Steely Dan Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Cleveland Browns defensive back Kenny Wright was arrested Thursday after police said he led them on a quarter-mile foot chase that began in the parking lot of the police station. The 30-year-old Wright faces a misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor charge of evading arrest and a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana. He remained in the Pearland City Jail on Thursday night pending a bond hearing Friday. Pearland police said officers were investigating a disturbance in the police station parking lot around 11:30 a.m. Thursday. When officers approached Wright, he took off running and was eventually caught in a nearby subdivision. Linkage A few observations; 1. The cop who caught him deserves a tryout with the Browns. 2. What does the unlawful restraint charge have to do with? 3. What idiot brings pot to a police station? 4. What will Goodell's response be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpertOpinion Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 answer to question 4: 4 game suspension and they will say they are working with him to 'get him the help he needs' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 answer to question 4:4 game suspension and they will say they are working with him to 'get him the help he needs' There has to be two prior offenses before they can suspend a player for four games, but he was caught with pot. So the punishment can only be for the possession unless he has two priors we don't know about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpertOpinion Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 There has to be two prior offenses before they can suspend a player for four games, but he was caught with pot. So the punishment can only be for the possession unless he has two priors we don't know about. Well I guess that shows how 'professional' the NFL is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Well I guess that shows how 'professional' the NFL is. IIRC, it's been the toughest policy in the major sports for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpertOpinion Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 IIRC, it's been the toughest policy in the major sports for a long time. They need to have the toughest because they have far far more criminals in the NFL than any other league. But it isn't tough enough policy. Also if they IQ the players in each sport I'm sure that the NFL players on average would be far below the rest. There is always a strong correlation between low IQ and crime . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 They need to have the toughest because they have far far more criminals in the NFL than any other league.But it isn't tough enough. Also if they IQ the players in each sport I'm sure that the NFL players on average would be far below the rest. There is always a strong correlation between crime and low IQ. First you have to consider this. There are 30 NBA teams with 16 players per team. That's 480 players total. In the NFL there are 32 teams with 53 players per team and more if you consider practice squads but I'll only use 53 per team. That's 1696 players total. The NFL has 3.5 times as many players as the NBA and I'd be willing to bet on a % basis the NBA is worse. The NFL has more players total than any other of the four major sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombstone56 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 DOES nearly two ounces of weed make him him a 4 week or is he out for season ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 A few observations; 1. The cop who caught him deserves a tryout with the Browns. Screw that! We NEED to SIGN the cop. The speed threat opposite Evans Maybe Wright was dressed like a big donut, giving the cop incentive to run that fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 First you have to consider this. There are 30 NBA teams with 16 players per team. That's 480 players total. In the NFL there are 32 teams with 53 players per team and more if you consider practice squads but I'll only use 53 per team. That's 1696 players total. The NFL has 3.5 times as many players as the NBA and I'd be willing to bet on a % basis the NBA is worse. The NFL has more players total than any other of the four major sports. It always goes back to 3.5 I agree with Steely here. The NBA has a very relaxed policy but has more criminals per capita than the other 3 major sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpertOpinion Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 First you have to consider this. There are 30 NBA teams with 16 players per team. That's 480 players total. In the NFL there are 32 teams with 53 players per team and more if you consider practice squads but I'll only use 53 per team. That's 1696 players total. The NFL has 3.5 times as many players as the NBA and I'd be willing to bet on a % basis the NBA is worse. The NFL has more players total than any other of the four major sports. Just saying there are more players in the NFL doesn't do it. Yeah they have more players but they still commit more crimes per player than any other league. You'd have a very hard time finding more than a handful of crimes committed by NHL players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Just saying there are more players in the NFL doesn't do it.Yeah they have more players but they still commit more crimes per player than any other league. You'd have a very hard time finding more than a handful of crimes committed by NHL players. link? stats? anything that you can cite to prove this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Check this out. Introduction You'd think these guys could stay straignt, with the money they make, but no, the more they get, the more they think they can get away with. Pleanty to choose from, in the NBA alone, 40% of the players heve criminal records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Never underestimate the stupidity of people. Last year, a group os FSU students got busted for smoking pot in the parking lot of FSUPD. A night officer saw them out of his window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Never underestimate the stupidity of people. Last year, a group os FSU students got busted for smoking pot in the parking lot of FSUPD. A night officer saw them out of his window. Ramius, there's a reason why it's called "dope". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Never underestimate the stupidity of people. Last year, a group os FSU students got busted for smoking pot in the parking lot of FSUPD. A night officer saw them out of his window. OMG, that's close to being even dumber than Wright. At least they didn't call attention to themselves by causing a disturbance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpertOpinion Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 All we can say about this to put it in a nutshell is...you can take the player out of the ghetto but you can't take the ghetto out of the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 First you have to consider this. There are 30 NBA teams with 16 players per team. That's 480 players total. In the NFL there are 32 teams with 53 players per team and more if you consider practice squads but I'll only use 53 per team. That's 1696 players total. The NFL has 3.5 times as many players as the NBA and I'd be willing to bet on a % basis the NBA is worse. The NFL has more players total than any other of the four major sports. What does the NBA have to do with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 ExpertOpinion said; Just saying there are more players in the NFL doesn't do it.Yeah they have more players but they still commit more crimes per player than any other league. You'd have a very hard time finding more than a handful of crimes committed by NHL players. What does the NBA have to do with this? So giving stats about the NBA are pertinent because they are one of the "any other league" comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 What does the NBA have to do with this? It has to do with protecting the beloved NFL. Here is the deal: The public will generally turn the cheek with the NFL and bash the NBA....why? The NFL offers the best fantasy leagues, tailgating, and parlay action. Don't mess that up for people. So they won't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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