DumDum can't "Just Say No"

I often wonder about college athletes and how many brain cells they actually have to band together to form a comprehensive thought. Back in ’00 VT went up against FSU at the Sugar Bowl. DumDum was the VT Quarterback. At that time I was a consultant and my boss was a VT alum. We went down to NOLA just to party with all the lunatics. It was a crazy few days and I acquired a very unfortunate nickname that she still feels the need to occasionally bust out in polite company, just for fun. A story for another day, but the real point is that this guy was young and talented with nothing but a bright future ahead of him.

So it made sense that he was a first round draft pick, ended up a superstar, negotiated himself the most lucrative contract in the NFL at the time – some $167M including signing bonuses. Hey, good news story right? Poor kid does well for himself – right? Wrong.

Enter the issue of brain cells. Apparently money can’t buy you a coherent thought.

Let's explore this for a moment. Once one has achieved success in their field what do you do next? I KNOW – let’s start an illegal dog fighting ring and give it a catchy name (how very hip!). Then once it’s exposed, you should plead guilty to avoid processing under the RICO Act. (5 years is better than 20 – right??) With the public freaking out and sentencing coming up you should definitely get high and fail a random drug test. (Cool!) That'll show that crazy judge how smart you are. I mean, c’mon, who knew that when he said “no criminal activity and no drug activity” as a condition of your release that he really meant don’t get high. (Totally understandable.) Then, let’s fight to keep the signing bonus that the Atlanta Falcons are suing you for in civil court since you can’t play football anymore (NO FAIR!) Oh, and by the way, that little gambling action may put you out in the cold forever with another really smart boy, Pete Rose.

DumDum must be a sad boy. I wonder how it feels to have everything and be so stupid that you lose it all for nothing. Do you think he stays up at night and thinks about his own stupidity or is he so ignorant that he blames other people?

Frankly I’m happy to see the tides turning, perhaps people are finally fed up with this untouchable celebrity attitude. Rules apply to everyone, not just people without money. I wasn’t sad when Paris Hilton went to jail. I mean c’mon, it was three days but perhaps she found religion? She’s off to Rwanda! Maybe she’ll take DumDum under her wing. I smell a new reality TV show - Paris & friends in Rwanda - "Roughing it below the Equator in a Post Civil War Country". I think it has a certain je ne sais quoi, don't you think?