They did a stupid thing the NFL has zero business getting in the business of what happens let the LOE deal with it.

If this kind of talk was happening in the 60′s and 70′s we would all be doing house chores on Sunday afternoon as there would not be NFL football

CDL drivers can’t blow above 0.0 in ANY vehicle or they lose their license (job) for a year and basically can’t get work for 3 to 7 – given how most commercial carriers hire.

So I can’t have anything above 0.0 or I lose my job for about 7 years, I don’t see coming down harder on an NFL guy is all that unfair. (spare me the ‘you can get some other line of work’ – so can an NFL guy – after all, they are college educated – right?)

IMO the penalty for DUI in general, legally needs to be much stiffer but that’s for a different post.

Tragic what happened today but that is probably the only one we will hear about I am sure there are many other people who lost people today through their thoughtless actions of someone getting behind the wheel drunk.

Deterrence is what the criminal justice system is for. The NFL does not act to deter societal deviance or criminal behavior; it acts to protect its own image.

Really? What this means is this:

Any problem caused by NFL players is not their fault, it is someone else’s problem and the solution must be found by someone else but it cannot be implemented unless NFL players ok it. At that time they will say “we’re grown men and can make our own decisions”.

If that will be the case then I challenge ALL NFL players to MAN UP and take personal responsibility for your actions, that means shut up and take your consequences if/when you screw up.

Throw the book at these guys, take their money, and make them hire drivers.

If I was making millions like NFL players I would:

1) Hide as much from Obama as I possibly can b/c he will try to take it all.

2) Hire a driver so I can party up until the point that I settle down.

3) Find a way to play in the NFL w/o being forced to pay union dues.

If the owners are for it, the union is against it.

Some athletes dont fear the consequence of getting into trouble. If the court system doesnt want to punish them correctly, then I am all for the NFL doing something about it.

These over entitled dirtbags think they can do anything they want and not pay the consequences for their crimes. And to think that all the teams have numbers they can call say they’re drunk, and both get a ride and have their car driven home for them and yet still player after player is arrested for dui.

Both the player driving and the player that died were idiots. One for driving drunk the other for allowing him to and getting in the vehicle. They’re both out of the league all right.

As to increasing the penalties it won’t do anything. The players have such a feeling of entitlement they don’t give a damn what the penalties are they think that they’ll never be applied to them personally.

Not saying that what happened in Texas today wasn’t awful, or tragic, or a senseless waste of human life, nor am I saying that drunk driving is not a problem, or that it shouldn’t be stopped. I’m just not totally clear on how it is the responsibility of the NFL, the teams, or the players union to do that.

These are adult men who are putting their lives and the lives of others in danger through reckless and stupid actions. I guess I’m just not seeing how somebody else needs to take charge of these men and take steps to prevent them from drunk driving in the future.

I’m an adult man, I’m presented with similar choices every weekend. Is it up to the company I work for, or its marketing department, or some kind of national marketing conglomerate to prevent me from driving drunk?

Point is that, while we, as NFL fans, are intimately exposed to the tragic stories of players whose lives are destroyed by drunk driving, are they really that different from the rest of us? There have been around 1200 drunk driving fatalities so far in 2012: every one just as shocking and tragic as Jerry Brown, but has anyone written articles about how Wal-Mart, or Pepsi, or General Dynamics, or GMC need to step up and take steps to stop their employees from drunk driving? No, that would be ridiculous.

I’m starting to beat a dead horse here, but NFL players are grown men, and the idea that they should be treated any differently from grown men in other professions is insulting, disrespectful, and, in a word, ridiculous.

He will receive punishment & have to live with this for the rest of his life. Both families. And my thoughts and prayers go out to all those involved.

DUI’s are a multi million dollar industry for cities and municipalities. It is easy to use a case like this to back up one’s argument that there should be a zero tolerance and it is easy to get on a soapbox and assume the popular position of being tough on it.

However, extreme cases don’t account for every DUI handed out…or even most. Wrecks involve people talking or texting, putting on make up or shaving. Eating a burger or changing a radio station.

Don’t use this situation to glamourize a position…and pray for the families..

If the player gets a DUI conviction through a guilty plea or is found guilty of it he is suspended for four games.

If pulled over for a DUI without reaching or exceeding the blood-alcohol content level the next time he gets a DUI regardless of BAC level should result in a four-game suspension.

If found or pleads guilty to alcohol-related involuntary manslaughter the player should be suspended for one year.

Those who repeat and are guilty of the same offenses after serving suspensions should get additional one-year suspensions while those who are arrested despite not reaching or exceeding blood-alcohol content levels should get additional four-game suspensions.

Those who serve suspensions should be mandated for alcohol rehabilitation. This suspensions sound fine, but the problem will not be solved unless rehabilitation is attended and is successfully completed.

Everybody here I’m sure has that one friend that always ALWAYS insists he’s good to drive when he’s drunk, and you have to take his keys.

Some people are just like that when drunk. If they know that, they should arrange for a way home ahead of time and make sure somebody else has the keys, or not drink.

They already have free rides, and more to live for than most people, yet it still happens. Nothing really can deter it. Sometimes people just have to take responsibility for themselves.

I understand how professional players love to show up to bars and clubs out front in their expensive “whips”. You know what…do that, make your appearance. Pay one of your sober “dudes” to stay sober and drive your ass home. If not, for christsakes cab it…..

Correct me if I am wrong but most teams provide a cab service for players who feel they have had too much to drink.