Law Students

Are you ready!? (For Some Jail Time?)

By Dr. Bombay

Great God Almighty! Our long national nightmare is over, and football has returned! In honor of this momentous occasion, here?s a few facts about the intersection of football and the law. Enjoy them while mopping the Primanti Bros. grease off your faces with your ?Terrible Towels.? Quick note: those things are so awful, I might have a claim of IIED for their very existence.

• Number of NFL Players Arrested in 2008: 42
• Team with the highest # of Arrests:  Bengals  (10, but to be fair Chris Henry got pinched twice.)
• Most Common Crime: DUI/Drunken Driving (includes Eric Steinbach of the Bengals for Boating under the Influence. Seriously)
• Runner up: Assault
• Strangest:  Tie (subjective)  — possession for sale of a controlled substance (codeine-based cough syrup) Terrence Kiel,  Chargers and Providing alcohol to three underaged females Chris Henry. Again.
• Most Individual Arrests ? Chris Henry (3)
• Runner Up: Tie ? ?Pacman? Jones, Terry “Tank” Johnson (2 each)

(h/t to the Washington Post for compiling the stats)

Full post as published by Fight The Hypo on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).