Plaxico Burress: Mole Hill, Meet Mountain

I didn't want to write about this. I enjoy discussing the play on the field, and how personalities translate to performance on the field as it pertains to interactions with teammates. I don't like legal conjecture, mostly because, I feel it doesn't have any part of what I mentioned above. And this isn't legal conjecture. More of a sociological conjecture. My feelings on the Plaxico Burress shooting? Completely and utterly overblown. Completely and utterly overblown by the media, the New York lawmakers, and everybody else except one: the New York Giants. For doing nothing except suffering the consequences of his own stupidity, Plaxico could face a mandatory three-and-a-half-years in the poke. Why? Michael Vick: Coldly and cruelly killed animals for entertainment, and gambled on them across state lines, 23 months. Pacman Jones: Directly caused a man to be paralyzed, 200 hours of community service. Leonard Little: Killed a woman while driving with an .19 BAC, 90 days in jail. ... (link)