NFL comes down with iron fist

Commissioner Roger Goodell came down on Adam "Pacman" Jones and Chris Henry yesterday with seismic force. Pacman will be forced to sit out the entire upcoming season while Henry got away with an eight-game suspension. Both players were involved in multiple off-field incidents with the law that were widely publicized.

Pacman Jones, who plays for the Tennessee Titans has been interviewed by the police ten times over the past year regarding five different cases and that's not including his involvement in a (hilarious) scene during the NBA's all-star weekend in Las Vegas. During that weekend, Pacman had brought $63,000 in bills to a strip club with the intention of "making it rain money"; this caused a brawl broke out and three people were shot.

Henry, a member of a Cincinnati Bengals team that ended up with nine different players arrested at some point of the past season, has been arrested four times in the past 14 months. He was pretty much the poster child of an unruly team and had already been suspended for two games for his conduct. While the team hopes he can right his ship, it seems doubtful to me at least.

All I can say to them both is that when you put up numbers on the field, there's always a spot on the Oakland Raiders for you guys.

Side note: While the whole "Game Over" headline may be alright to an extent, it already smells stale guys, let's try something new.

Bad day for Miami athletes who drink

Not one, not two but three athletes based out of Miami were arrested yesterday for having too much to drink. First, it was reported that Florida Panthers goaltender Ed Belfour and forward Ville Peltonen were arrested after a scuffle with some cops on South Beach. Belfour, who has been known as a drinker in the past, was with Peltonen when the bar’s managers asked the police to escort him out. Eddie didn’t take to kindly to this and (this is my favourite part) “approached the officer in a fighting stance” and then shoved him. Needless to say, the cops didn’t back down and Eddie and Ville were taken in to the drunk tank before being bailed out.

Next on tap, Miami Heat forward James Posey was arrested on South Beach for driving under the influence after he was found stopping his car in the middle of two-lane road while talking to pedestrians and other drivers. Posey was found with bloodshot eyes, a strong scent of alcohol on his breath and slurred his speech when he talked. He was released after paying $1000 bond.

In the wake of these arrests, wouldn’t it have been a ton better if Officer Shaquille O’Neal was the one doing the arresting? Just try to picture a drunken Ed Belfour (not hard) walking (or stumbling) towards Shaq with his fists raised, and then shoving him while falling to the ground drunk. Yes, I’m laughing a bit too.

You have to love South Beach and understand why everyone wants to play there.