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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Yeah, something like that.
I mean, I wasn't a square as a kid; God knows I did my share of dumb things in HS up through my mid-twenties, and some of them in cars. Street racing included. Though racing during rush hour seems like a whole other level of reckless/stupid. Anyway, I'm not standing here on my soapbox preaching/whining about how terrible these kids are. They're kids; they're going to do dumb/immature things.
But it just seems like these incidents during the offseason are increasing in frequency and the risks seem to be increasing as well, in spite of the fact that they have more options to be safer about their thrill-seeking.
Maybe the NFL needs to get them to channel their energies into safer activities. Fly-fishing, for example. Pretty hard to kill/injure people fly-fishing at the local pond.
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I think the NFL does plenty already. I bet there's plenty of speeches at the Combine, Rookie Minicamp, OTA's, etc about growing up and taking this opportunity seriously. Only bad things happen after 1, keep your friends and your work separate, be aware of your image and how you use it, all that stuff that basically equates to be a professional. The NFL has plenty of coaches and past players that give sound advice to rookies.
But even with all the sound advice in the world, these young 20 somethings with a ton of money are surrounded by temptation and peer pressure on all fronts. It requires a lot of inner discipline and maturity at that age to ignore it all, and some of these guys just don't have that. If there were character flaws before the money and fame, that all will just amplify it, and your flaws will eventually reveal themselves.