Once A Thug, Always A Thug. See Adam 'Pacman' Jones As An Example

One of many mug shots of Adam 'Pacman' Jones.

So, Adam 'Pacman' Jones has found his way back into the news. Hooray! (I'm being sarcastic.) The man has more arrests and is still an active NFL player. Thug - a brutal ruffian or assassin, Boy, does Jones fit that definition to a T.

Jones has a lenghty arrest warrent and I've picked out a few for your pleasure:

October 2003

JOnes was sentenced to one year in jail following a bar fight while attending WVU.

March 2006

Pacman gets charged for Mary Jane possession.

August 2006

Pacman is arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

2007

For his part in a strip club melee and shooting in Los Vegas that left one club employee partially paralyzed and two people wounded, Roger Goodell suspends Pacman for the entire 2007 NFL season.

July 2011

Bengals CB, Pacman Jones, was arrested for refusing to leave a bar.

Former Bengals RB, Stanley Wilson, was banned for life from the NFL in 1990 for alleged drug use. Pacman Jones has been suspended for two entire NFL seasons (2007 and 2009) and suspended for six games back in 2008. If someone who had a drug problem can be banned from the NFL, why is it that a player who has documented evidence of being ruthless off the field continues to get chances? I can tell you why; It's because the kid has talent and there are teams (Bengals, Cowboys and Titans) that have all taken a chance on him. But you'd think after arrest, after arrest, after arrest that someone would get it in their head about this "thug" and quit giving him chance after chance.

In a world where people are famous for doing bad things than good, it doesn't surprise me that Pacman Jones has been given chances. Everyone can chance, but there are those select few that have trouble follow them wherever they go. How many chances will Roger Goodell give him. Former NFL Commissioneer, Pete Rozell, had a zero-tolerance policy in place, but what can be said about Goodell? If he keeps allowing players like Pacman Jones to play in the NFL, then the "thug" stereotype will always be associated with the NFL, but I'm sure Roger Goodell can handle that sort of pressure.