It's getting out of hand. Following a Super Bowl party in Atlanta last Monday, Baltimore Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis was arrested on murder charges in the stabbings of two men outside a nightclub. Earlier this season, Carolina wide receiver Rae Carruth was arrested on murder charges in the shooting of his pregnant girlfriend. Athletes, however, receive much more money and adulation than the average student or worker. You grow up getting special treatment because you're an athlete, then you get millions of dollars thrown at you.
Shady people gravitate toward money.
Hardly a week went by this season without news of another player in trouble with the law. Indianapolis Colts defensive back Steve Muhammad, charged with battery in the beating of his pregnant wife, was cleared after her death was attributed to injuries suffered in an auto accident. The baby was stillborn. Stalking Carruth, Lane's teammate, was cut by Carolina soon after his arrest, and Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins was suspended indefinitely after being arrested in connection with a break-in at a neighbor's apartment. The woman living in the apartment said Collins had been stalking her.