BREAKING NEWS : Packers linebacker Barnett arrested

[PackerBlues]

I saw the porn video of Tanya on the internet, she can clean my........oh....."clock".......I thought you said...........nevermind.

[GBRulz]

OK, PB, I'll give you that was cute. Nice use of emoticons, but here's my question. Which one of you new dads could have gotten away with being at a bar with a reputation at 2 a.m. when you have a baby at home that is just a few months old??? Especially if being there could cause trouble in your high-paying, high profile job?

Actually, he splits custody with the Mom of his baby. In fact, he's been trying to get full custody and spend more time with her.

I'm trying to get some "inside" info on this and all I've heard from my friend (who is friends with Barnetts 22 year old gf) is that the nightclub co-owner was drunk, harassing Barnett and his gf and that it was self-defense. Again, I will withhold judgment until the facts come out.

[packrulz]

It sounds like nobody called the cops, they just walked up and discovered an argument Nick was involved in. He shouldn't have pushed a woman though, and I've never been arrested but I doubt I'd smile for the mug shot. I get the impression Nick likes the limelight, it's ok to go out and have a few brews but he shouldn't act like a knob either.

Sailing troubled waters
Barnett's arrest might draw NFL penalty
By LORI NICKEL
lnickel@journalsentinel.com
Posted: June 18, 2007
Green Bay - Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Barnett might have picked the worst time to find himself in trouble.

The fourth-year veteran was arrested Sunday morning in Appleton on battery charges and posted $500 bond. He was not at practice on Monday or available for comment.

The Packers are not only upset about the incident, they are concerned about the consequences. On the day that Barnett signed his six-year, $34.85 million contract extension with the Packers on April 10, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell disclosed his new, tougher conduct policy.

So now Barnett will have to wait for his case to go through the Outagamie County court and see whether he faces additional punishment from the NFL for conduct detrimental to the league's image.

"Obviously we're not looking for our players or any employee of the Green Bay Packers to be involved in that type of situation," coach Mike McCarthy said.

Though the police report was not yet available Monday, more details have emerged from the incident at the Wet nightclub on College Ave. According to Appleton police Sgt. Pat DeWall, two foot patrol officers on duty at 2 a.m. Sunday came upon two people arguing outside the club. One was Barnett but the other has not yet been identified. There, the police uncovered another incident involving Barnett.

"The officers had learned that earlier a disturbance had occurred inside where Mr. Barnett had pushed down a female inside the bar," DeWall said. "Based upon that information, some witnesses and information we obtained from the victim, we arrested him for battery."

The confrontation created a stir in the entertainment district of Appleton, so about a dozen officers arrived at the scene to control the crowd.

Initially, Appleton police said they thought Barnett was arguing with the club's owner. But the owner, Kathy Peotter, denied that, saying she was working and bartending when she saw Barnett exit Wet. It is not clear with whom Barnett was arguing outside the club, but Peotter said Barnett looked unhappy when he left.

Peotter said several Packers were at her club Thursday, Friday and Saturday and she knew Barnett somewhat.

"He's always been a gentleman. I've never seen him drunk or crazy," Peotter said.

Barnett was placed in Outagamie County Jail, where he posted bond about an hour later and was released.

Barnett showed up at the Brett Favre Celebrity Softball game Sunday and played in a preliminary game with sponsors, but then left before the game between Packers players.

McCarthy clearly wasn't amused by the incident, but used it as a reminder to address his team Monday morning during voluntary team workouts.

"First of all, you need to avoid that type of environment," McCarthy said. "And when you're in that type of situation, you need to defuse it. We'll continue to talk about those things with our football team."

McCarthy acknowledged the possibility that the NFL would discipline Barnett on its own but as of Monday had not heard from the league.

"There are two sides to every story and I have listened to his side," McCarthy said. "And we'll let the process take its course. It was only one (problematic episode) but I am not going to sit here and justify one incident because it shouldn't happen. We need to learn from it so it doesn't happen again."

Barnett's arrest happened just days after the NFL brought in officials for its annual, mandatory meeting to address the Packers on conduct.

"Stay out of trouble" was the message, cornerback Patrick Dendy said.

In light of high-profile criminal incidents involving NFL players in the last year, from Pacman Jones (assault charges, vandalism, disorderly conduct, public intoxication), Chris Henry (drug and alcohol abuse, firearm possession, speeding tickets) and Tank Johnson (gun charges), Goodell has tried to set tougher conduct policies.

"It is important that the NFL be represented consistently by outstanding people as well as great football players, coaches and staff," Goodell said in April. "We hold ourselves to higher standards of responsible conduct because of what it means to be part of the National Football League."

Since Barnett was drafted in the first round by the Packers in 2003, he has been the starting middling linebacker, leading the team in tackles every year until A.J. Hawk surpassed him in 2006. Barnett was chosen as a Pro Bowl alternate last year and has been routinely regarded as one of the team's most consistent and reliable on-field producers.

Barnett is not new to the club scene. A music fan and amateur DJ, he opened and operated his own club, Five Six Ultra Lounge, in Green Bay in 2005. But after about eight months the Green Bay City Council voted not to renew Barnett's liquor license in May 2006, citing a number of disturbances there. The only one involving Barnett was a citation for jaywalking.

After a bitter fight with the city council last spring after it pulled his liquor license for a month, the city council and the police department came under fire for its dealings with Barnett and eventually Mayor Jim Schmitt urged city council to restore Barnett's license, which it did.

Still, Barnett put the club up for sale and said during the 2006 football season that he wanted to focus on his playing career.

Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report from Appleton.

[woodbuck27]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=621198

Sailing troubled waters
Barnett's arrest might draw NFL penalty

By LORI NICKEL
lnickel@journalsentinel.com

Posted: June 18, 2007

Green Bay - Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Barnett might have picked the worst time to find himself in trouble.

The fourth-year veteran was arrested Sunday morning in Appleton on battery charges and posted $500 bond. He was not at practice on Monday or available for comment.

The Packers are not only upset about the incident, they are concerned about the consequences. On the day that Barnett signed his six-year, $34.85 million contract extension with the Packers on April 10, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell disclosed his new, tougher conduct policy.

So now Barnett will have to wait for his case to go through the Outagamie County court and see whether he faces additional punishment from the NFL for conduct detrimental to the league's image.

"Obviously we're not looking for our players or any employee of the Green Bay Packers to be involved in that type of situation," coach Mike McCarthy said.

Though the police report was not yet available Monday, more details have emerged from the incident at the Wet nightclub on College Ave. According to Appleton police Sgt. Pat DeWall, two foot patrol officers on duty at 2 a.m. Sunday came upon two people arguing outside the club. One was Barnett but the other has not yet been identified.

There, the police uncovered another incident involving Barnett.

"The officers had learned that earlier a disturbance had occurred inside where Mr. Barnett had pushed down a female inside the bar," DeWall said. "Based upon that information, some witnesses and information we obtained from the victim, we arrested him for battery."

The confrontation created a stir in the entertainment district of Appleton, so about a dozen officers arrived at the scene to control the crowd.

Initially, Appleton police said they thought Barnett was arguing with the club's owner. But the owner, Kathy Peotter, denied that, saying she was working and bartending when she saw Barnett exit Wet. It is not clear with whom Barnett was arguing outside the club, but Peotter said Barnett looked unhappy when he left.

Peotter said several Packers were at her club Thursday, Friday and Saturday and she knew Barnett somewhat.

"He's always been a gentleman. I've never seen him drunk or crazy," Peotter said.

Barnett was placed in Outagamie County Jail, where he posted bond about an hour later and was released.

Barnett showed up at the Brett Favre Celebrity Softball game Sunday and played in a preliminary game with sponsors, but then left before the game between Packers players.

McCarthy clearly wasn't amused by the incident, but used it as a reminder to address his team Monday morning during voluntary team workouts.

"First of all, you need to avoid that type of environment," McCarthy said. "And when you're in that type of situation, you need to defuse it. We'll continue to talk about those things with our football team."

McCarthy acknowledged the possibility that the NFL would discipline Barnett on its own but as of Monday had not heard from the league.

"There are two sides to every story and I have listened to his side," McCarthy said. "And we'll let the process take its course. It was only one (problematic episode) but I am not going to sit here and justify one incident because it shouldn't happen. We need to learn from it so it doesn't happen again."

Barnett's arrest happened just days after the NFL brought in officials for its annual, mandatory meeting to address the Packers on conduct.

"Stay out of trouble" was the message, cornerback Patrick Dendy said.

In light of high-profile criminal incidents involving NFL players in the last year, from Pacman Jones (assault charges, vandalism, disorderly conduct, public intoxication), Chris Henry (drug and alcohol abuse, firearm possession, speeding tickets) and Tank Johnson (gun charges), Goodell has tried to set tougher conduct policies.

"It is important that the NFL be represented consistently by outstanding people as well as great football players, coaches and staff," Goodell said in April. "We hold ourselves to higher standards of responsible conduct because of what it means to be part of the National Football League."

Since Barnett was drafted in the first round by the Packers in 2003, he has been the starting middling linebacker, leading the team in tackles every year until A.J. Hawk surpassed him in 2006. Barnett was chosen as a Pro Bowl alternate last year and has been routinely regarded as one of the team's most consistent and reliable on-field producers.

Barnett is not new to the club scene. A music fan and amateur DJ, he opened and operated his own club, Five Six Ultra Lounge, in Green Bay in 2005. But after about eight months the Green Bay City Council voted not to renew Barnett's liquor license in May 2006, citing a number of disturbances there. The only one involving Barnett was a citation for jaywalking.

After a bitter fight with the city council last spring after it pulled his liquor license for a month, the city council and the police department came under fire for its dealings with Barnett and eventually Mayor Jim Schmitt urged city council to restore Barnett's license, which it did.

Still, Barnett put the club up for sale and said during the 2006 football season that he wanted to focus on his playing career.

Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report from Appleton.

[woodbuck27]

Whoops !

Sorry packrulz. .didn't see your post just before mine.

[woodbuck27]

http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070619/PKR01/706190436/1989

Posted June 19, 2007

Notebook:

Barnett flirts with suspension from NFL

By Pete Dougherty
pdougher@greenbaypressgazette.com

Nick Barnett picked a bad time to get arrested for battery.

With new commissioner Roger Goodell's beefed up personal-conduct policy instituted just this spring, Barnett is flirting with a potential suspension after his arrest early Sunday in Appleton for allegedly pushing a woman to the ground after an argument in front of a nightclub.

The Packers don't know whether Barnett will be fined or perhaps suspended, because the new policy has been in place for only a short time.

So far, Goodell has used it only to punish players with multiple arrests: Tennessee's Adam "Pacman" Jones is suspended for the season, and Chicago's Tank Williams and Cincinnati's Chris Henry are suspended for eight games.

Goodell has not yet set a precedent for players arrested for the first time. But Goodell put the policy in place because of the spate of arrests of league players over the past couple of years, and the bad publicity that accompanies those transgressions.

So, Goodell might choose to suspend even first-time offenders for a game or two to send a message to all players. Goodell could instead fine Barnett or do nothing.

"(Some kind of NFL discipline) is a possibility," coach Mike McCarthy said Monday.

"Everybody knows the emphasis that's going on at this time, and we'll just watch it closely."

McCarthy said he's discussed the incident with Barnett.

He wouldn't comment on their conversation but obviously was upset that Barnett was in position to be arrested regardless of what happened.

The last Packers player arrested was former cornerback Ahmad Carroll in February 2006 for an altercation in a bar in Arkansas.

"I'm not going to sit here and justify one incident, because it shouldn't happen," McCarthy said.

"Those things should not happen, and we need to learn from it, so it doesn't happen again."

Because of the large number of arrests of NFL players this offseason, McCarthy said he has talked regularly to his players about avoiding potential problems when they're in public.

"(This is) part of the lifestyle of being an NFL football player, and they've got to be smart out there," McCarthy said.

"First of all, you need to avoid that type of environment, and when you're in that type of situation, you need to defuse it. We'll continue to talk about those things with our football team."

[HarveyWallbangers]

Nightclub owner says Barnett incident ‘has been blown out of proportion’

APPLETON — A woman threw a drink at Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Barnett shortly before he was arrested last weekend for allegedly shoving a woman at a downtown nightclub, one of the establishment’s co-owners said Thursday.

The co-owner, Kathy Peotter, also said she was not arguing with Barnett when police arrived at the nightclub Wet, 344 W. College Ave., and subsequently arrested him on a misdemeanor battery charge.

“I think the whole thing has been blown out of proportion,” Peotter said. “I’m not going to say Nick was on his best behavior that night, because he wasn’t, but this is getting blown way out of proportion.”

Peotter said Barnett has been coming into the club for months, and that there were more Packers than usual at Wet, 344 W. College Ave., because of Sunday’s Brett Favre charity softball game at Fox Cities Stadium. She said there were probably a half dozen Packers in the club that night, at least two of them with their wives.

“They just want to be left alone,” she said.

Peotter said two women who were trying to get an autograph from another player, who was at the club with his wife, swore at the player. Another fan grabbed Barnett’s arm and asked for an autograph, she said.

One of the bartenders told Peotter that a woman threw a drink at Barnett shortly before a woman was shoved or fell to the ground. Peotter said it wasn’t clear if it was the same woman involved in both incidents.

Barnett, 26, was jailed briefly early Sunday after the incident at the club, and Appleton police Sgt. Pat DeWall said Thursday that officers investigating the case still are conducting witness interviews. He said the department hopes reports can be sent to Outagamie County District Attorney Carrie Schneider’s office early next week.

Schneider said it will be a week or more after she receives the report from police before she decides whether to charge Barnett.

“That’s if I need additional follow-up and need to talk to witnesses any more,” Schneider said.

Packers public relations director Jeff Blumb said the team would decline comment on the issue other than the extensive comments Packers coach Mike McCarthy made earlier in the week.

“I don’t know if there is much we can say that he hasn’t said anyway,” Blumb said.

McCarthy said he has discussed the incident with Barnett. The team is concerned because of the NFL’s new, stringent personal-conduct policy that allows the commissioner to suspend players for a wide range of illegal or untoward behavior off the field.

“I’m not going to sit here and go through the specifics of the incident,” McCarthy said Monday. “But there’s two sides to every story. I’ve listened to his side and we’ll let the process take its course.”

[MadtownPacker]

McCarthy said he has discussed the incident with Barnett. The team is concerned because of the NFL’s new, stringent personal-conduct policy that allows the commissioner to suspend players for a wide range of illegal or untoward behavior off the field.

This is all starting to sound much better but we have seen that suspension is still a concern even if he isn't charged. I think he will get by on this one but he better watch out cuz he won't get a break on the second one.

[BEARMAN]

If he gets suspended, but that jackass Mike Vick Dosen't get suspended...I'll be one pissed off biatch!

I suspose it is better to be pissed off then pissed on ...

[PackerBlues]

This is all starting to sound much better but we have seen that suspension is still a concern even if he isn't charged. I think he will get by on this one but he better watch out cuz he won't get a break on the second one.

Ya, especially if the 2nd time is like this:

Barnett gets suspended for four games, and we have to watch Hodge learn how to play in coverage.

Next, Barnett looks at the four game suspension as a chance to hang out with Koren Robinson. They fly down to Atlanta, Pick up Micheal Vick and Pacman Jones . The four of them go to Vicks house to do some betting on a dog fight that Vick has set up . While they are there, they have a few beers , slap a few women around , smoke some weed, and have a grand old time . Until the cops show up . Then, they all hop into a car and put Koren Robinson behind the wheel, and they let Pacman ride "shotgun" . You can just imagine what would happen from there.....

[BEARMAN]

Looks like you cheeseheads have PoPo problems of your own ! LMFAO !

4 game suspension.... more like 10 !

Who's defence is gonna suffer more ? ROTFFLMFAO !

Oct. 7th is looking mighty fine !

[GrnBay007]

4 game suspension.... more like 10 !

Hardly!!! Lets see, his 1st "criminal" (haha) offense is jaywalking....and 2nd this. Hmmmm......he looks like a saint next to Tanky boy.

[oregonpackfan]

Quick poll!

How many interceptions do you think Rex Grossman will throw on Oct. 7th?

Bearman, I will let you have the first estimate.

[GrnBay007]

Quick poll!

How many interceptions do you think Rex Grossman will throw on Oct. 7th?

Bearman, I will let you have the first estimate.

0

Silly you! :P He'll be on the ground too much to throw any interceptions!!!

[MJZiggy]

That's assuming he isn't broken by then. The nickname Glassman fits him so well...