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honestly... i dont have a problem with it at all...

none of them have done anything too bad whilst under Saban with the exception of McMichael and Quintin Williams.

Williams got cut and Randy will be punished...

Elam's not going to make the team whilst Roth, Crowder and Wright are important players for the future.

Both Boston and Ricky have been to the Pro Bowl.
 
Ricky Brown said:
I read this article and it brings out a good point. The dolphins have always had a clean reputation. Although I agree with the Wright pick, does anyone see this team being the like the drug ring cowboys of the '90s?

Here is the link:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2005/07/19/a1c_PBP_ELMORE_0719.html
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We are no where near the cowboys of the 90's. Plus it is a different NFL today, I doubt you can find one team without any malcontents.
 
naw, they were South America's team, we are more like the Apple Dumplin' Gang, stumblin' bumblin' wife beaters, peepers and pot smokers. I did not know of Marti's association with the Womens shelter, I'll bet Wayne has had to hear all about at home.
 
Maybe it was the girls fault. She must've been the one abusing Wright. Yeah, that's it. Wright was a batterred student.
 
Mark Duper was a crackhead as was Mercury Morris and others. Every team has problems, it's just the way it is.
 
"They must feel like a player with a domestic violence charge still makes for a viable candidate for their team," said Dia Kuykendall, communications and public policy manager for the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. "That's not a good message. These are serious transgressions and shouldn't be overlooked as 'boys will be boys'."


So, I guess that no one with any kind of of Domestic Violence charges in their past should be employeed by anyone, at any time, EVER!!

I for one will boycott McDonalds, Burger King, etc. the next time they hire an individual with any sort of police record!!
 
nyjunc said:
Mark Duper was a crackhead as was Mercury Morris and others. Every team has problems, it's just the way it is.
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I agree, but isn't it a little different if you voluntarily bring these players into your organization?
 
nyjunc said:
Mark Duper was a crackhead as was Mercury Morris and others. Every team has problems, it's just the way it is.
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yeah, and the bills have a murderer in their history. i know what you mean.
 
Fans don't care about character anymore...it's just that simple. When someone like Ray Lewis can become an official NFL spokesman and win the Superbowl MVP award after being caught up in a murder trial and there is no public outcry, it just drives home the fact that people only care about winning...at any cost. Teams continue to talk about how character matters while they are signing felons, and it is only going to get worse as fans continue to defend those players and signings, because thugs bring more intensity and hype to the field.

The irony of it to me is how quick fans are to defend athletes in these situations as if they would do the same things in their jobs :rolleyes: How many business owners on this board would knowingly hire a sex offender? Not many. How many people here would hire back a critically important employee after he breached his contract and left the company in ruins so he could smoke pot and live in a tent? Not many. If Randy McMichael was your son-in-law, I bet you wouldn't be talking about how "it was mutual violence" or "no big deal" when he beat up your pregnant daughter, or bloodied her nose by repeatedly trying to throw her out of their car.

Do I think these guys should be punished all their lives? No, but a job in the NFL isn't a regular job, either. It is a public position with direct links to the community and an emphasis on image, like being a media personality or any other highly public figure. These people are not just hired, they are marketed to your children. I think everyone can realize the difference between quietly hiring a felon for a job and hiring a felon for a job and then celebrating him by selling merchandise with his name all over it. Most people wouldn't even want to be associated with a felon convicted of a sex crime, but when they are in the NFL, you'll buy their jersey and wear it to a game and around your house.

Want proof of my claims? Just watch the responses to this post telling me how terrible and wrong I am for caring about an athlete's of the field behaviour :rolleyes:
 
bakedmatt said:
yeah, and the bills have a murderer in their history. i know what you mean.
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20 years after he was on the bills roster. You might want to take that up w/ the 9'ers since that's where he played last before committing those murders. :tongue:
 
volk said:
The irony of it to me is how quick fans are to defend athletes in these situations as if they would do the same things in their jobs :rolleyes: How many business owners on this board would knowingly hire a sex offender? Not many. How many people here would hire back a critically important employee after he breached his contract and left the company in ruins so he could smoke pot and live in a tent? Not many. If Randy McMichael was your son-in-law, I bet you wouldn't be talking about how "it was mutual violence" or "no big deal" when he beat up your pregnant daughter, or bloodied her nose by repeatedly trying to throw her out of their car.
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If my daughter was dumb enough to hit a guy, I would say "it was mutual violence". My daughter should be responsible for her actions.
 
Dol-Fan Dupree said:
If my daughter was dumb enough to hit a guy, I would say "it was mutual violence". My daughter should be responsible for her actions.
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I call BS. No way, no how do I think this is an honest response. Have you seen Cawana McMichael? I'm sure all 125 pounds of her just decided to start battering her pro-football giant of a husband :shakeno: I'm sure you would believe that Randy was justified in beating her back, too, despite the fact that she was pregnant and could have easily been contained without excessive force by someone of Randy's size :rolleyes:

This is the exact kind of response I expected. As long as he puts up numbers on the field, they can do no wrong in your eyes.
 
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