interesting to see what > the NFL decides regardless. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290010 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
