Why is it that football players are, for the most part, the guys with the character issues? And I don't mean fighting, I mean guys that are in and out of suspensions, fines, and even jail. People like Carmelo Anthony, Ron Artest, and every other player in the NBA that has gotten into a fight don't necessarily have character issues, they were just heated in the moment.

Well, maybe you can scratch off Artest from that list. He belongs with the football players.

Anyway, drugs, violence, DUI, the whole shabang. You name a crime, a football player has probably been in trouble for it. What's funny is that it seems to center around a few people: Pacman Jones, Marcus Vick, the Cincinnati Bengals, and new member: Michael Vick.

Whoa, Marcus, watch your step!

It's a given that Pacman is the leader of what I like to call "The NFL (Never Follow the Law) Society. But now that Michael Vick, a former favorite player of mine and NFL (the real one this time) icon, we could see a few more guys coming out about their association with drugs, violence, DUI, and, again, the whole shabang.

 The fact is that football players are just naturally more aggressive than other people.  All that hitting and falling and getting pounded into the Earth is finally taking a toll on these guys.

In an ESPN interview with Pacman Jones' mom, Jones' mom stated that Pacman was like this because he grew up like it. As a child he supposedly thought that other kids were standing him off and getting into fights with that. On top of that his father had died at a young age, and then, finally, he played football. Surely letting all of his blind rage out on other kids while playing football would let out all of his anger, right?

Momma don't raise no fool! With a few exceptions....

Wrong. Because no matter what you do, some people are just born bad people. I can guarantee you that if you take two kids and raise them with the same parents, the same room, the same stuff-the same everything-the kids are going to be different adults. Much like people are born talented in sports, some people are born with, you guessed it, character issues.

This all ties back around to football because their parents think they can work the anger out of their kids by playing football.

To Parents-not all kids change. It is extremely sad for me to say it, but some people just don't change. But this doesn't mean one can't try, because sometimes that's all you can do sometimes.

Mom, Dad-if you are reading this you have raised me well. Thank you.

Amen, peace out, drive home safely, and let freedom ring!

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