Crime in Football

Crime in football is a big topic. Not crime on the field, but football players committing crimes off the field. People seem really perplexed by how many players get into trouble with the law, in the NFL and in college.

I have a really simple explanation for why this is. Because football players are violent people, that is why they play the game and that is why they get into trouble off the field. There is physicality in basketball and hockey, but they aren't clothes-lining folks coming across the middle of the field.

I heard the other day that the average NFL player lives to be 55, wow. And the average affluent male in the United States lives to be 85. So, NFL players would be considered affluent (at least for their time in the league), yet they die 30 years earlier than those in other professions. I believe this is because of brain trauma mostly. But whatever the case, with those statistics why would a superior athlete choose football over basketball and baseball? Not only does the NFL not have guaranteed contracts, but the life expectancy is only 55!? My only explanation is they are violent people who want perpetuate the image of their toughness and strength.

So, now that I've established that football players are by and large violent individuals based on their choosing football, is it so hard to see why they would get in trouble off the field? The main reason for their success is their brutality, that is a hard switch to turn off for some of them when they get home. They are reckless with their bodies, they are reckless with their lifestyles, they don't make wise choices....that is why they are playing football, and that is why they are getting into trouble off the field.

How many baseball players do you see getting in trouble....none. Basketball players are far from saints, but how many violent crimes do you hear about....not too many. It seems like almost every day there is a football player in college or the pros who has gotten into trouble. Why? They are violent, reckless individuals...that is why they play, that is who they are. People can quit the psychoanalysis, stop the calls for stricter punishments, if you like football on the field...the off the field stuff comes with it.

JB