Cincinnati Judge calls out NFL, Calls NFL Officials "Hypocrites"
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Odell Thurman appeared in court yesterday to face charges of failing to appear for part of his alcohol treatment in the offseason. Thurman was sentenced to rehab after being pulled over by Cincinnati police last September with a BAL of .18 more than twice the legal limit in Ohio.
Instead of the "talk" to Thurman for his failure to complete his treatment, instead Municipal Court Judge John Burlew called out NFL Officals, saying that they are "hypocrites". Burlew, went on to say that the NFL had no right to suspend Thurman for abusing a "legal" substance that the league gladly supports and draws an enormous amount of revenue from.
"This case upsets me more than anything else, primarily ...with the National Football League,” Burlew said. “The allegations are that you had a legal substance – alcohol -- in your body, a substance which they advertise from and get money from, millions of dollars a year from."
Burlew said if the league really wanted to crack down on alcohol abuse, they would give everybody who left a football stadium a blood alcohol test.
“You don’t like alcohol, take those Budweiser commercials off TV,” Burlew said. “Stop selling alcohol in the stadium.”
So is Roger Goodell, a hypocrite, or is there still more to the story to cause him to suspend Thurman for two consecutive seasons, on a DUI charge, while players like Chris Henry, and Pac Man Jones, who are multiple offenders, for more serious offenses, receive seemingly lighter sentences. That isn't even to mention Vick, who after pleading guilty to FEDERAL charges , still hasn't heard from the warden --er -- commissioner on his fate in the league.
Or is this simply a case of another athlete having excuses made for him, due to his status AS an athlete. I mean the Judge is in Cincinnati, so it could be fair to believe he is a Bengals fan, right?
In the mean time Judge Burlew has continued Thurman's court appearance until Sept. 5 to allow him a opportunity to obtain legal counsel.
