Hernandez v Brent

[Chocolate Lab]

LOL. I can't believe you'd think they wanted to release him weeks ago. Why would they want to do that?

 

[Reality]

This is such a dumb comparison for reasons stated in other posts. But the thing that gets me is all the media hypocrisy about the Pats being a model franchise for doing this and not mentioning they hired Donte Stallworth no to long ago after being involved in a fatality involving alcohol and driving a car.

This is BS in it's purest form.

If this had been the Cowboys ....

/reality

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Oh I know, would have been a way bigger story.

Personally, I think it is atrocious to cut someone just for an arrest but that is the Patriot way I guess.

 

[dez_for_prez]

Wow, you sound like you'd be a lot of fun at parties.

So to have fun at a party I have to get loaded and then drive home? Gotcha.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

So to have fun at a party I have to get loaded and then drive home? Gotcha.

Yup, that's exactly what I said. Great reading prowess.

 

[Reality]

LOL. I can't believe you'd think they wanted to release him weeks ago. Why would they want to do that?

You don't make a huge decision like this in a day. This investigation has been going on for a while now and the fact they had the paperwork ready to go, had an official statement prepared and processed all of it the moment he was released makes it rather obvious.

/reality

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

So to have fun at a party I have to get loaded and then drive home? Gotcha.

easiest way to pick up chicks at the party is to get loaded

 

[DallasCowpoke]

I know it's been brought up already and it by no means diminishes what happened. But Jerry Brown got in that car of his own freewill, arguably knowing the circumstances of what had gone on that night and the probable condition his friend was in.

I wonder what the public opinion would be, if Brown had let his friend drive off that night alone, knowing all this, and Brent had wrecked his car, been killed or injured, or even worse, killed/injured others on that hwy?

In a very real way, as unpopular as this may be, Jerry Brown is as culpable for what happened that night, as if he had been behind the wheel.

 

[CashMan]

Yup, that's exactly what I said. Great reading prowess.

You implied it.

 

[WoodysGirl]

LOL. I can't believe you'd think they wanted to release him weeks ago. Why would they want to do that?

Article in the NFL Zone thread said that the Pats had decided they would release him last week if there was an arrest related to the investigation.

Maybe that's what Reality is alluding to.

 

[Teague31]

Intentional acts and reckless acts are treated very differently by the legal system. So why shouldn't teams treat them differently as well? People who are trying to compare Brent to Hernandez have an agenda

 

[Reality]

Article in the NFL Zone thread said that the Pats had decided they would release him last week if there was an arrest related to the investigation.

Maybe that's what Reality is alluding to.

Exactly which implies they knew about this well before it and had discussed it and decided on it leading up to that point.

/reality

 

[WoodysGirl]

Exactly which implies they knew about this well before it and had discussed it and decided on it leading up to that point.

/reality

The article stressed that the Pats didn't have anymore info than anyone else, but... the decision to release him came from on high.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

You have no idea, who pulled the trigger, we know who killed Jerry, and he made a conscious choice to drink and drive. Josh Brent should never play in the NFL again.

I do not like Aaron Hernandez, and I hope he does go to jail for a long time, but until he is convicted, you can not say he killed someone. If he is charged like Ray Lewis was, I don't think he should be allowed to play in the NFL.

You know that Hernandez was obstructing an investigation into a murder. You also know that Brent cooperated. The difference is night and day IMO. I am not saying Brent should not be released. I expect he will be, once there are legal grounds to do so.

 

[Blackspider214]

The alcohol magically entered Brent's system unknowingly, and made him drive and turned his cell phone off so he could not call a cab or a team official to get someone to take them home.

Yeah you are so correct. DWI is exactly the same thing as murder. Especially a murder that is planned out and evidence destroyed by a suspect afterwards.

And no one said Brent acted correctly. But to compare the 2 events is idiotic.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Right, but it is not in his best interest to give police information that can/will incriminate him. I am not saying I agree with it, but it is his right.

You don't know if it's in his best interests or not. If he did not commit the shooting himself, it might very well be in his best interests.

 

[zack]

Intentional acts and reckless acts are treated very differently by the legal system. So why shouldn't teams treat them differently as well? People who are trying to compare Brent to Hernandez have an agenda

Agenda? So you endorse having a person who killed his teammate on this team? The Cowboys should have cut him a long time ago. They could have provided assistance to him but he shouldn't be on this team. Is he Demarcus Ware? No. He's an average player that has no business being here. Again, the Cowboys should provide counseling at their expense.

 

[Reality]

The article stressed that the Pats didn't have anymore info than anyone else, but... the decision to release him came from on high.

Teams always say they don't know more, but their actions and/or comments to the media usually prove otherwise.

/reality

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

easiest way to pick up chicks at the party is to get loaded

More sage advice.

 

[RS12]

The Hernandez situation is way higher on a sinister scale, there was some planning there. Brent exact opposite, if there had been a plan it would not have happened.