Twitter and Facebook have made our society out of control. Now everyone thinks they have to get on a soap box and throw an opinion out there about everything that happens in the world for everyone to see. When in reality who cares what we think? Only Mrs. Brown and the family should have an opinion on all of this. Period.

1. They were BOTH drunk and they BOTH made the decision to get into the car which makes them BOTH responsible.

2. He will be paying for his crime through the legal system.

So, I take it all you, who are clearly without sin would abandon your friend, family member, co-worker AUTOMATICALLY if they made a mistake, right?

And to the juddster who says ” but to put him on national tv like he is some kind of martyr is lower than a snake’s belly and I guess we shouldn’t be surprised as Jerrah is quite familiar with a snake’s belly”

It wasn’t the Cowboys organization who put him on national TV, it was CBS who made the choice to point him out, so if you have a problem, I assume you will be boycotting CBS.

Maybe not. Leonard Little was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 1998 and did 90 days, four years of probation and was suspended 8 games. Then in 2004 he was arrested for DUI again when he failed field sobriety tests and even though he admitted that he had been drinking, he was acquitted of DUI (but the judge gave him two years probation and ordered him to not consume alcohol). Little retired in 2009.

Already convicted of DUI, repeat offender

Over twice the legal limit

Driving at very high speeds, to the point he could not control the vehicle.

The teammate is tragic, but the callous disregard for society is also inexcusable. Anyone could have been on that road.

Especially in a case like this, it’s not a stretch to think that “there but for some luck go I”. A little bad judgment and a little bad luck – who can say this is not part of all of us? What happened is horrible, and some severly bad choices were made along the way, but they’re not alien choices. They’re simple human choices. The kinds of choices we all have the capacity to make, whether we admit it or not.

I think it’s possible to find such actions “unacceptable” while still recognizing and valuing the human being involved. I don’t think society has figured out how to take this next step, but bizarrely enough, a pro football team has now taken part in that evolution.

Just because you didn’t kill anyone in the process doesn’t make your decision “better”.

And to the ones reading this that can honestly say you haven’t engaged in this risky behavior, ask yourself, would you turn your back on a friend that did?

I see a lot of animosity being thrown around in this post for someone who they’ve never met, much less could relate to. The damage has been done, nothing can ever take it back. The man has killed his best friend, ruined his career, and will likely lose his freedom for an extended period of time based off of one decision.

His presence on the sideline should be a catalyst to initiate dialogue with friends and family members who you sometimes worry will suffer the same fate.

Brown is going to have to face the music for what he did. His football career is likely over, he’ll probably spend a nice chunk of time on the pea farm, and he’ll also have to live with the fact that he killed his friend due to his own irresponsibility. But friends are friends, family is family, a team is a team and the Cowboys supporting Brown by letting him be on the sideline while he still can is okay with me.

He will do prison time during his prime playing years, so his career is over. I don’t know how him being there is such an atrocity.

This shouldn’t detract from a great game and effort by the cowboys.

Also, 90% of NFL players do this often… just no one dies. I bet the clowns on TV condemning the Cowboys did this a few times in their careers too.

I do have a problem with them allowing him on the sideline during a game. In a situation like this, they can give all the support they want in private, but to have him walking around on the sidelines, joking with players like nothing has happened is a disgrace.