NFL Arrests - average of 1 a week for last 5 years

[Moranis]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/which-nfl-team-has-had-the-most-arrests-over-the-last-five-years-133357974.html

This is all arrests, so Aldon Smith's 5 separate arrest all count against San Francisco's 12.

[kraidstar]

you know... i'm honestly surprised there aren't MORE arrests. an arrest every week in a league with 2,000 players really isn't THAT much. you have a sport with huge rosters full of brain-damaged guys that encourages violence and steroid use.

add to that a culture of frat-house-like irresponsibility and partying (see jonathan martin/richie incognito conversations), and you have a recipe for all sorts of dysfunction.

[Csfan1984]

you know... i'm honestly surprised there aren't MORE arrests. an arrest every week in a league with 2,000 players really isn't THAT much. you have a sport with huge rosters full of brain-damaged guys that encourages violence and steroid use.

add to that a culture of frat-house-like irresponsibility and partying (see jonathan martin/richie incognito conversations), and you have a recipe for all sorts of dysfunction.

+1
Once a week ain't bad

[yall hate]

I agree "one a week" isn't outrageous. 

But what I find interesting is that there appear to be far more arrests (even if you normalize for larger league/more players) than other leagues.  I wonder what the percentages are for the other major sports.

And further, why is the NFL the one that has some more "extreme" arrests, i.e., murder.  (at least that is my impression --- I guess the NBA had Javaris Crittenden...)

[slamtheking]

and yet Brady merits a 4-game suspension while these 1-a-week guys get less if nothing at all

[Moranis]

and yet Brady merits a 4-game suspension while these 1-a-week guys get less if nothing at all

and that is the way it should be.  arrests don't affect the outcome of the game at all.

[slamtheking]

and yet Brady merits a 4-game suspension while these 1-a-week guys get less if nothing at all

and that is the way it should be.  arrests don't affect the outcome of the game at all.

let them try playing with the handcuffs -- now THAT would make it far more interesting

[Moranis]

and yet Brady merits a 4-game suspension while these 1-a-week guys get less if nothing at all

and that is the way it should be.  arrests don't affect the outcome of the game at all.

let them try playing with the handcuffs -- now THAT would make it far more interesting

Ha. 

I've long thought the NFL shouldn't punish for off-field incidents that don't affect the outcome of a game (so drugs are obviously different).  If a team wants to punish or cut a guy, so be it, but the league shouldn't care.  I believe the NFL is in fact the only sports league that punishes people for off-field (non-drug, non-gambling) conduct.  At least I can't remember any basketball or baseball players being suspended by the NBA or MLB for an off-field (non-drug, non-gambling) arrest.  That is the way it should be.

[D.o.s.]

Yeah but then the league couldn't act like they're imparting an ESSENTIAL MORAL CODE which is central to a lot (like a lot a lot) of their marketing and official aesthetic.

You can bash each other until your brains are oozing out your ears and we'll pump you full of pain pills and booze so you can come out and be our cattle once a week, but if you do something bad, heaven help you, the NFL is only a place for the righteous brute.

There are, obviously, a lot of NFL players who are really nice people. That's just how the league tends to come across.

[Jon]

and yet Brady merits a 4-game suspension while these 1-a-week guys get less if nothing at all

and that is the way it should be.  arrests don't affect the outcome of the game at all.

Exactly!  That's why the refs felt is was so important that they delayed the start of the second half to measure all 12 of the Colts' balls...oh wait...

[Donoghus]

Blah..blah...blah....integrity....blah...blah...blah....protecting the shield.

[fairweatherfan]

and yet Brady merits a 4-game suspension while these 1-a-week guys get less if nothing at all

and that is the way it should be.  arrests don't affect the outcome of the game at all.

let them try playing with the handcuffs -- now THAT would make it far more interesting

Ha. 

I've long thought the NFL shouldn't punish for off-field incidents that don't affect the outcome of a game (so drugs are obviously different).  If a team wants to punish or cut a guy, so be it, but the league shouldn't care.  I believe the NFL is in fact the only sports league that punishes people for off-field (non-drug, non-gambling) conduct.  At least I can't remember any basketball or baseball players being suspended by the NBA or MLB for an off-field (non-drug, non-gambling) arrest.  That is the way it should be.

The NBA at least does this all the time.  Mainly for DUIs and the like lately, but that's largely because NBA players haven't been getting arrested much for non-driving offenses in recent years. 

I guess DUIs can be considered drug-related, but Tyreke Evans for example got hit with one for a reckless driving offense.  Plus remember Delonte getting caught with those guns?  He got 10 games for that one.

[KG Living Legend]

Blah..blah...blah....integrity....blah...blah...blah....protecting the shield.

 Exactly, integrity we are such a clean perfect organization, child please.

[celticsclay]

you know... i'm honestly surprised there aren't MORE arrests. an arrest every week in a league with 2,000 players really isn't THAT much. you have a sport with huge rosters full of brain-damaged guys that encourages violence and steroid use.

add to that a culture of frat-house-like irresponsibility and partying (see jonathan martin/richie incognito conversations), and you have a recipe for all sorts of dysfunction.

+1
Once a week ain't bad

They were actually discussing the arrests on local radio out here and said that the arrest rate of the NFL is lower than the general population. I don't know if that is actually true, but kind of doubt they would make it up.

[Jon]

you know... i'm honestly surprised there aren't MORE arrests. an arrest every week in a league with 2,000 players really isn't THAT much. you have a sport with huge rosters full of brain-damaged guys that encourages violence and steroid use.

add to that a culture of frat-house-like irresponsibility and partying (see jonathan martin/richie incognito conversations), and you have a recipe for all sorts of dysfunction.

+1
Once a week ain't bad

They were actually discussing the arrests on local radio out here and said that the arrest rate of the NFL is lower than the general population. I don't know if that is actually true, but kind of doubt they would make it up.

Yeah, with over 50 players on a team (not even counting practice squads and players who rotate in and out of them), you're looking at between 1,600 and 2,000 players in the league.  Considering the NBA is likely around 500 players, it puts things into greater context.