Donte Stallworth

Well, its the day that was going to come. Donte Stallworth gets 2 years house arrest after his release and then a 8 year probation and 30 days in jail for being drunk behind the wheel of a car and striking a pedstrian and killing him, granted the peestrian was on , yea i said 30 days in jail. I will say this, Donte got what he deserved as far as jail time because the family decided to go the route of a financial settlement outside of court, in addition to the probation and 30 days in jail, yea i said 30 days. Donte you better find God, cause he did you a huge favor by you only getting 30 days. You got 10 years before you actually free and clear of the crime you committed. Check out what could have happened below. This is from The Associated Press, Curt Anderson,

Without the plea deal, the DUI manslaughter conviction could have got Stallworth 15 years in prison. After his release he must serve two years of house arrest and spend eight years on probation. The house arrest provisions will allow him to resume his football career, his attorney said. Now to a little NFL talk about it.

I feel that Roger Goodell needs to bring a little bit of a hammer down on this one, I'm feeling along the lines of a year suspension, and mandatory drug and alcohol rehab programs out the yahoo. We gotta teach everyone that drinking and driving does not mix. I think Goodell can kinda set an example with Donte, that it will not be tolerated and express his disgust for this type of thing with a stringent punishment, and i hope that happens.

But with this and that said, I'm actually praying for Donte Stallworth that he may find peace and live up to the expectations his fans and coaches have for him and that is to be a above average wide receiver, remember nobody makes into the NFL with OK talent. You gotta the best of the best to make. We know he has the skills to succeed, i just hope he can find it, get his head screwed on straight, and live on to be a respectable receiver.

Paul Konerko = Fake

Paul Konerko recently came out and said how upset he was about Sammy Sosa being on that 2003 list of players names that tested positive for PED's. I kinda got 2 takes on this, for one the names shouldn't have been released at all, them players were told that they would not be released and that they wouldn't get in trouble. Even though A-Rod did not get in trouble it did hurt his name a little with the media circus he and well the media put us through. I think at the end of the day A-Rod is cool and nothing will be thought of this for the most part when his career is over.

Paul Konerko said this," there are only two ways this becomes a story."

"Put your name behind it," Konerko said before Wednesday's game against the Chicago Cubs. "Put your face out there and tell people who you are. Or, Sammy's going to admit to it and that's what happened in the Alex Rodriguez thing."

Konerko doesn't think it should be made public.

"When two sides sign a contract, usually you try to uphold it," he said.

That's my second point, I think they should be made public, now that a few names have been made public. For this reason, what if there isn't a Albert Pujols or a Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, Jim Thome, Chipper Jones on that list. Those names most assured would be in the Hall of Fame, and what way better to sorta clear those names by allowing this list to come to light so we find out which great baseball names are free and clear of PED's. That's all i want, i want to know who hasn't tested positive for steroids, I'm more interested in that then the people who cheat.

I would not be surprised if Konerko's fake outrage doesn't prompt someone to find out if he is on that list. I think within the next months we will find out more names and just like i said in a previous blog entry, They will slowly keep releasing names to throw the people a bone to chew on for a while.

The Machine