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Originally Posted by transplant99
It should be for these guys though...when they are wanting to be considered an "elite" team but have dropped 2 in a row at home. That alone should have them re-focussing on what needs to be done, and being out at 4:30 AM speeding along the road and then refusing a breathalyzer (which makes zero sense if he hadnt been drinking) screams to me that it is clearly not a priority for some.
Either way, drunk or not, he isnt exactly displaying good decsion making, and that will eventually show up on the field at some point.
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I give them a smidge of leeway since they did clinch home field throughout the playoffs that night, and Tuesday is the day off for NFL players.
With that said, I'd agree about needing to refocus. McCray has always seemed like a bit of an outlier as far as the team concept goes, more of a "me" guy. There is no excuse for DUI, and I'm not defending what he did, you should be smart enough to call a cab or limo if you're a pro athlete and have had any alcohol that night. See: Donte Stallworth or Leonard Little.
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Originally Posted by moon
Out of curiosity how do you know they are instructed to do this and why would they be instructed to do so?
Seems like a good way to be found guilty.
Perhaps the laws/procedures are different in the States but every lawyer that I have heard talk about it has said to definitely not refuse the breathalyzer.
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I'll admit I can't say first hand that the Saints as a team instruct them to not agree to a breathalyzer, but the few college and professional athletes that I do know are instructed by their agents/handlers/union to never submit to a breathalyzer on scene. The portable breathalyzers policemen carry in their vehicles are known to read false positives and cannot be calibrated on scene, therefore will likely not stand up in court, but the player will always be judged in the public by that initial test.
It has always been recommended to me by policemen/attorneys I know, as well as my own labor union, to never submit to the test and always opt for the blood test at the station. It gives your body more time to process whatever alcohol, if any you have in your system, and is more accurate.
Perhaps that is different in the States than in Canada, and it is something that likely will not change until DUI is looked at more seriously.
DUI laws are a joke in much of the U.S. There are people here in Billings weekly that are arrested for their 6th, 8th, 10th DUI. they occasionally go through a 6 month treatment program and are released back on to the street. They simply drive without a license, and wait for the next slap on the wrist.
Bottom line, he shouldn't be close to even being caught in a situation where it could be implied, but these guys are targets, especially by the notably corrupt NOPD. I'll wait for the evidence and hope for the best, though it likely won't affect this season anyway.