Originally Posted by
Mojouw
There is more than one kind of privilege.
And we all know that the NFL (and most pro sports) will put up with and excuse anything as long as you can ball out on the field.
Heck, look at just the Steelers:
Drug use
Domestic violence
Rape/Sexual Assualt
Regular Assualt
Mauling of livestock (Pretty sure Joey Porter's dogs ate a mini-horse)
And that is just off the top of my head without really thinking or looking anything up. Then you have guys like Bam Morris or Tim Worley who couldn't cash the checks their behavior was writing - they got canned. But...both got ANOTHER chance before being sent away for good. Lawrence Phillips played for how long after he threw his special lady down a flight of stairs? Ray Lewis helped to coordinate and cover-up the murder of another person and he is in the HOF and on TV. In regular society, Lawrence Taylor would have been unemployed and likely in court-ordered rehab, instead he played weekly for the Giants.
These guys have been dirtbags and degenerates for a long time now. And if you can play, no one will really care.