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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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1) that is arrests not convictions
2) the vast majority of those are misdemeanors not felonies
3) how many of those players are actually playing (how many were cut? how many have retired?)
The "There are 800 convicted felons playing in the NFL" started as a pretty thinly veiled racist "stat" during during the BLM protests and kneeling during the anthem, and used these exact stats as "Proof".
So yeah, saying "Just look at the number of convicted felons who take the field to play in the NFL every Sunday" does have a bit of tone to it.
Certainly the NFL isn't perfect, and every league looks the other way if a player is good enough.
You said yourself, "Hard to find exact numbers", so what do you think the number is?
If you really don't know, why bring it up?