DUI Reprise: Jevon Kearse

Just a few days ago I ranted about the disappointing tendency for pro athletes to party on the town and then head home by driving under the influence, aka DUI.

Sadly, a former Eagle has failed the sobriety test in the past 24 hours. Jevon Kearse, a defensive end for the Iggles for the past four years tippled excessively on the bottle then decided he was Superman and put his SUV on the road, according to this Associated Press article.

Here's a guy worth over $70 million. Let me repeat. $70 BIG BIG FREAK-ISHLY BIG BUCKS. And he chose to pinch pennies by not paying a few bones for an alternative way to get home.

I don't know about you but I'm getting increasingly tired of paying good money to see these types of guys play sports and then risk their lives, and, more importantly, the lives of others by driving drunk. Doesn't this anger anybody else?

With all due respect, Jevon "The Freak" Kearse does seem like a decent guy based on his image that I saw in Philly. But this DUI is a major setback on that otherwise good image. Unfortunately, in all likelihood, this will quickly be forgotten, put to bed, and set the example for other players to do the same egregious decision-making. Of course he'll have a press conference or media interview and say that he's sorry to the fans for making a poor decision, yadda yadda yadda.

Well anyway, cheers to the players, coaches, and teams that are smarter than Jevon Kearse was last night...

A Non-Philly Oriented Rant: End Pros' DUIs ASAP

I would just like to take a moment to rant about something that has bugged me for a long time.

With the recent report on Lofa Tatupu's DUI (driving under the influence) charge, I just can't understand why it is that these pro athletes can't get their, shall we say, "stuff" together.

Almost on a monthly basis, reports surface about another athlete driving while intoxicated or something of a similar nature. It's a plain and simple formula to me:

drinking during a night out on the town + earning multi-millions of dollars per year = GET A CHAUFFEUR!!! For a relatively small amount of money, you can hire a limo driver, call a cab, or have a good old fashioned designated driver take you back to your crib. There are no excuses!!!

These are young guys at the prime of their lives earning big bucks, and they want to risk it by driving home in a two ton machine that could easily squash them (or somebody else) with one poor mental lapse.

With all of the people around these guys, you'd think somebody would help them make smarter decisions in times like these. Coaches, teammates, management, agents, not to mention family should all be available to help straighten them out, but apparently there's a major link that is weak in this chain.

Shame... I just hope we don't have to see another Josh Hancock catastrophe.