Athletes Do the Darndest Things...

You heard of Kids Do the Darndest Things? Hear is my remix…Athletes Do the Darnbest Things. This is episode one…

Athletes do some of the dumbest things. Actually, people in general do, but athletes are in the spotlight. I stick up for them whenever I can but I don’t know how I can possibly defend this one. I don’t know if the tag team of Tom Cruise and Demi Moore in A Few Good Men could win this case in the court of public opinion…

Delonte West, a point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers, was arrested for speeding on his motorcycle in mid-September. No big deal. We all speed. Speeding is more of a rite of passage than a sin. In Dallas—as in other places—you get your drivers license and then you speed…so long as you are still in control. Anyway, when they pulled him over, the cops found it interesting that he had a guitar case. Maybe he is a music aficionado? Who knows. I don’t think the repeating sound of POW POW is music to anyone’s ears. The cops found a fully loaded shotgun and two handguns in the case. Hey! Don’t have to tune the chords on those bad boys, right?

Why, Delonte? Why? Listen, I strongly believe that people in the public spotlight need protection. I do. Have a gun. Get security. Fine with me, so long as the protection is for, well, protection…and not criminal activity. It is not my place to speculate so I won’t. But, Delonte, if you are in possession of highly illegal paraphernalia, why are you going more than 30 miles per hour over the speed limit!? That’s just common sense.

All I know is that next time I am packing major heat, I am going to go 200 miles per hour to make it worth, it. No regrets, right?