The Sportmeisters Cheap Shot: Are Athletes Above The Law?

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Published: August 16, 2009

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... the signing of Michael Vick by the Philadelphia Eagles and the ensuing media coverage that happened from it, we once again have to ponder if athletes deserve these second chances.

Back in an earlier episode of the Happy Hour Podcast, Justin and myself, along with our guest Matt, former FSU Student Coach, discussed how so many college athletes fall on the wrong side of the law and whether or not they get passed through because of their athletic status. Well, now these athletes are making it to the next level and they’re still causing problems, but they’re still getting extra chances.

For us non-athletic personnel, if we committed a crime, such as DUI and manslaughter (Donte’ Stallworth) or carrying and firing a concealed weapon (Plaxico Burress), we’d be thrown the book. Instead, Stallworth got a joke of a sentence and had to pay some money to the family for killing a man, a father, brother,...

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