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He lost it for 1. losing his self-control 2. consorting with tramps 3. fighting in public with tramps 4. continuing to fight in public with tramps 5. violating a clause in his contract most likely about behaving himself.

Maybe the NFL would have kept him if 1. there were no controversy about mistreatment of blacks by cops (kneeling during national anthem) 2. he were not on video for everyone see over and over.

The NFL wants to preserve the perceived image of professional football. This guy would damage the image of the NFL if he stayed after the video was released.

These guys are all incredibly stupid; get drunk and fool around with girls in the off season you fools.

clambo says

These guys are all incredibly stupid;

This was certainly stupid.

We should just be honest w boys though, just like my football coach/principal/dad were w me as a kid.

"Son, more will always be expected of you as a man. That's goes double when you are physically large, and triple if you have money. When/if there is a problem around you, you will always be the one blamed"

This talk happened after 1 was driven home by a cop at 12 years old. I was invited by older guys to come drink beers at a friends empty house (parents just moved and hadn't sold the house yet, so PARTY!!). But the cops knew noone was there so it was easy to bust.

When the cops come in, they see a bunch of pimple faced, 100 pound 14 years olds...and me. I was 12, the youngest boy there, but already almost 6 ft tall and 175 pounds. The cops let everyone go but the owner of the house and myself, who they labelled as the "ringleader" based purely on my premature physical size.

If he had drop kicked her accurately ten yards down the hall, they would have kept him as a placekicker.