Who among us wouldn't love to work at a job we loved that paid us scads of money as well?
That's what most pro athletes get to do, play sports plus get millions of bucks to do it. Why, then, do they seem to continually sabotage themselves by committing asinine deeds that get them into deep doo-doo?
A prime example of this is Washington Wizards players Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton. They recently made headlines for allegedly pulling guns on each other in the team's locker room. Although rumors prevail that it was over a supposed gambling debt, Arenas has claimed that he did it as a jest and was, at first, unremorseful.
The head honchos of the Wizards and the authorities evidently don't "get" his humor, however. As of this writing, he has been indefinitely suspended by the NBA and it looks like there is a strong possibility he may be arrested. Not only will he probably have to forfeit a contract that might have netted him $111 million, but he may end up spending time in the Big House.
While Arenas claims he kept a gun in the locker room for "protection", it's a lame explanation. Who was he protecting himself from in a locker room, the towel boy?
What an idiot!