Maybe someone did follow Brady Quinn around, we cant know that for sure...anyways I cant say I feel this is some horrible sin that is being committed, if you are going to sign a number one draft pick to a multimillion dollar deal, I would want to know as much about him as possible. I bet the Titans wish they had seen Pac-Man b4 they drafted his ass top ten, maybe if they had seen him go from stripclub to stripclub maybe they might of drafted some one else... but really though, have we all already forgotten the new NFL stipulations concerning "troubled" players. If a club is found to have a "thing" for drafting them, they can lose draft picks!!! I know as a Colt fan that would KILL us since we are a small market team, we cant afford to get stronger through free agency, so GM Bill Polian built a Super Bowl Championship through the drafts... Its all about the green backs yo, its a business
r8rh8r27 and BornIcon, Good stuff guys, this was way more entertaining than the link itself. Anyways if this really was such a big deal, this probably would had been on ESPN such as that stupid Curt Shilling's bloody sock "controversy". Teams should know who they are drafting. I feel more sorry for Russell because he will probably be a raider, being followed cant be one millionth as bad as being a raider.
So Jamarcus Russell is irked about being followed around. There are those of us who might have a similar complaint, but knowing why it happens tends to make it easier on us. My employer monitors our e-mails. I have been reprimanded for sending one that I probably shouldn't have sent, and since the computer and the facilities belong to my employer, it's his right. It is also his right to periodically, while I am attached to the company LAN, to check my history file to see if I have been to any questionable sites. This has little to do with personal surveillance, but the following does. I hold a security clearance. In order to get and retain this clearance, I had to answer a lot of personal questions. On top of this, I had a very lengthy interview with an investigator. Several of my friends and neighbors were contacted and quizzed about my activities. To all of this I willingly gave permission. It is necessary to me so that I can keep my job (which I love), and so the federal government can rest assured that I am not going to sell information pertaining to classified defense technologies to people on SpoFi. My point is, if you don't like the things that are required for you to be employed in a certain job, you had best be prepared to change careers.
I have been reprimanded for sending one that I probably shouldn't have sent I am still into it if you want to meet at a rest stop.
I feel more sorry for Russell because he will probably be a raider, being followed cant be one millionth as bad as being a raider. posted by STUNNER at 11:17 PM CDT on April 27 I have a hard time finding any sympathy for this guy regardless of the NFL Team he's playing on. Certainly Teams have a responsibility to diligently safeguard the multimillion dollar investment they make in a player. More needless whining from a spoiled athlete. I got this guy as one of the biggest busts in NFL History. Remember, you heard it here first, Oakland will regret the day they took him #1. This author's outrage is about as compelling as Floyd Landis' claim of being framed. It really pee's me off when Sports Writers insist I'm some kind of a heartless person because I don't share his outrage. What a bunch of BS! Oakland passed on Matt Lienart and Jay Cutler then go goo goo over this guy's arm. This totally reminds me of the Ryan Leaf fiasco. Davis moaned publicly last year about not taking a quarterback in the 1st round then he grabs the flavor of the week at QB because he can throw a football 70 yards. Lane Kiffin did a fine job helping Lienart and Carson Palmer at USC but these guy have some football instict and leadership ability. I'm with Trent Modglin of ProFootball Weekly on this one. Oakland took the wrong QB with this years #1.
I guess JaMarcus also has the right (a) to bust a cap in the ass of the stalker; or (b) filing a restraining order on Mr. Burning Bed Ass Cop. (I guess I'd choose B -- wouldn't want anyone to think I carry firearms.) Howard, I understand what you're saying in terms of some of the checking. I've gotten several phone calls from the feds over the last decade, asking me about a roommate I spent all of nine months rooming with. And I understand how many companies do the Big Brother thing on computers. But there's a difference between a computer that the company owns and engaging in 24-hour surveillance on someone who isn't even employed by these teams. For anyone invoking Pac-Man or Chris Henry as an argument for what happened to JaMarcus Russell, the fact is that it didn't exactly require Stasi to find out that these guys were total asses. Ninety-percent of the time, that tends to be the case. There's stuff in the paper. There's game and practice tape. There's a trip to the cop shop. There are calls to be made, just like the calls I get every few years when my friend is up for another gov't job. Bottom line: College campuses are worlds small enough to uncover and corroborate plenty of unsettling bits and pieces about an athlete who doesn't know how to act right. At that point, the team can draft the guy or not. As I remember, Pac-Man had a rap-ish sheet and was the No. 6 guy taken in the draft. So much for looking out for investments. P.S. -- The NFL security (actually Panthers' security) was more of a hinderance in the Carruth investigation, not a help.
