Why Is This So Common Among NFL Players Now?

Buster

Correct. Plus, because it ALWAYS makes the news when a pro athlete does it.

If you had reports from your local news every time anyone in your town drove drunk, you'd ask the same question about your town as you just did about NFL players.

hagams

True..so true. I know for a fact, that's I've been way to drunk to drive several times, and I did it anyway. Short story why I quit doing it.

A couple of years ago, I was stationed in MCAS Cherry Point, NC. There's nothing in the town, just a small decalate place. About 20 miles East was the nearest Wal-Mart. A Marine E-6 was driving to wash his truck about 1:45 pm, and struck an individual riding a bike(in a bike lane) who was traveling the opposite way the Marine was. The E-6 was drunk, and blew a .18 on the BAC machine.
The person that was hit and killed just happened to be another Marine who had graduated boot camp 15 days prior. He was given a ride to Wal-Mart to buy a bicycle, and chose to ride home for the exersice.

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prinzeofmoval

Fine them 500k for the offense. I know that sounds extreme but that will stop a few.

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WaldSkins

I got a DUI ridding in the passenger seat of my own car.

killromo

How?!? but that sucks big time. I was talking to a guy in a madd class I had to attend that got his 2nd dui riding his bicycle. I got one a year ago, so far it has cost me between $5,000 and $6,000. Costly mistake to say the least, I have definitely learned my lesson after hundreds of times I probably shouldn't have driven. I guess the law of averages caught up with me finally. Now I am on a first name basis with a local cabbie.

WaldSkins

Because me and my buddy were out at the bar and he said he was ok to drive so i let him and its because i was in the car and we were both legally drunk.

DUI's are just a huge money maker for the police. I was wrong but some of the ways people get dui's now is kinda ridiculous.

Lady Brave

That's a completely foolish and ignorant statement. Contrary to popular belief, court fees associated with traffic violations do not directly benefit law enforcement. They benefit the state. Most law enforcement officers are employed by city or county agencies and get no funding from the state other than grant money for equipment upgrades and child centered programs. The only time these agencies see a portion of court fees refunded to them is for the service of warrants or orders for arrest.

Trust me when I say this. The last thing an officer is thinking when he pulls someone over is that he's trying to meet a quota or this is his opportunity to generate money. His main concerns are trying to stay alive and keeping the public safe.

hooskins

Good point, quite a bit of my friends and I have driven home times when we should not have. I guess it is more of society thing.

But if I did have millions of dollars coming in, I would just get a driver to take car of that worry.

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firstdown

As for image GOlf has them all hands down. I can only think of John Daly when asking about golfers getting in trouble.

Cowell

Of course golf has them all hands down. The culture around golf is the polar opposite of all other professional sports. For one you don't hear about the young guy who made it out of the ghetto playing golf...

Coff

That's 15% of the population, including people of all ages. Because the age range in the NFL is much smaller than the nation as a whole, the number would be far less than 300. In other words, a typical person would have a 15% chance of getting a DUI over the course of their entire life (say, from 18 years of age to 70 years of age). The chances of getting a DUI between the ages of 22-35 is therefore much less.

onlydarksets

You've misunderstood my post and the study I linked to - the study isn't about getting arrested for DUI, it's about Driving Under the Influence (whether you are caught or not). With that understanding, the chances of driving under the influence are probably much higher for those between 22-35, which would be far more than 300. Also, this study includes females, who are statistically less likely to drive under the influence. This would also increase the percentage of players who would have to drive under the influence in order to be equal to the general public.

So, you raise a good point, but it supports my argument.

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tryfuhl

It's common in society. It's a necessary law but at the same time it can really screw the lives of people arrested for it. .08 BAC is near nothing to many people, but it accounts for the college cheerleader that kisses a guy that had a single beer and wrecks into a crowd.

Some states are understanding of mistakes and some (like my great commonwealth of VA) will royally eff your life for it. I had a cop merely get into a conversation with me as to why I was at a storage building at 2 am lead into a DUI when I passed all field tests.

I've had to pay thousands, still owe, take weekly classes an hour away because they wouldn't put me in the one 5 minutes away; have a breathalyzer/interlock device installed (haven't been able to afford that one so I have a driving while suspended coming up shortly), spend a week in jail, insurance, and quite a few other things that I'm forgetting for that one incident. Granted I didn't expect to "get away" with it, I never showed any signs of drunk driving by the cop that was behind me and pulled in (saying that the building had been broken into recently, a common cop lie when you're around a building at night.. I have another story for that one but we'll save it) behind me. I also passed all field tests.

Yes, it was completely my fault, but intoxilyzers are very innaccurate and none of this takes into effect the abilities of a single person, but that's what you deal with.

Conversely, my friend in PA got one, had 3 months restricted license and it was expunged from his record. He, like myself, decided not to drive at all after drinking again and now he's treated regularly. Myself, a year and a half later, is still struggling to deal with the repurcussions.