Sean Taylor, who was 24 yrs. old and who played defensive back for the Washington Redskins is dead from gun shot wounds from an armed intruder who broke into his Palmetto Bay home in South Florida early Monday morning.
All signs point to this being a “hit”. The same home had been broken into just 8 days prior and though nothing was taken, a knife was left behind on Taylor’s bed. Taylor’s fiance’ and young daughter were not harmed and when the fiance’ attempted to call 911 she could not complete the call as the phone lines were cut. We cannot recall anything like this happening before in the NFL.
Taylor had trouble with the law prior to this including facing felony assault charges with a firearm to which he later pled down to avoid jail time. This same Taylor, though, by all accounts since the birth of his 17 month-old daughter was making substantive changes in his life in order to make a clean break from the thug life and fashion a normal existence for himself and his young family. It appears that someone, though, had different plans for Taylor.
Though generally applauded, Roger Goddell the NFL commissioner has taken a some heat for his strict enforcement of the NFL’s personal conduct policy with respect to players and coaches in order to protect the image of the league. He has not hesitated in handing down lengthy suspensions to players, such as, Adam “Pacman” Jones of the Titans, Tank Johnson, now of the Cowboys after being released by the Bears and Chris Henry of the Bengals because he believed they were not living up to this policy.
Prior to today, critics of Goddell have noted that, in the case of “Pacman”, he has not been convicted in any of the cases in which formal charges have been brought. This is in addition to several “he said-she said” incidents including at least two separate occasions where a female has accused Jones of spitting on her.
Goddell has every right to execute this strict policy standard as he owes it to the owners, players and fans to present the NFL in a positive manner and not in which the very people who pay the salaries of every single person associated with the NFL (us) think the League is overrun with thugs.
And after Sean Taylor’s death, Goddell’s personal conduct policy would appear to not only be to protect the image of the League but to keep his players merely alive as well.
All signs point to this being a “hit”. The same home had been broken into just 8 days prior and though nothing was taken, a knife was left behind on Taylor’s bed. Taylor’s fiance’ and young daughter were not harmed and when the fiance’ attempted to call 911 she could not complete the call as the phone lines were cut. We cannot recall anything like this happening before in the NFL.
Taylor had trouble with the law prior to this including facing felony assault charges with a firearm to which he later pled down to avoid jail time. This same Taylor, though, by all accounts since the birth of his 17 month-old daughter was making substantive changes in his life in order to make a clean break from the thug life and fashion a normal existence for himself and his young family. It appears that someone, though, had different plans for Taylor.
Though generally applauded, Roger Goddell the NFL commissioner has taken a some heat for his strict enforcement of the NFL’s personal conduct policy with respect to players and coaches in order to protect the image of the league. He has not hesitated in handing down lengthy suspensions to players, such as, Adam “Pacman” Jones of the Titans, Tank Johnson, now of the Cowboys after being released by the Bears and Chris Henry of the Bengals because he believed they were not living up to this policy.
Prior to today, critics of Goddell have noted that, in the case of “Pacman”, he has not been convicted in any of the cases in which formal charges have been brought. This is in addition to several “he said-she said” incidents including at least two separate occasions where a female has accused Jones of spitting on her.
Goddell has every right to execute this strict policy standard as he owes it to the owners, players and fans to present the NFL in a positive manner and not in which the very people who pay the salaries of every single person associated with the NFL (us) think the League is overrun with thugs.
And after Sean Taylor’s death, Goddell’s personal conduct policy would appear to not only be to protect the image of the League but to keep his players merely alive as well.
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Thanks, KT. Always appreciate your support
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Hey Goddell, let the spankings continue!!!!!
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