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Plaxico Burress: When Will It End?

 
Plaxico Burress was hospitalized late Friday night after an apparently accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound. Anyone care to guess where Plax' was at the time of the incident? He was at a place called 'The Latin Quarter', an establishment in Manhattan: That's right folks, a night club. Now it's anyone's guess as to how Burress' gun went off, or why he was carrying it. For that matter it's anyone's guess as to why NFL players still visit night clubs. The bottom line here is the same that it's always been. NFL players and night clubs equals trouble. How many times have we seen it in the headlines, "Pro athlete (insert athlete's name) was arrested following an incident in a night club"? What's it going to take for these guys to realize, "Hey, it CAN happen to me"? As far as Burress is concerned, this is not his first appearance in the headlines this season, it's not even his first time in a negative light. He has been fined three times for various idiocy. Violating team rules, abusing ... (link)

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