Monday, April 6, 2009

Plaxico, Plaxico, Plaxico

Man, this one really boils my mind!!! How in the hell can the NFL justify that Plaxico deserves a million dollar roster bonus after he shot himself in the leg causing the caustic wide reciever to miss the final four games of the 2008 season and hurting the Giants in their playoff run? I don't so much blame the NFL, but what the hell was the arbitrator Stephen Burbank thinking?? He decided that the Giants owe Plaxico the $1 million plus an undisclosed amount for the 2008 roster bonus.

The NFL, in a statement released by league spokesman Greg Aiello, disagreed with the ruling, saying it incorrectly interprets the league's current collective bargaining agreement with players. Burbank failed to take into account provisions in Plaxico's contract stating that a portion of their bonuses would be repaid "if the player was unable to perform due to his own misconduct," the statement said. If it wasn't Plaxico's fault for shooting himself in his leg, who the hell was at fault???? Pure BS!!!

Giant's president and CEO, John Mara said, "to think that a player could carry a loaded gun into a nightclub, shoot himself and miss the rest of the season but get to keep his entire signing bonus illustrates one of the serious flaws in the current system."

Fix this joke NFL. Regular Joe's like myself could never be lucky enough to win an arbitration in our real world job if we did somehting as stupid as Plaxico.

To further show Plaxico's outlaw mentality, on March 18th he was pulled over for speeding in Broward County on Interstate 95 near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Deputy Sheriff Donald Harris pulled Burress over around 10:30 a.m. and opened the door of Burress' black 2008 Toyota Sequoia when the officer couldn't see inside the player's SUV.

Officer Harris was met with "[Expletive] you," Burress said, according to the New York Post. "You can't open my [expletive] door."

Burress, who the police report said was driving like "he was going to kill somebody," was issued a $150 speeding citation, his fifth traffic ticket in Florida in the past month, the report said. How in the world can he still be allowed to drive?

Burress was asked to get out of his vehicle so the car could be checked for weapons. He responded with, "you're going to hear about this by the end of your shift."

His pervious tickets were for going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone, improper tags, improper lane change and improper window tinting.

It's obvious to any person with any common sense at all that Plaxico is an OUTLAW and deserves to go to jail for a long time. He is due to go to court on his gun possession case on June 15th. Knowing how the court system treats celebrities though, I bet they pat him on his wrist and turn him loose to do more stupid things.

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