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Dallas Cowboys DWI’s getting out of line

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Police officer pulling over offender.

Police officer pulling over offender.

Over the past few months, the Dallas Cowboys professional football team has had two players get arrested for drinking while intoxicated, also known as a DWI.Josh Brent, nose tackle for the Cowboys, was arrested Dec. 8 when he received a DWI and a manslaughter charge after getting into a car accident which killed his friend and practice player Jerry Brown.

Now, the Dallas Cowboys have made headlines again thanks to Jay Ratliff, Cowboys lineman, who was arrested last week for a DWI after he sideswiped a semi-truck.

No one was killed or seriously injured… luckily. The National Football League does offer rides to football players who have been drinking to prevent these sorts of problems and I just don’t understand why they don’t use them.

College athletes look up to professional athletes and right now these NFL players are not setting the proper example. I think there should be harsher punishments for those players who break the law other than just a fine and game suspension. Maybe coaches and league officials should suspend players longer than just a few games.

According to http://dfw.cbslocal.com, the Dallas Cowboys released a statement Jan. 28 to address the DWI issues. Although Texas Wesleyan does not have a football team, there are other sports programs in which athletes may look up to these professional athletes.

They need to get it together and take advantage of the programs the NFL offers them, and stay off the road if they are drunk.

ekfradette@txwes.edu


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