Image is everything
Cedric Benson was arrested and pepper sprayed over the weekened. Bullets from a gun Marvin Harrison owns might have been involved in a shooting. Falcons linebacker Michael Boley was charged with battery against his wife. Rookie Rashard Mendenhall was robbed at gunpoint.
No, it wasn’t a good weekend for the NFL’s image, which commissioner Roger Goodell is trying so hard to improve after last year’s rough offseason. Maybe there’s not much he can do. With over 1,500 players in the league, these things are bound to happen, but so much of it on the same weekend?
At least no Bengals were arrested this week. But there’s always next weekend.


[...] Joey G wrote an interesting post today on Image is everythingHere’s a quick excerptNo, it wasn’ta good weekend for the NFL’s image, which commissioner Roger Goodell is trying so hard to improve after last year’s rough offseason. Maybe there’s not much he can do. With over 1500 players in the league, these things are … [...]
May 6th, 2008 at 12:02 pm