Kansas City Chief's player commits suicide

[mraynrand]

myraynrand your 'out of line' and an insult to this forum for your tone in this stupid ... NO ! STUPID !!!... post.

blow it out your bagpipes

[pbmax]

No, but the breathlessness of it gets to me. As thought KC should come to a halt because an NFL player killed someone and offed himself.

Tough to say KC should shut down. But I would understand if the Chiefs players and coaches wanted nothing to do with a game tomorrow. Did the strip club reopen the next night?

[Old School]

My heart goes out to the child that faces life without parents. That's got to be 3rd and long.

[hoosier]

A woman clubbed her two year old to death the other day, triple-bagged him, tossed him in the dumpster, and then told police that he was abducted from the playground. Five people were shot outside a nightclub, the other night and they brought the one guy's head into the ER in a bucket. And that's just a part of the action. People get killed all the time; so what if it's a bastard NFL player?

Did the surgeons manage to reattach the head?

[Mazzin]

I do feel bad for the poor child, but if they wear his number on their helmets, or do a moment of silence for HIM, or anything of the sort; I will be throughly disgusted, filthy p.o.s. Now I'm sure there is some bs story about why he did it and blah blah blah, but case closed he is, or was a peice of crap.

[digitaldean]

Who knows maybe some thing snapped, but to off your girlfriend? And then yourself without thinking of your little girl? Either came unhinged mentally or is a reals POS. sounds like the KC team captains and coaches agreed to continue with game. Though I 'd find it difficult to do it, maybe that's their way of dealing with a horrific situation. Got to feel most for the little girl and her grandmother who witnessed her daughter being shot. Also Crennel and Pioli, witnessing the guy offing himself in front of them. Just horrible....

[Freak Out]

This is fucked up on so many levels.

[LegandofthePack15]

When you say 'world', do you mean America or the whole fracking world or, lastly, the world sans America?

A lot of killing going on; yet some places/countries have more killings than other. Where I live there's an average of app. 47 murders per year (5,3 mill. people) the last 10 years and has been declining steadily.

red, you got stats for murders per year in America? And what's the development?

Check out the "Worse Than I Thought" thread in FYI.

[LegandofthePack15]

I do feel bad for the poor child, but if they wear his number on their helmets, or do a moment of silence for HIM, or anything of the sort; I will be throughly disgusted, filthy p.o.s. Now I'm sure there is some bs story about why he did it and blah blah blah, but case closed he is, or was a peice of crap.

Agreed.

[Jimx29]

The only thing as disgusting as what this coward did is the NFL pushing to still play this game today. Completely classless move.

[woodbuck27]

The only thing as disgusting as what this coward did is the NFL pushing to still play this game today. Completely classless move.

In fact it was the KC Chief players 'Captains'; that voted to go on with this scheduled game NOT the NFL. I just heard this fact this morning on NFL Access.

This fact in no manner condones the act of violence moreso the horrendous act of murder this is a tragic story on so many levels and again will raise the issue of handgun ownership; but the reports are that this former KC defensive player was very well liked in the Chiefs locker room. The facts reveal that he showed up as a regular contributor playing every game since the opening of the 2009 season.


How the Kansas City Chiefs, And NFL, Are Coping With Tragedy

By Sean Gregory ... Dec. 02, 2012

Read more:

http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2012/12/02/how-the-kansas-city-chiefs-and-nfl-are-coping-with-tragedy/

Javon was a happy, proud father, with pictures of his baby on his Facebook page. This is shocking. Something went crazy wrong, and we’ll probably never know what it is …

Never until four hours ago did I think Jovan was anything but a model citizen,” Linta said. “He came to my youth clinics in the offseason and worked with kids. He was a gracious, unselfish, hard-working, dedicated kid — very, very caring of some of the underprivileged kids who came to the clinics. I saw him in a real positive way.

I never take on anyone as a client I wouldn’t be proud to take home and spend time with my wife and kids. Jovan was one of those type of people.

There’s no word for this other than shocking. That’s all I can think of.

[Kiwon]

I wonder what caused him to do this though? There has to be a back story. Either way it is a horrible act and I feel bad for all parties involved. I wouldn't go as far as saying "bastard NFL player," but people are dying everyday and they barely make the news.

At the risk of being pilloried by the enlightened amoral Rats here, dare I say it doesn't help someone to learn to respect women when he incessantly hears them called "bitches" in song and in everyday speech? Same thing with the 'N' word? Who are the worst offenders?

No worries. Belcher didn't repeatedly shoot his 22-year old wife; he shot his live-in "baby momma." That makes the crime one degree lower on the heinous chart, right?

[swede]

Sorry, but I get sick of media and media-heads trying to make themselves seem noble and wise by paying any more attention than necessary to this sad, small incident that is of no concern to any of us--unless we happen to be family or neighbor that can help the child and the surviving families.

[pbmax]

Sorry, but I get sick of media and media-heads trying to make themselves seem noble and wise by paying any more attention than necessary to this sad, small incident that is of no concern to any of us--unless we happen to be family or neighbor that can help the child and the surviving families.

If you can find a way to get Nancy Grace off the air, I am all for it.

But an NFL murder-suicide the day before a game? If I were you I would not turn into anything pre game or even before kickoff in the game. Everyone will want to express their humanity, the revulsion and empathize with the child. Its like a big, fat piñata in front of the teleprompter.

[pbmax]

At the risk of being pilloried by the enlightened amoral Rats here, dare I say it doesn't help someone to learn to respect women when he incessantly hears them called "bitches" in song and in everyday speech? Same thing with the 'N' word? Who are the worst offenders?

No worries. Belcher didn't repeatedly shoot his 22-year old wife; he shot his live-in "baby momma." That makes the crime one degree lower on the heinous chart, right?

Maybe if the NFL enforced a dress code on off days and added no tattoo language to the CBA things would look up as well?

Kiwon, I trust your intentions are honorable, but to reduce this to that aspect of popular culture is a bit, ah, reductive, isn't it? Kind of the equivalent of saying that if guns weren't so easily available, this would have been less likely to be lethal?