And so yesterday, amidst the various newsfeeds a story floated in about the NFL; another once-great American institution that has sunk completely into utter degeneracy. This particular headline was about another millionaire thug named Richie Incognito.
Incognito was being
"When you factor in that Burfict was caught punching a Minnesota Vikings player in Week 3 and the fact that he had been suspended for 10 prior games during his career, the veteran linebacker faces an uphill battle the efforts to get his suspension lifted by the league," the article notes---as if these NFL punks ever really face any actual discipline from the League. As proof of this, in three weeks, there have been 99 fines and suspensions already issued by the League. Obviously, not much of a deterrent.
What does this have to do with Congressional Hearings? Someone may ask. Well, I got to thinking about an often-overlooked fact about these NFL hoodlums: nearly all of them are university graduates. Icognito is an alumnus of the University of Oregon; Burfict matriculated from Arizona State University. And note where the most-recently-incarcerated players came from:
Darius Philon (Assault with a Deadly Weapon): University of Arkansas
Patrick Chung (Cocaine Possession): University of Oregon
Tyrel Dodson (Domestic Violence): Texas A & M
Ryan Griffin (Public Intoxication and Property Damage): Univ. of Connecticut
Jalen Mills (Disorderly Conduct): Louisiana State University
Leonard Fournette (Multiple): Louisiana State University
Trevor Bates (Assault and Battery): University of Maine
Montae Nicholson (Assault): Michigan State University
Reuben Foster (Domestic Violence): University of Alabama
Chad Kelly (Breaking and Entering): University of Mississippi
Now a question nobody ever seems to ask is this: how do such characters manage to get through four years of college and graduate? And add into the equation that the sheer number of suspensions for failing the League's Policy on Narcotics Abuse:
2018: 32 players
2017: 37 players
2016: 50 players
2015: 53 players
2014: 41 players
All of the players we looked at are also from public universities. Doesn't this start to raise some questions about these taxpayer-funded institutions and why they seem to be graduating such a high number of dysfunctional individuals (who just coincidentally become professional athletes)?
And another question: what are any of the schools listed above actually noted for? Are any of them actually producing great contributors to science, or research, or---anything---of any importance?
Maybe instead of Impeachment Hearings, Congress ought to be holding hearings on where funding for universities is actually going. And hold some hearings on College Athletics, because there's obvious corruption there. But Academia would rather have Impeachment; o that nobody looks at their own crimes too closely.
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