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The Cowboys have decided to go ahead and let Adam Jones’ bathroom altercation slide. According to Chris Mortensen (who is NEVER wrong, so these must be facts), the Cowboys won’t be disciplining Jones:
An internal investigation by the Dallas Cowboys into Adam "Pacman" Jones' latest incident concludes that he was not in violation of his contract, or the understanding about conduct he had with owner Jerry Jones, a high-ranking team official said.Oh, great, just what Jones needs in his life: a broken mirror. At least now he can blame his next incident on his cursed luck -- not his fault!According to an investigation conducted by team security, the team official said Jones did get into a brief scuffle with the bodyguard that was assigned to the defensive back for a private event Tuesday night at a Dallas hotel.
The bodyguard, an off-duty policeman who is part of a security detail assigned to Jones, told team security that some "kidding around" and "playfulness" between himself and the player resulted in a brief scuffle in a restroom. A vanity mirror suffered minor damage.
The fact that Jones has let him off the hook doesn’t mean he’s off scot free. The NFL is conducting its own investigation, and we all know there is nothing Roger Goodell enjoys more than handing out suspensions. Dude’s a buzzkill. Although if it really was just some joking around gone bad, and no humans were hurt, and no police report was filed, then it seems to me that the right decision is a verbal wrist slap and nothing more.
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Dear Chris,
Do you honestly believe that this is just joking around gone bad?
Have you lost control of your senses?
This is PACMAN we’re talking about!
He should be in a rubber room somewhere.
by J Bone A on Oct 9, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
I think if it was more than just some "joking around gone bad" the police would’ve done something about it. They were on the scene and opted not to file a report, so it couldn’t have been anything too serious.
by cmottram on Oct 9, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
America’s team….The Dallas Enablers!
by tonydill49 on Oct 9, 2008 2:22 PM EDT reply actions
Serious or not, it’s another incident in a long line of incidents. Maybe the "rubber room" comment was overboard, but the guy obviously has some problems.
by J Bone A on Oct 9, 2008 2:53 PM EDT reply actions
It doesn’t matter WHAT a COWBOY does…..the whole world has an opinion on it…. It is like "a fart heard round the world"!!
by Wildlife3705 on Oct 9, 2008 3:05 PM EDT reply actions
Wildlife, Let’s use Marion Barber, or Felix Jones, or guys who DON’T CONSTANTLY GET CAUGHT UP IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW: they don’t have a mile long police record and trouble doesn’t follow them wherever they goes.
by bigmamatuna on Oct 9, 2008 3:35 PM EDT reply actions
ROFLMAO! if anyone believes this "playing around story" they are crazy! may money is on the "bodyguard" got a big tip ($$$) to say they were horsing around, i mean why would you attend a prviate event, take your bodyguard into the mens room and have a playful scuffle?
by tennessee colts1978 on Oct 9, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
LOL!!! I had to laugh—because that cartoon of Pacman Jones—looks more like Allen Iverson in Cowboy drag—then it does Jones!!!
by hdiaz1 on Oct 9, 2008 3:57 PM EDT reply actions
I loved the cartoon as well, that was good, now back to the matter at hand, the bodyguard is employed with the Dallas Cowboy’s. With Terrence Newman out for the next several weeks, Adam "F#$%ck the police" Jone’s is needed more than ever right now for the already shaky Dallas defense.
Why would the police be called if they were just joking around Chris? Once they got there, I am sure they knew who the off duty officer was, and the off duty officer needing the extra cheese that Dallas was paying took one for the team and his pocketbook.
Chris, the fan’s are not as stupid as we look. This is one situation where Jerry Jone’s did the right thing in employing a security detail for scarface, I mean Mr. Jones.
by sportsguru on Oct 9, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply actions
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