Would you call him a model citizen? The guy is a thug, punk, waste of oxygen.. He isn't the only one, and sure, a year looks excessive. Goodell has to draw the line where Tagliague did'nt have the balls to put an end to this kind of behavior. Of course the damage was done before Jones made it to the NFL, but countless people had countless chances to stop this crap when he was still young enough to learn, Unfortunately, It didn't happen.
To hear his mamma whine about what a rough life he's led doesn't
make it ok. Hell, I grew up in a family of ten kids, only knew my father for a few short years, and could have chosen a path towards destruction.. However, i learned right from wrong, respect for others and respect for myself. I guess it's easy to do when you don't have enablers like mammas, coaches and serious anti social tendencies to mold you into an a**hole that thinks the world revolves around them. I do not posess the athletic gifts that Jones, Stevens, Johnson and others posess, but I like to believe that If I had, it would not be an excuse to be a d*ck. I hope his suspension stands, but if it doesn't, I hope his peers (team and league mates) take matters in their own hands and teach this punk and others like him what honor and repect are all about. All the great ones are rolling over in thier graves, seeing what these THUGS have turned their beloved NFL into. Goodell is simply saying enough is enough! And it his position as commisioner that allows him to be as mercilous as nessesary to get these cretins either under control, or out of the league! Ok, I've said my piece......Flame away!