Jets place faith in Clowney off-field
Julia Fisher
Issue date: 7/23/10 Section: Sports
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The Super Bowl is a dream come true for sports writers and commentators nationwide. The media rushes to the scene every year to watch the winning team pour ice cold Gatorade on their ecstatic coach.
However, with only one Super Bowl per year, this poses the question as to what stories there are to cover the other 364 days.
The answer is simple: write about the players.
Though there are regular and post-season games, writing reports about them isn't nearly as juicy and rewarding as writing about the players.
This is where the trouble-making, law-breaking and over the top players come in.
One name that comes to mind is the former Pittsburgh Steeler Santonio Holmes. The wide receiver and past Super Bowl XLIII MVP has managed to get himself in a pickle or two, to say the least.
Holmes has received a ban for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. Though this ban became known in mid-April, this is not the first time Holmes has butted heads with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
The prominent football player got in trouble for marijuana possession. Though getting in trouble for marijuana seems straight forward, it does not necessarily mean that Holmes tested positive. Players can be suspended from the league for merely missing a scheduled drug test.
Due to his past misdemeanors, Holmes is suspended for the first four games of the 2010 NFL year without pay.
All past records aside, it is safe to say that Holmes has a better track record on the field than off.
With that said, it appears as though there is a light at the end of the tunnel for Holmes. That light is his new teammate, New York Jets receiver David Clowney.
Though Clowney has not made much of an impact in the football world, he has certainly made a dent in the countries he has served.
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Seriously?
posted 7/23/10 @ 1:51 PM EST
Why are you writing about a New York Jets player for a Drexel University student newspaper in PHILADELPHIA?!?! For real?
I give you credit for doing a nice job with the piece, but I'd prefer to read something about Kevin Kolb or DeSean Jackson if you are going to write about the NFL. (Continued…)
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