Colts owner Jim Irsay has been arrested in Carmel, Indiana on multiple charges.
According to the Indianapolis Star, Irsay faces preliminary charges of “operating while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance.” Bond has been set at $22,500.
Irsay is the first NFL owner to face criminal charges since Eddie DeBartolo relinquished control of the 49ers when it was learned that he was facing an indictment on federal racketeering charges in 1997. In 1998, DeBartolo pleaded guilty to failure to report a felony in connection with money allegedly paid to former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards to procure a riverboat gambling license.
The NFL routinely imposes discipline on players and non-players who are convicted of or plead guilty to DUI charges. To have any credibility when punishing non-owners for such offenses, the NFL must be willing to impose discipline on owners, too.
When players are arrested for drunk driving, one of the arguments raised is that they can afford to pay for a ride home. With a net worth of $1.6 billion, Irsay definitely can.
Wow!
Must be stress or regret over that Trent Richardson trade and tweet.
Absolutely shocking.
The Colts are going to the Stupor Bowl!
Can’t wait to read his latest Tweet on this one.
He should stick to drinking etc and tweeting
has he tweeted about this yet?
I see the Richardson trade is finally taking it’s toll.
Makes a change from posting on twitter while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance.
Perhaps this explains some of his tweets
Irsay, drinking, I’m shocked!
Where’s my Tweet?
Peyton alerted the cops……”and I think it really came down to inconsistent special teams, inconsistent defensive play.”
Has he tweeted about the experience yet?
Did he tweet it? That explains giving up a draft pick for Richardson, let alone a first rounder. This Organization is a disaster waiting to happen.
LMFAO YES!! Jed York would never do this!!
Wow Mr. Irsay… it’s going to be difficult for you to discipline your players for violating the substance abuse program after this one.
couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy…
Reset the player arrest meter!
Oh, wait………
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!
Look at his eyes… that says it all!
OK…I wonder what kind of a press release the Colts will post today??
Maybe ” Mr. Irsay has been suspended indefinitely from team operations”
If he didn’t get his inheritance he would just be another drunk on the streets.
Saw that one coming!!
this is not surprising for me after reading some of his tweets.
Oooh that’s not good. But at least it’s not anything to do with bullying. That’s the real black eye on the sport. Drunk driving and drugs? Meh.
Trololol
Off the wagon you fall….
totally agree …. if the NFL is going to have ANY credibility with it’s discipline enforcement, it has to be equal …. the only question is how
WOW!!!!!
And nobody is surprised.
Wow, this is quite a shock!!! Jim Irsay? DUI? (said no one….ever…particularly in the State of Indiana!)
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Does this surprise anyone?
Him giving up a first round pick for Trent Richardson makes so much more sense now.
Nobody every would have guessed from Irsay’s twitter account that he ever used “controlled substances”…
Cant wait to read his tweet.
The Irsays have always been trash. They’ve always believed that they’re above and apart from the rest of us.
Has to be a draft pick. And I assume he will be subject to periodic random testing for the foreseeable future.
This guy needs help.
Just emailed you about this. Just a tad too late it seems. Irsay should’ve known not to be screwing around in Carmel. Call those cops honeybadger, cause they don’t give a damn. They’re celebrating this one.
Could not be less surprised.
HAHAHAHAHA!!
What a tool.
Jim, please tweet us some Bob Dylan lyrics to explain the sitution.
Must have lost out on a free agent.
Lol idiot
I am shocked! Shocked!
Better watch it Robert before you become the Rob Ford of the NFL!
I can’t wait to see the Tweets from Jim today!
And a Happy St Pattys day to you Jimmy me boy
Let s have a pint or three
This is my surprise face. :-O
Hopefully the judge will cancel Irsay’s Twitter account as part of his sentence…
LOL what an idiot.
Our owner stays at home and plays World of Warcraft while sipping on a Tonic Water.
Go Hawks
I guess your LUCK ran out. Someone new should be MANNING your post.
Has he tweeted about it yet?
I wonder what his clever tweet will be regarding this incident?
Coke’s one hell of a drug.
And now we wait for his 15 year old girl style tweets about the incident. Shood b fun 2 watch 4. Lol
What was the controlled substance?
The man’s been guilty of TUI (Tweeting Under the Influence) many a time, but I guess you can’t get arrested for that. Poor guy’s still trying to shake that Trent Richardson trade.
I’m trying to think of the last time he didn’t look drunk. Maybe he has a problem?
Finally
As jacked up as this guy always seems, I bet I know what controlled substance it was.
Anyone who’s seen an Irsay tweet isn’t at all surprised he likes to drink.
I wonder if he will send out a tweet about it?
Sad, but how would his team even impose discipline on DUI cases when the owner himself obviously has had an issue with this for quite sometime.
Nice role model, Jim! LOL.
You could have felt this coming, he has had tweeter reputation that screams I’m wasted 24/7. He prob got pulled over for tweeting n driving.
that’s how you screw up big time. brings a lot of negative attention to the colts franchise. fans will be calling for his head; you can’t run an nfl team when you’re doing stuff like this
i am lost, Jimmy Haslam is facing a federal indictment too, correct?
$22,500 bond?? That’s some Star Wars numbers there….
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…
If this guy wasn’t a lucky sperm, he would have been some regular drunk just boozing it up at noon every day. Clown.
His Tweeter account has been confiscated by the authorities due to highly “toxic” posts!!
Far from a role model. Just one big adolescent adult with daddy money. Born on 3rd base and thought he hit a triple!!
That explains the TRich trade!
Go Browns!!!
Least surprising news I’ve heard in… well… a while. His mug shot looks like every other pic I’ve ever seen of him.
I always said he was an idiot!!!! Lets see what the so called Comish will do. I say immediate suspension!
Looks like he has discovered Meth.
Well, that explains his tweets
I guess Peyton has the last laugh this morning. I know I am busting a gut over this idiot…Always some buster have not earned anything in life just given to them seems to never appreciate anything..
Is anyone really all that surprised by this? All those crazy Tweets and messages have always made him seem a little “off.” This ties it all together.
Him and Dewey Cox was doing kacain with the beetles. Wallllk Hard
What was the controlled substance?
irSAY IT AIN’T SO. Ha.
Controlled Substance??? “Vaseline”???
If this loser didn’t inherit all his money he would be sitting on the side of the road begging for money with the rest of the losers.
After all, he is his Father’s son!! Look out Indianapolis, when those incoherent airport press conferences start happening, it’s over!! You stay classy Jimmy & Indianapolis!
Spoken like a true attorney.
“The NFL routinely imposes discipline on players and non-players who are convicted of or plead guilty to DUI charges. To have any credibility when punishing non-owners for such offenses, the NFL must be willing to impose discipline on owners, too.”
Are you kidding me florio? That’s like the manager of a pizza hut fining the franchise owner. Even though irsay is a total d’bag goodell can’t do anything to him. That’s why he’s called, wait for it………..an OWNER! Because he has all the money, even IF his dad put it all together, it’s still his. Trying to legislate fairness is NOT going to happen even though people try.
Embarrassment
His pops would be so proud, be on the lookout for suspicious Mayflower moving trucks. Indy just locked up the top spot for potential franchise relocating to LA or London.
Him and Jimmy Haslam! Who’s next?
That Trent Richardson trade must still be haunting him!
and Jerry Jones is a crazy owner? Thank baby Jesus this guy is here to take attention away from our owner.
Seems like he finally got caught. Glad he didnt kill anyone.
He was clearly under the influence of something when he signed off on the dquell Jackson contract….
Irsay is quickly becoming a member of one of the NFLs new clubs….
The once great owner gone senile club…
Joining Al Davis and Jerry Jones
Setting a great example for his players
What do you mean disclipine? Hes an owner hes not in anyway an employee, whos got the right to disclipine him?
This guy is a complete loser.
Drew Brees would like an explanation!
Like Father…like son!!!
Whomever made the arrest is going to get fired! Billionaires don’t get arrested!
Was he also on Twitter at the time? That would help explain.
All I can say is, I’m glad none of these commenters are my friends.
Mr. Irsay clearly brought this on himself but all of the comedians out there don’t have a clue what this guy is really like or what he might be going through in his life.
Good to know nobody’s house, here, is made out of glass.
Typical Colt
The Colts Way
*12-6
Looks like he’s lost a lot of weight.
Can we rule out Indiana for the 2018 Super Bowl?
Like father, like son!!! The only good thing about the move of my beloved Colts to Indiannapolis was the Irsays went with them.
Watch out Indiannaoplis!! Here comes LA!!!!!
Yeah!……..this means no more drug suspensions, not on the Colts, anyway……way to go, Jim!!!
Can’t separate the man from a tumbler of st. patty’s day Early Times…
Lol all the comments here
Dude will bail out as a BILLIONAIRE
Man you guys sure punked him!
When will the dash board video from the police care get released. It should be epic. When he pulls the old, “I’m, Jim, I’m, dont you know who I am, I’m Jim Irsay, Jim, I had 1, I, 1, maybe 2, I had, 2 beers.”
Jimmy Halsam has not been charged, personally.
What was the controlled substance?
My friends and I each took a cab this weekend for $7 each so no one had to drink and drive. I think Irsay could have afforded this.
You all try balancing 1.6 Billion and dealing with a couple hundred people on your payroll and see if you don’t start drinking…lol It happens to the best of us.. Probably had pain killers on him as well.. He will get a pass this is his 1st offense….
The nut does not fall far from the tree. His bombastic father was a raging alcoholic with many live interviews in Baltimore where he was clearly drunk and out of control. Sad.
What was the controlled substance?
You can’t tell me there wasn’t at least ONE Mayflower van around that could have driven him home.
Like his father a scum bag. He’s rich by way of his fathers wealth. Silver spoon punk that has the Colts handed down to him. He should get triple the fines because the Commissioners mandate from the owners is to hammer players misconduct like DUI. The owners set the bar high and when one of their own intentionally gets drunk and drives a weapon that can kill someone else they should go to jail, first offense, three months, to get it into their heads that this is premeditated murder if they have an accident and kills someone. To be honest this prick is a billionaire and nothing short of suspension and jail should be in order. Money for fines is chump change for owners. He should be made to sell the team. You all know he got caught this one time but how many times has he endangered the public with driving a weapon while drunk. I bet he’s been caught before and released because who he is. Thanks to this officers integrity, which a lot of folks have lost, this loser will be punished
Yet Mr Al Davis(rip) was a bad guy? I mean just look at this!
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Like father, like. son
I wanna apologize to all the fans, players and this organization…..pause….hiccup. So sorry…Cry….hiccup
And close to 100% of those commenting have repeatedly driven while impaired. And some actually arrested. Only difference. U don’t own a football team.
Explains every tweet. Nutbag.
I am going to follow Irsay’s twitter. Not sure if Twitter is allowed in the prison?
Statistics don’t lie
I see alot of comments about treating him the same as players. I agree, but I’m not sure how the nfl can even punish him? he owns a team. the commissioner reports to the owners, not the other way around, so who can punish him and in what way? He could punish himself but that’s about it.
DUI and possession???
Too bad the Vikings can’t trade for him?
he’s only human. If I had as much money as him I would probably be dead. So at least he’s alive, and I am sure he has enough cash to get out of this situation with nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
Huh, I never even knew he was a drinker.
Only shocking that its taken this long
His greatest accomplishment in life has been being the sperm of his daddy so hr could receive all that he has. Other then that, he’s nothing.
He needs to call Jim Buss (owner of the Lakers) because they have identical situations and lifestyles.
Has anyone mentioned a tweet joke yet?
That explains the Hakeem Nicks signing
I see alot of comments about treating him the same as players. I agree, but I’m not sure how the nfl can even punish him? he owns a team. the commissioner reports to the owners, not the other way around, so who can punish him and in what way? He could punish himself but that’s about it.
=================================
Um…no?
People who are saying that we shouldn’t point finger. If I had his money and was a drinker I would have a car take me everywhere and is be like Arthur Bach.
Is that Irsay–or Walter White?
That would explain his rambling tweets…
00 Days without an Arrest
Is this a selfie he tweeted from the jail?
Roger works for Jim kids
Billionaires don’t get punished by their employees
Dude looks like he missed his senior 2:30PM nap.
Irasy is the old version of Justin Bieber.
This guy parties like Bryce Harper plays baseball. All out baby!!!!!
#Swagger
The guy was due for a downfall. His team has had a lot of success, and he’s delusional enough to think the success was due to him, rather than Manning and Luck.
TURN DOWN FOR WHAT!
The officer that took his butt to detox should get an award. Jimmy boy is a disgrace and it is a good thing he did not kill anybody; bet his BAC was star wars numbers with that selfie!
This just proves that the owners/general managers/coaches are human.
The League needs to punish him accordingly – though it’s not as though suspending him for a number of weeks will really hurt the team – and public ally let it be known that all employees of the NFL will be held accountable for their actions if they shine a negative light on the Shield!
Let’s also be thankful that no one was hurt by Mr. Irsay through his driving under the influence.
Now let’s move on a concentrate on free agency and the upcoming draft. There’s nothing to see here…
Ain’t nothing wrong with a lil candy every now and then.
An NFL team is a franchise. An owner can be forced to relinquish control as in the case of Ed DeBartolo Jr. A DUI is very serious but I’m not sure it rises to the same level as DeBartolo or Haslam.
Wow, that picture looks like he’s an easy 20 pounds lighter than any other photo I’ve seen of him. He doesn’t even look like the same guy as even a few years ago. He needs serious help.
$1.6 billion in net worth? Just goes to show even money can’t fix stupid…
That’s so Irsay.
so this is why he acts so weirdly and strange on meds and drinking very danger mix
Jimmy Haslam can take notes on what the NFL does here, given his indictment on his company’s fraud scandal can’t be far away.
Ugh. Yeah. Hey, everybody has their thing. But dude, get a cab or a chauffer. No excuse for getting behind the wheel when you command significant resources to insure your safety…and everyone else’s.
mogogo1 says:
Mar 17, 2014 9:58 AM
Wow, that picture looks like he’s an easy 20 pounds lighter than any other photo I’ve seen of him. He doesn’t even look like the same guy as even a few years ago. He needs serious help.
He had hip replacement surgery last year and lost weight intentionally to help ease the wear n tear on his back
Born on third base and he ordered a triple.
All you haters have no idea who he really is. He’s tremendously generous in Indianapolis and has a heart as big as his open checkbook when someone needs help.
But I guess pft is where all the 100% perfect people congregate to throw stones.
This arrest for a billionaire is like one of us getting a jaywalking citation.
And yes it’s great he didn’t harm anyone while under the influence and yes that should be punished by law. But he’s not some repeat offender or lifetime traffic violation guy you all seem to think.
SMH
Same path as Charlie Sheen. Even starting to go with the same wardrobe. What’s next, Jim? Winning??
This man is clearly an alcoholic. He’s got the resources to get help. We shall see.
Is it any coincidence the Colts have yet to win a Superbowl since Spygate?
This must be the record for the most lame comments on pft. And that’s saying something. Just another person battling his demons. Most people would love to have been born into money. The real tools are the ones that are quick to kick someone when they’re down. Not a Colts or Irsay fan for the record. I guess there’s a record, what do I know.
Bwaaaa haas haaa
Jim, save a spot in the lunch line for Truckstop Jimmy.
Chip off the ol’ block. He’s as much of a scumbag as his father was.
I do hope this is a wake up call and he has support around him to help turn his life in a positive direction.
Jim, I hope that Kim has helped you. Please don’t take the same path! Jim, I hope you have learned a lesson from Kim. If not let this be your wake up call!
metitometin says:
Mar 17, 2014 11:08 AM
Is it any coincidence the Colts have yet to win a Superbowl since Spygate?
Uhh actually they did win after spygate but why stop ya when you’re on a roll
he is just like his father, the next step will be moving the team.
Like father, like son.
lets see …top this point there are~190 comments, most of which are spiteful personal attacks. How many of you people have ever gotten behind the wheel after one too many beers. Its not to say that he doesn’t deserve reprimand but these attacks are unwarranted .
What’s next you say?
Well if this is a true case of father like son, the next step is Mayflower vans in the middle of the night on a snowy evening moving your franchise out of town.
The next thing you know Peyton Manning’s records will all belong to a football team in Kentucky.
When are you people going to grow up? I’m sure all of you know someone who has an addiction whether it be alcohol tobacco or drugs. Think about your sons, daughters and coworkers who have fought addiction. Jim is currently in a fight for his life! Money does not buy everything! All anyone can do is hope and pray. I suggest everyone step back and think before you post your senseless remarks. No one is perfect!
Somewhere Rush Limbaugh smiles for Irsay blocking his bid to buy the rams! Paybacks a biiiiitch Irsay you lefty nutjob!!