Marshawn Kneeland

[supafreak84]

Certainly not trying to turn this political, but it's what the NFL is best at, so...I just watched the NFL have a moment of silence before the Thursday night game for Kneeland, who killed himself after being in a pursuit with the cops and crashing his car. Like...why? Why do they choose to celebrate or recognize people who break the law and/or do stupid shit? Today's NFL and the causes or people they choose to support blows my mind

[Zanary]

It's still a pretty disturbing death of a kid who has the dream job, has the slews of support people, and still manages to have a very final meltdown.

I'm not sure what the response should be, really.

[supafreak84]

It's still a pretty disturbing death of a kid who has the dream job, has the slews of support people, and still manages to have a very final meltdown.

I'm not sure what the response should be, really.

Agreed, but a moment of silence...really!? For a guy who broke the law and was running from the cops? Lol. The NFL is just completely ass backwards at this point.

[SFVikingFan]

Sounds to me more like a mental health crisis ending in suicide than any sort of criminal activity. I don't have a problem with a moment of silence for the guy.

[StickierBuns]

For me, I really don't care. I don't get outraged over everything. I do think ESPN is extremely liberal-minded in a way that panders hardcore to every shifting wind of cultural 'correctness', but what else would I expect from ratings chasing whores? I have my opinion internally and if I don't like it, I just move on or ignore it. Getting mad at what I see on television is like yelling at a cloud.

[Waterboy]

Agreed, but a moment of silence...really!? For a guy who broke the law and was running from the cops? Lol. The NFL is just completely ass backwards at this point.

Somewhere along the line the cops became the bad guys for half of this society.  It's led to a bad place that honestly this country may never recover from.  When law and order is optional in society, it goes away.  I'm guessing the guy had other issues going on, but yeah this shouldn't be honored in any way, shape, or form.

[IceRatz16]

For me, I really don't care. I don't get outraged over everything. I do think ESPN is extremely liberal-minded in a way that panders hardcore to every shifting wind of cultural 'correctness', but what else would I expect from ratings chasing whores? I have my opinion internally and if I don't like it, I just move on or ignore it. Getting mad at what I see on television is like yelling at a cloud.

[Vikesrock]

Certainly not trying to turn this political, but it's what the NFL is best at, so...I just watched the NFL have a moment of silence before the Thursday night game for Kneeland, who killed himself after being in a pursuit with the cops and crashing his car. Like...why? Why do they choose to celebrate or recognize people who break the law and/or do stupid shit? Today's NFL and the causes or people they choose to support blows my mind

I don't disagree at all with this, but I will say, my guess is it is more focused on losing a brother in the NFL then what he did.  You play football, you are in an exclusive club.  It's no different then when your idiot sibling does something stupid.  You still think they are an idiot, but you mourn them because they were family.  I know the NFL pushes politics all the time, but that wasn't my feeling here.  I just think it was shocking, it was one of their NFL brothers and regardless of what they thought of his actions, they lost one of their own, so they used their stage to mourn that.

[JR44]

Certainly not trying to turn this political, but it's what the NFL is best at, so...I just watched the NFL have a moment of silence before the Thursday night game for Kneeland, who killed himself after being in a pursuit with the cops and crashing his car. Like...why? Why do they choose to celebrate or recognize people who break the law and/or do stupid shit? Today's NFL and the causes or people they choose to support blows my mind

How about learning all the facts before indeed making it political, which you do often.  Kneeland was suffering from severe mental illness and had expressed suicidal thoughts well before this incident.  The night he killed himself he had told his family he was going to kill himself, it is unclear of the timeline and if it was before or after a routine traffic stop, not that it matters.  You post is completely based on assumptions and your own perceptions.  This was not as you are trying to portray it.  What happened was a complete tragedy, a young man had been suffering and needed help and tragically leaves his family, a girlfriend and teammates.  It is heartbreaking and the moment of silence was very appropriate.  We have seen it with our own players with Griffin, Underwood and others how mental illness can destroy lives. 

The lack of empathy and jumping to conclusions and demonstrating personal prejudicial view is really disappointing and disturbing.  This is a time to recognize how widespread mental illness is in our society and to be aware of others in your life who may need support.

[purplefaithful]

Some very good points made across the board...

Ive learned (the hard way) to wait for all the facts to come-out b4 casting a judgement and reaching a conclusion.

Look, each and every one of us makes a personal decision to go through life either leading with mistrust & anger or patience and goodwill, a very personal call.

This sad situation reeks of mental illness and a 24 year old who met his maker way too soon.