The golden rule in the mafia is "never tell the cops anything" -- and now it looks like the NFL has it's own silent code of ethics concerning "the man."
In the wake of football felons such as Michael Vick, and the ongoing Plaxico Burress gun-foolery, word is starting to slip that the NFL doesn't want their stars going to the cops if they get into trouble.
"If the police intervene, don't tell your story," Stefan Fatsis writes in his book, "A Few Seconds of Panic" -- which is blowing the lid off the NFL's culture of silence.
Most teams employ at least one "security guy," and send a clear signal to players to call that go-to guy, even before cops, according to the NY Post.
Seeing as how Plaxico became the seventh Giant to have a run-in with the law this year -- we're wondering how much stuff goes on that we'll never know about.
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A moment of Sunday morning zen brought to you by the poor schmuck who works sundays. :p
So what??? Any lawyer would tell his/her client the same thing "you don't have to answer police questions without representation." Don't get mad at the NFL for explaining that to its players.
2. A moment of Sunday morning zen brought to you by the poor schmuck who works sundays. :p
Posted at 11:11AM on Dec 7th 2008 by Carely
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Sorry you have to work on a Sunday. That sucks.
Well, the NFL does have a stellar reputation to uphold ... not.
"In the wake of football felons such as Michael Vick, and the ongoing Paxton Buress gun-foolery"
Paxton? His name is Plaxico. Wake up "TMZ"!
This is why Harvey and his staffers should stick to stalking celebrities and not covering sports. They can't even get Plax's name right.
What? The NFL wants to cover things up to keep their high priced
troublemakers on the field?
Let's hope the NBA doesn't try the same thing!
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I know this is a novel concept, but why not just have a ZERO TOLERANCE policy and NFL/NBA/; baseball, Olympics; ect....... You mess up with fights, guns, domestic violence, drugs, doping, dog fighting you are OUT for LIFE. NO IF'S AND BUTS ABOUT IT.. Come on.. you are influencing all the little boys and girls of America. Get your act together...
How many people have to say, "It's Plaxico, Not Plaxton"? Isn't one person saying it enough?
Commissioner Roger Goodell, the supposed guy on the White Horse to clean up the NFL is nothing but a look the other way enabler, especially when it involves Teams in the largest markets; Chicago, Boston, New York---Tank Johnson, Bill Bellecheat and now Plaxico....smaller markets, Cinn. Pac Man Jones, Atlanta Vick suffer the most.
Get Congress to investigate----the whole thing stinks and its all about money, not humanity, dignity, nor safety of the fans, players, and innocents out in public.
Drunk, Drug using, Gun carrying, animal abusing, women hurting, out of control animals....Obama please step in
NFL- National Felons' League- rings truer everyday. Its' the same culture that spawned the "I dinnit dood it" mentality shown by OJ Simpson. Swell.
