Last night, to many of your dismay, Javon Walker was beaten and injured in what appears to be a robbery. He was left beaten in an alley. But wait, what's this? Where was the alley. Hmmm, none other than the favorite place of Pacman Jones. Viva Las Vegas baby! The city that never sleeps. The city that "makes it rain!" But wait again. What was Walker wearing and carrying when he was attacked? Oh yes, that's right. He had 3,000 dollars and 7,500 worth of bling! 10 grand worth of goods! That just might temp a man in Sin City to maybe, just maybe, attack him. Now I may be naive here, so bear with me. I don't think it is the smartest thing to do to walk around a city full of creeps with a bunch of money flauting around your chains. That is just me and my old white boy values.  

But this is nothing new! We see this all the time. Atheletes that get themselves in trouble because they can't possibly sit home and watch the latest episode of Desperate Housewives like the rest of us. They just have to go be a pimp in Las Vegas to prove their cool to their bros and hoes. Go big or go home they say. And we all remember what happened to former Redskins safety Sean Taylor(R.I.P) He made some bad friends because he had flaunted his newfound wealth around and then he went and got killed. And Javon Walker was close to the same fate.

Now why is this common in the NFL. I have several thoughts.

1. The black mentality. Oh man, did I just say that? I said black, and I generalized! Holy ####! Kill me now. I am a suppremist. Actully no. But as many can see, it seems to be common for many black atheletes to go around and try to be cooler than Jay-Z or 50 Cent. They got the chains, they got the cash. Let's see who can be the bigger man. Now get in the car and we'll get a guy in a drive-by. Many black stars in the NFL are overwelmed at the fame and fortune because many had grown up in poor conditions and now can't get used to this.
2. The No Fun League. Man, what is up with the league. No drugs, no fights, no nothing! This isn't fair. I wanna pop my booze at whoever I want and I want to make it rain like Katrina! That is the mindset of many of the players today, (cough) Ocho Cinco (cough). I think that these players are just so put off by the thought of behaving like adults that they have to release that energy somewhere. For elementary schoolkids, its recess. For these "adults", I guess it is strippers. To each his own I guess. But you can't go around picking fights because you thought that the stipper knew it was YOUR money, if after you put it in her garter belt. Morons.

We need to stop this epidemic of crime in the NFL before it becomes an worse. I like what Goodell is doing but just ban these guys for life. Not just year after year. Adam Jones, gone. Oddell Thurman, gone. Tank Johnson, gone! All gone! We need a league of role models.