offseason issues with athletes

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Do they just get bored? Do they think they are above the law or will get out of trouble due to who they are? Maybe they are just like us in that some think they just won't get caught, won't happen to them.

But when they do something, esp. in the offseason, it gets magnified due to be being of celebrity status.

Were I a pro athlete back in my college town, on a boat, the last thing I would want to do is get busted for boating while intoxicated. Damn, what a dumb move that would be.

Well, the draft is over and athletes are out and about so I guess things are bound to happen this time of year.
 
I think it's a combination of things. Old habits and new ones by wanting to be a part of the crew. I don't believe that they think they have an aura of invincibility...I've been around enough pro and college players to know that only comes to the superstars.

Most of the time, they don't have or listen to that little voice in their head called their conscience. That's why someone like Rucker is important. We'll see.

Hook'em!
 
I'm on shaky ground with my team, so I just give them more reasons to replace me.
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All of the things you say could be true. Another is the comparative lack of structure in off-season. No coaches, tutors, professors, to constantly monitor them. Idle hands are the devil's playthings...
 
Drunk boating is two steps ahead of jaywalking, but not much more than that.
Yes, it is against the law (for good reason)
But... who the **** gives a ****?!?!
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And 3:00am? That's what time some clubs OPEN in Buenos Aires. Although those (like Pacha) don't really get going until 3:30am-4:00am, so don't come early. And I won't even get started about the clubs that OPEN at 8:00am to capture the crowd that wants to keep on going.

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I think the idle hands argument is the best. Too much money, not enough productive activities, and plenty of *** holes who want to mooch off their success and get them in trouble.
 
Every misstep these days gets you bad pub. That was not the case a couple of generations ago. I'm not approving of the things Roger Clemens has done by any stretch, but that shows you what standards have become. Athletes mess around on the road? I'm shocked.
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This is worthy of an investigative team?

The other issue is that the money many of these guys have is just crazy. To paraphrase Patrick Ewing, they have it and they're going to spend it. Back in the day, guys got jobs in the off-season for two reasons: 1) They were looking ahead to a career after sports and 2) they needed the money. Now, if they play it right, quite a few will never have to work again. Most don't play it right. But they have so much now that they don't think about later.
 
I don't think most athletes feel like they are above the law, since many athletes do serve jail time for breaking laws. Actors and socialites are the ones who think they are above the law because they rarely get anything more than probation or community service, regardless of the crime.

Athletes (and most rich people, in general) are incredibly self-centered. The money in their bank accounts and their status in society mean they get whatever they want, whenever they want it. And they usually have an entourage of people who willingly kiss their asses and "yes" them to death. So they don't think in terms of breaking laws. They think in terms of being able to pay their way out of all of their problems in life, including legal problems.

Combine that with a lot of spare time (especially for football players who have one game a week for about a third of the year) and "friends" who want to help you spend your money doing stupid things, and you get trouble. It's not a hard one to figure out.

Now, if we're talking about college athletes, it's a little bit of a different situation because you're talking about far less money and more supervision. But in a way, there's more attention because most of them play in smaller cities & towns where they're not fighting professional athletes for attention in the media. Many of them didn't have money and weren't important to anyone other than family growing up, and suddenly they're living a carefree lifestyle away from whatever parental figures they had, where everything is free and they're treated like they're special, so they feel like nothing they do is really unacceptable.
 
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