Jevon Kearse Arrested For DUI

[ProfessaPackMan]

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FREAK ARRESTED FOR DUI Posted by Mike Florio on June 22, 2008, 12:12 p.m. After a week involving players spraying champagne and swinging champagne bottles, one of them apparently decided to drink some of the stuff. And then drive. Allegedly. TitansRadio.com, an arm of the official site of the Tennessee Titans, reports that Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse has been arrested for DUI. “Metro Nashville police said Kearse was seen speeding and swerving several times while travelling west on West End Avenue,” the site reported. Police said that Kearse had red eyes, slurred his speech, and smelled of alcohol. He refused to submit to a breath test, but there’s no word on whether he failed a field sobriety test. Kearse was a stud rookie for the Titans in 1999. He signed with the Eagles as a free-agent when his rookie contract expired, and re-signed with the Titans after being cut earlier this year by Philly.

Is this the theme for this offseason or something? Players getting locked up left and right.

[daflyboys]

I wonder what the professional athletes arrest record ratio is like compared to that of the general population.

[auburntigersfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by daflyboys

I wonder what the professional athletes arrest record ratio is like compared to that of the general population.

now that would be interesting.

[McLite]

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs...e-arrested.asp

Professional football players are out of control. With more money than maturity, they're more likely than the general public to drive drunk, get into barroom fights and generally act like thugs, hoodlums and common criminals.

Right?

Wrong.

Every once in a while, a reporter will take a step back from the conventional wisdom and check it against the facts. That's what the San Diego Union-Tribune's Brent Schrotenboer did last week.

For a two-part series, "NFL Crime and Punishment," he analyzed 308 arrests and citations of National Football League players since 2000 and found:

• The overall arrest rate for football players is about half of the general population. In any given year, about one in 45 NFL players -- a little more than one per roster -- gets arrested. The national rate is about one in 23, according to the FBI. ^[78]
• Drunken driving arrests accounted for a third of the arrests. Still, the drunken driving arrest rate is about one in 144 for NFL players -- slightly better than the national rate of one in 135.
• Fifty players were responsible for 40 percent of arrests, with multiple DUI and other charges.

Schrotenboer then goes looking for answers about the nature of the problem, and why the perception is different from reality. His experts come up with the usual suspects: the media, society, racism, the "car culture," a lack of personal responsibility, poor upbringings.


But you knew this was coming. The story notes: "Some teams are clearly better behaved than others. The St. Louis Rams (three incidents involving two players) might have something to teach the Minnesota Vikings and Cincinnati Bengals, who combined for at least 44 incidents since 2000." Yes, Cincinnati is leading the league with more than twice the average number of arrests, according to the Union-Tribune accounting.

Why is that? Former Enquirer sports columnist Tim Sullivan -- now at the Union-Tribune -- explained it this way to San Diego Charger fans in an online chat Monday: "Most of the Chargers' offenses were committed by two or three players," Sullivan said. "The Bengals have more depth at the criminal position."

[JBH3]

Nice job Matt G.

Well Jevon lost a lot of creditibility as a standup guy after this arrest in my book. I already don't like him as a player anymore since he did jack shhh for my Iggles.

[p_rushing]

Nothing will come of this, if McNair can beat it with an open bottle in the car, this will be nothing for the Tennessee cops to sweep under the rug.

[grunt]

Quote: Originally Posted by MattG

http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs...e-arrested.asp Professional football players are out of control. With more money than maturity, they're more likely than the general public to drive drunk, get into barroom fights and generally act like thugs, hoodlums and common criminals. Right? Wrong. Every once in a while, a reporter will take a step back from the conventional wisdom and check it against the facts. That's what the San Diego Union-Tribune's Brent Schrotenboer did last week. For a two-part series, "NFL Crime and Punishment," he analyzed 308 arrests and citations of National Football League players since 2000 and found: The overall arrest rate for football players is about half of the general population. In any given year, about one in 45 NFL players -- a little more than one per roster -- gets arrested. The national rate is about one in 23, according to the FBI. [78] Drunken driving arrests accounted for a third of the arrests. Still, the drunken driving arrest rate is about one in 144 for NFL players -- slightly better than the national rate of one in 135. Fifty players were responsible for 40 percent of arrests, with multiple DUI and other charges. Schrotenboer then goes looking for answers about the nature of the problem, and why the perception is different from reality. His experts come up with the usual suspects: the media, society, racism, the "car culture," a lack of personal responsibility, poor upbringings. But you knew this was coming. The story notes: "Some teams are clearly better behaved than others. The St. Louis Rams (three incidents involving two players) might have something to teach the Minnesota Vikings and Cincinnati Bengals, who combined for at least 44 incidents since 2000." Yes, Cincinnati is leading the league with more than twice the average number of arrests, according to the Union-Tribune accounting. Why is that? Former Enquirer sports columnist Tim Sullivan -- now at the Union-Tribune -- explained it this way to San Diego Charger fans in an online chat Monday: "Most of the Chargers' offenses were committed by two or three players," Sullivan said. "The Bengals have more depth at the criminal position."

Good find.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by grunt

Good find.

really.

that post deserves it's own thread