trickblue said:
Sure... let's start with your name "Commanders". Many Native Americans find it offensive.
Next, let's go with your former owner George Preston Marshall. Here is a little quip about him:
"We'll start signing Negroes," Washington Commanders owner George Preston Marshall once quipped, "when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites."
In 1961, the Commanders were the only team in professional football without a black player. In fact, in the 25-year history of the franchise, no black had ever played for George Marshall. Sam Lacy, the gifted black sportswriter for the Baltimore Afro-American, called the Commanders football's "lone wolf in lily-whiteism." Their owner was "the one operator in the whole structure of major-league sports who has openly flouted his distaste for tan athletes."
Now... let's look at some of your players and their brushes with the law. A couple of these players have played for both of us.
Sean Taylor – Several infractions
Dexter Manly – Possession of Drugs
Mike Sellers - DWI
John Riggins - PI
Timmy Smith – Drug Trafficing
Deion Sanders - Trespassing
Billy Kilmer – DWI
Kevin Ware – PI
Jermaine Haley – DWI
Dana Stubblefield – Assualted his wife
Marlene Cooke (wife of Jack Kent Cooke) – DWI
Ray McDonald – arrested for having sex with another man in a public park.
You also have two more of infamy:
Dave Kopay
Jerry Smith
If you aren't sure what their claim to fame is see Ray McDonald above...
Pretending that Dallas is the only team with players of questionable character is ludicrous. Every team has had players with problems. "Our felon is better than your felon" is not a viable excuse either.
Darren Hambrick, 1999, possession of illegal drugs
Michael Irvin, 1996, felony cocaine possession
Michael Irvin, 2005, Drug paraphernalia
Barry Switzer, 1997, third-degree felony charges (loaded gun in an airport)
Demetrius Underwood, 2003, assaulting a man in a wheel chair
Demetrius Underwood, 2005, arrested in drug-induced psychosis
Nate Newton, felony charges, 213 lbs of marijuana. Intent to distribute.
Quincy Carter, “drug rehab setback”
Erik Williams, drugs, spousal assault, DUI: almost fatal
Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson, drugs
Alonzo Spellman, weapons charges- “Spellman is the only member of this team [all-criminal football team]* to have been charged with terrorizing passengers on a commercial flight and forcing an emergency landing. According to investigators, once on the ground Spellman told the pilot “I am about to rip your throat out.” Add to the mix weapons charges, a standoff with police from inside his publicist’s home and the usual DUI and failure to appear charges, and you’ve got a starting D-lineman.”
Leon Lett, drugs
Deion Sanders, misdemeanor trespassing
Dwayne Goodrich, hit and run. Pleaded guilty to charges and responsible for deaths of two men
Peppi Zellner, 2002, felony possession of crack cocaine
Lance Rentzel, 1971, indecent exposure
Nicky Sualua, 1999, ecstacy, amongst other drugs
Troy Hambrick, admitted drug-dealer, never arrested
http://kffl.com/article.php/1614/177
Tim Smith 1990, attempted to sell drugs to an undercover police officer (he didn't become a jerk until he left washington and went to dallas).
Rafael Septien- 1987, convicted of sexually assaulting a
ten year-old girl
Larry Bethea, 1986, charged with assault in connection with a fight with estranged wife in Dallas
Mark Stepnoski is the leader in the charge for marijuana reform:
http://www.equalrights4all.org/potpride/champions.htm
Mark Tuinei-“Dallas Cowboys star Mark Tuinei's final hours were spent looking for heroin and, later, slowly dying in his antique roadster while Sualua slept beside him.” Excerpted from:
http://starbulletin.com/1999/05/11/sports/story1.html
Terry Glenn, wife beater and deadbeat dad. Won’t pay child support.
Chris Warren, failing to pay child support
Derek Ross, trafficking marijuana
Jermaine Brooks, received 10 years of probation for drug and weapons possession
* has three cowboys and is coached by Jimmy Johnson
nice try. really.