Friday, January 29, 2010

Bengals Players Continue To Embarrass Themselves And Their Franchise

With the news that Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga was arrested for drunken driving in the suburbs of Cincinnati, OH, two things stood out to me:

Firstly, how is it possible that members of the Bengals can continue to get in trouble with the law? I would’ve thought the team would have made it a priority to draft and sign players that would keep themselves away from the police blotter. Furthermore, after all of the alcohol, vehicular and/or handgun incidents to happen in the Bengals organization over the past five years, how can players continue this kind of behavior? Can they really be so stupid?

Secondly, and perhaps more perplexingly, when you sign a $4.66M contract with $2.84M in guaranteed money, why are you still driving a Pontiac? I’m all for living within your means and no one says you have to be ostentatious but a Pontiac? Really?

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