It matters.

I did not make a value judgement about Babineaux’s “crime”, just that it was, indeed, and without question as of this time, a crime.

He broke the law, he pays a price, and is not going to be available to his team mates, whether or not he WOULD have been able to go, now he WON’T be able to suit up (or he SHOULDN’T be able to). He let his team down by doing something stupid.

I did not pass value judgement on the crime (that’s a totally different topic – but if you must know, I think that the laws regarding marijuana in this country are laughable, and I’ve never touched the stuff, nor do I intend to), just on the mentality of the individual accused of it, and how that affects the people around him; then continued on to point out how his (and many other players in the NFL) let their selfish interests come before that of their team, the organization, and most importantly the fans that support them in the privilege of playing a game and becoming a millionaire doing so.

As for the comparison you bring up, well, didn’t I do so first? I think the unnamed but very obvious individuals mentioned should be flipping burgers or down in Cellblock H, but the NFL, in all it’s wisdom, disagrees.

Acceptance is approval. :-\

He was STUPID, because he knew the rules, and thought himself to not be subject to them, right, wrong, or indifferent of the validity of said rules.

I’m very thankful that (so far), we have not had issues such as this on our Saints, and hope that remains the case. It is so much more satisfying to be a fan of a team and organization that has the class displayed each and every day as that of the New Orleans Saints, and very sad to see this happen to the good fans (and there ARE good ones) of any team in the NFL.

This pathetic piece of self-centered human flotsam, along with all those like him, should be banned from the game. If the NFL were to take this seriously, and there were indeed VERY serious consequences for those that don’t treat this as a privilege instead of their absolute right, then this kind of idiotic behaviour would cease – nothing will make you see reality like the loss of your ability for whatever reason to do that which you love to do and be paid like a king for doing it. If you see your peers getting bounced out of the league for being idiots, and NEVER being allowed back in, don’t you think it’d stop pretty quickly?

Saintslam, sounds like the only crimes that should be a crime are the ones that Black people have broken? There’s no room for racism here