JERRY JONES EXPLAINS SUPPORT FOR PACMAN
Posted by Michael David Smith on October 9, 2008, 6:35 p.m. EDT
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave a press conference today in which he offered support for cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones and suggested that he believes the skirmish between Jones and his bodyguard in a hotel restroom has been blown out of proportion.
“These guys were joking,” Jerry Jones said. “These guys were joking, were kidding, having fun, right up until almost the time they went into the restroom. It crossed over into more than that and it ended quickly.”
Jones also seemed to blame the bodyguard, an off-duty police officer who was hired by the team to babysit Jones.
“Candidly, it never occurred to any of us that he might have an incident that would be anywhere public, or close to being public, with an individual that was sitting there to keep that from happening,” Jones said. “But that’s what we’re dealing with here. So having said that, we need to get better there.”
But if Jerry is suggesting that the bodyguard is to blame, someone might want to suggest to him that, in reality, the Cowboys are to blame if “it never occurred” to anyone in the front office that Pacman might get into a fight with one of his paid babysitters. Pacman’s history shows that he doesn’t want to be reined in, and it’s not at all surprising that he’d eventually lash out at the people who are paid to rein him in.
When asked if alcohol was involved in the incident, Jerry Jones said, “The amount or nature of it — I do know that alcohol was served, I couldn’t verify who was and who wasn’t having a drink, but I do know that I was told first-hand by the witnesses that [Pacman’s] conduct should not be interpreted as over-drinking.”
Cowboys coach Wade Phillips added at his own press conference that the Cowboys know what happened and are satisfied that Pacman doesn’t deserve to be disciplined.
“We, as a club, investigated, and we have the facts,” Phillips said. “Our security people are looking at this, they’re accumulating the facts, and that’s as far as we need to go.”
That’s as far as the Cowboys need to go, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell may decide to go further.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave a press conference today in which he offered support for cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones and suggested that he believes the skirmish between Jones and his bodyguard in a hotel restroom has been blown out of proportion.
“These guys were joking,” Jerry Jones said. “These guys were joking, were kidding, having fun, right up until almost the time they went into the restroom. It crossed over into more than that and it ended quickly.”
Jones also seemed to blame the bodyguard, an off-duty police officer who was hired by the team to babysit Jones.
“Candidly, it never occurred to any of us that he might have an incident that would be anywhere public, or close to being public, with an individual that was sitting there to keep that from happening,” Jones said. “But that’s what we’re dealing with here. So having said that, we need to get better there.”
But if Jerry is suggesting that the bodyguard is to blame, someone might want to suggest to him that, in reality, the Cowboys are to blame if “it never occurred” to anyone in the front office that Pacman might get into a fight with one of his paid babysitters. Pacman’s history shows that he doesn’t want to be reined in, and it’s not at all surprising that he’d eventually lash out at the people who are paid to rein him in.
When asked if alcohol was involved in the incident, Jerry Jones said, “The amount or nature of it — I do know that alcohol was served, I couldn’t verify who was and who wasn’t having a drink, but I do know that I was told first-hand by the witnesses that [Pacman’s] conduct should not be interpreted as over-drinking.”
Cowboys coach Wade Phillips added at his own press conference that the Cowboys know what happened and are satisfied that Pacman doesn’t deserve to be disciplined.
“We, as a club, investigated, and we have the facts,” Phillips said. “Our security people are looking at this, they’re accumulating the facts, and that’s as far as we need to go.”
That’s as far as the Cowboys need to go, but NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell may decide to go further.
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