Plaxico
Nov 30, 2008 Eagles Rumors
And this situation is exactly why I haven’t changed the poll on this website in a while. With the limited traffic I get, I still wanted to see what people thought about the combination of the modern professional athlete and the gun.
Everyone will be calling the troubled Burress’ an idiot. And perhaps that’s valid. But, as with most things, this isn’t as simple as it seems. Did you know that Plaxico’s teammate Steve Smith was apparently robbed at gunpoint only last week?
Professional athletes continue to be targets of crime, for obvious reasons. In my opinion the NFL and the NFLPA are going to have to do more to teach players the best ways to keep themselves safe from crime — while protecting the league from public relations nightmares and players from the themselves.
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