ATHLETES CATCHING A BAD RAP

I KNOW I'M A LITTLE LATE ON THIS ONE BUT I HAD TO COMMENT ON IT SINCE IT IS RELEVANT TO THE SITE. LAST WEEK, ONE OF MY FAVORITE NFL PLAYERS PLAXICO BURRESS (I'M A DIE HARD GIANTS FAN), ACCEPTED A TWO YEAR PLEA DEAL FOR AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. THAT ISNT MUCH OF A PLEA BARGAIN IF YOU ASK ME. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN PPL RECEIVED PROBATION FOR THAT OFFENSE, ESPECIALLY WITH NO PRIOR CONVICTIONS. THE SENTENCING TO ME SEEMS A BIT HARSH AND EXCESSIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS ISNT THE KIND OF PERSON WHO POSES ANY THREAT TO ANYONE. IF ANYTHING, HE POSES A THREAT TO HIS SELF SINCE HE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE TROUBLED. I DONT KNOW WHAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE OR DRAW CONCLUSIONS. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, PLAXICO BURRESS WAS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING ON AND OFF THE COURT BUT IT NEVER TOOK AWAY FROM HIS PLAYING ABILITY. HE IS THE PERSON WHO CAUGHT THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN TO BEAT NEW ENGLAND DISMANTLING THEIR NEAR PERFECT SEASON. I'M NOT SAYING HE WAS RIGHT FOR BRINGING AN UNREGISTERED WEAPON INTO A NIGHT CLUB. THAT WASNT THE BEST THING FOR HIM TO DO. AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE ENDS UP INJURING HIS SELF. THAT IN ITSELF PROVES TO YOU THAT HE ISNT A GUN TOTING THUG. THE MESSAGE HERE IS NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. WHETHER IT BE AN ATHLETE, RAPPER, OR CONGRESSMAN THESE ARE REGULAR PEOPLE WHO ARENT EXEMPT FROM THE LAW. ITS BEEN PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THIS TIME ITS WITH A STAR PLAYER WHO WAS HAVING A BRILLIANT CAREER. FOR NOT MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION, HE HAS TO PAY SEVERE CONSEQUENCES AND SUSPENDED IN TIME FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN A STATE PRISON. ITS A SAD SITUATION BUT HOPEFULLY HE'LL MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT AND LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES AS MICHAEL VICK DID. HOLD YOUR HEAD PLAXICO!