The NFL has had a bad time with tackling issues, but they don’t seem to care if their players commit legitimate crimes off the field.
In 2007, Roger Goodell was pressured to become head of the Law and Order Commission to address egregious behavior by NFL players. Seventeen years later, it’s clear that it’s not working.
Most recently, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Lachie Rice and former Lions defensive back Cam Sutton were wanted as fugitives for serious crimes.
Rice was involved in a car chase that led to a life-threatening accident. Sutton had been wanted in Florida for several weeks in connection with a domestic violence incident before he turned himself in.
“The only thing that’s changed since 2007 is that the corporate media has given Mike Florio an incentive to pick new stories,” says Jason Whitlock with dismay. “The NFL player’s course of action is a complete and utter failure. Nothing has changed.”
Steve Kim agreed, saying that the media has given NFL players “not only kid gloves treatment, but also a no-holds-barred treatment for those who break the law.”
“We’re not talking about speeding tickets or just moving tickets or parking tickets. We’re talking about putting other lives at risk,” Kim said.
Kim believes this reflects the obsession with social justice that has plagued the NFL over the past five or six years.
“Crime is now a thing of the past and it’s not a matter of individual responsibility. They use generational trauma and all these other terms to basically condone the behavior and not hold individuals accountable. ” he explains.
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