Ahhhh, how touching: another "troubled athlete-mentoring-the-youth" story

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/SPORTS/803230337

Schlichter, of course, was FIRST suspended by the NFL for gambling in 1983, then was later banned from Arena Football and jailed for numerous other gambling charges in the 1990s, continuing his gambling activities until 2004 (according to him).

Most of the stories during his Arena Football career centered around his "inspiring comeback" from gambling.

But he's all straightened out now, you betcha. : :

So let's put him to work mentoring the youth. : : :

 

In defense of the concept, not the athlete, who better to mentor the youth than someone who's been there and done that. I wouldn't want a virgin priest to talk to me about the evils of pre-marital sex.

 

bet he fucks up...

 

Because the more and more of this shit they see, the more the youth get the idea that it's OK to go there and do that -- all you have to do is say 'i'm sorry' and everything is forgiven.

 

Eh...I see the point you're trying to make, but I don't agree with it. How do we distinguish between those who are making a real effort at contrition, and those who aren't? I'm willing to give a bit of the old benefit of the doubt.

 

I'm always willing to give someone a secondy second chance.

 

I think Art did a little more than say he's sorry.

 

There is no benefit of the doubt in the absolute world in which Starman lives.
There are no second chances, only Starman absolute justice.

 

I'm only 25, so I still remember some of those programs I went through as a kid (i.e. drug prevention, health ed, etc. etc.). The most effective presentations almost always involved someone who had successfully rehabbed from past problems. Their firsthand knowledge was always more convincing than anything an educator could say. Why we would want to deny that sort of information to our children is beyond me.

 

Art's far beyond his second chance.

I'd imagine this one will end like the rest. Badly.

 

Wanna bet?