Bengals Undrafted Rookie Sentenced To Three Years In Prison

[Black]

No, not Burfict.

Cincinnati Bengals undrafted rookie Brandon Joiner was sentenced to three years in prison on charges stemming from a 2007 incident that occurred when he was playing at Texas A&M, according to the Bryan-College Station Eagle.

http://espn.go.com/n...son-report-says

It amazes me that so many college athletes don't see the big picture. Stay out of trouble for a few years in your late teens and early twenties, and you might be able to make an absurd amount of money to play a game. I feel bad for the guy, but goddamn is he stupid.

[footballisasport]

Seriously, what is wrong with our judicial system when Ryan Leaf can get slapped on his wrist over and over again after robbing, not once, not twice, not three times but four damn times, not including his ten year probation for 8 counts of drug felony, yet this kid has to go to jail for three years for something he did while in college.

I'm seriously beginning to believe that jails were built for black men because they end up there way faster than their white counter-parts. This kid did 1/4 less crime than Ryan Leaf but will spend more years in jail than Ryan. Ryan may spend maybe 5 years for the many robberies and drug possions he's had.

I love how they keep sending Ryan back to rehab..Clearly they last 10 thousand times they sent him hasn't work but in the judge's mind, jail is clearly reserved for certain folks, not Ryan Leaf.

What I find even more interesting is how quickly the sports media is about burying stories like Ryan Leaf but love to print endless stories like Brandon Joiner...Sending that very obvious message.

[BlanksKarma]

Seriously, what is wrong with our judicial system when Ryan Leaf can get slapped on his wrist over and over again after robbing, not once, not twice, not three times but four damn times, not including his ten year probation for 8 counts of drug felony, yet this kid has to go to jail for three years for something he did while in college.

I'm seriously beginning to believe that jails were built for black men because they end up there way faster than their white counter-parts. This kid did 1/4 less crime than Ryan Leaf but will spend more years in jail than Ryan. Ryan may spend maybe 5 years for the many robberies and drug possions he's had.

I love how they keep sending Ryan back to rehab..Clearly they last 10 thousand times they sent him hasn't work but in the judge's mind, jail is clearly reserved for certain folks, not Ryan Leaf.

What I find even more interesting is how quickly the sports media is about burying stories like Ryan Leaf but love to print endless stories like Brandon Joiner...Sending that very obvious message.

When in doubt, blame Whitey!!!

[Ja Rhule]

Everyone knows Ryan Leaf, no body knows Brandon Joiner... celebrities get it easy, no matter black or white.

[mav1234]

Leaf was, and is, a dumbass... but what Joiner did was quite bad:

Joiner was indicted for two counts of aggravated robbery and one charge of felony drug possession in January 2008, about a month after police said he and another former Texas A&M player broke into a College Station apartment and robbed a drug dealer at gunpoint.

According to court documents, Joiner and Yemi Babalola used duct tape to bind the man before taking off with wallets, keys, cellphones and marijuana, a police report stated. A police search of Joiner's home found marijuana, hydrocodone and Ecstasy.

I won't comment exactly on the duration of jail time, but man, that is pretty fuged up. I hope that if he has turned his life around that can be reflected in reduced jail time.

leaf:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/ryan-leaf-arrested-for-second-time-in-montana-on-burglary-theft-drug-possession-charges-040212

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested again Monday, just days after he posted bail on similar charges that he burglarized a home and stole prescription drugs, authorities said.

Leaf was first arrested on Friday after police found oxycodone pills in his golf bag that an acquaintance later said Leaf stole from his home. Then early Monday, three days after posting a $76,000 bond, he was arrested again on accusations that he broke into another home outside Great Falls, Central Montana Drug Task Force Commander Chris Hickman said.

The owners walked into the home Sunday afternoon to find a ''tall man with an athletic build'' inside, Hickman said. The man told the owners he had the wrong address and left.

IMO, Joiner is far and away not the greatest injustice in the judicial system in this country... what he did was pretty terrible... there are thousands of people incarcerated for things they did not do, because of ineptitude on one level or another. Those are the real tragedies.

[Ja Rhule]

You also need to remember that Joiner broke the law in Texas where the law is extremely strict... Leaf fugged up in California where prisons are overcrowded and the law is not as strict.

[Mr. Scot]

It amazes me that so many college athletes don't see the big pcture. Stay out of trouble for a few years in your late teens and early twenties, and you might be able to make an absurd amount of money to play a game. I feel bad for the guy, but goddamn is he stupid.

Sad but true :(

And the Bengals...oy :wacko:

[4Corners]

Man I had up to here with these thugs.

[Iceberg Slim]

Well Bengals are keeping him around, so I guess they are okay with the things he has done to better himself over the past 5 years. H

[Mr. Scot]

Obviously the best outcome is to see him reform himself.

But in fairness, this is the Bengals we're talking about.