Re: Athletes and the Law

["Jeff Tepper" <jaytee@itasoft.com>]

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> From: Nault <rnault@ptialaska.net>
> To: patriots@bosco.dyndns.com; celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Athletes and the Law
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 1997 6:07 PM
> 
> This doesn't really have a lot to do with the list.  But I was wondering,
> why do you guys think there has been so much criminal activity among
> athletes?  Especially that of woman beating?  I have heard of a ton of
> cases about some athlete hitting his girlfriend/wife recently and it
really
> is quite alarming.  Do you guys think that it has always been like this
or
> is this some kind of new "trend" among professional athletes?

I don't think that the problem is just athletes.  I think that we just hear
about it when an athlete is involved because they are in the public eye. 
Regular people do it also but we don't hear about it because it's only news
when someone famous is involved.

Jeff