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Originally Posted by GettinIggyWithIt
These people are public figures. Everything they do relates to their profession as athletes, and therefore, their sport and league. The NFL and its teams had no choice but to take action.
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But clearly they are drafted based on how well they can run/throw/hit, not on what sort of person they are off the field. We'll keep seeing this sort of off the field behaviour until the NFL radically changes how it drafts players. And I frankly don't see that happening. A few teams might back off a player who projects to be an elite linebacker if he runs with a rough crowd off the field, or comes from a violent family background. But will every team? When some teams do draft these guys, they become pro-bowlers, and by good fortune no embarrassing or criminal behaviour comes to light during their careers?