Goodbye, Plaxico!

I don't want to say "it had to happen" but it appears "Plaxico made it happen".. to himself! Plaxico Burress, another NFL millionaire wanna-be hip-hop thug managed to cost himself millions of dollars and end his season early not by shooting himself in the foot but rather the leg. For real.

For those not following the developing case Plaxico illegally carried a firearm into New York City (concealed and unregistered though me cliams he legally owns the gun in Florida) then managed to shoot himself in the leg. When something like this happens the Night Club is supposed to immedialty report the shooting. They didn't. They let Plexico leave the facility and return home. Much later, after Plaxico decided to go home for the night, he went to the hospital for treament (good idea after being shot) and the hospital declidend to report the shooting to the police. Let's just say more than a few heads are going to roll over this one.

Now Plaxico is facing 3.5 to 15 years after being indicted and laughing his way through the initial court proceedings. Hum... this somehow reminds me of that other guy.. what's his name? Oh Michael Vick. Perhaps Plaxico should ask Vick how funny his current predicment is. I'd bet it's not that funny at all.

I hope the good state of New York starts to treat this man-child no differently than any other person who would have been arrested for the same crime. For the record New York City has a habit of taking concealed weapons charges very seriously. So far Plaxico has been provided the Royal Treament by NYC Justice not having to spend time in the general "tank" with the rest of the day's indicted (he was provided a private cell) and his case was rushed up the docket so he would be allowed to spend as little time as possible in the court system. In additon Plaxico's mother was allowed to sit behind her son displacing family members of other defendants who got in early and nabbed the choice seats so she (Plaxico's mother) could be close to her son.

It's time for the NFL to end this culture of "Above The Law Gangsta Playa" that has existed in the league for so long. The NFL need not provide Plaxico any legal assistance, he is a millionaire afterall, and needs to deal with his case in the harshest of terms. In addtion contracts need to be rewritten with an "NFL Idiot Clause" that would release teams from monetary obligations to a player who knowingly engages in obvious felonious activities - once the player has been found guilty. That said bonuses and pay should be retroactively stripped from the date of infraction following conviction.

Those are my thoughts.