Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Larry Johnson- Was He Worth It?

I recently read an article written by Doug Tucker, a sports writer, who talked a lot about Larry Johnson and how he was such a high maintenance athlete while he was playing for the Kansas City Chiefs football team. From the moment he was drafted by the Chiefs to the moment of being released from the team, he has been benched a few times for violating team rules and suspended for violating the league's player-conduct policy. He also plead guilty on two counts of disturbing the peace and was sentenced to two years probation. One of the counts was because Johnson threw a drink on a woman and then the other count was because he pushed the head of another woman. He also refused to go to training camp due to him demanding more money which he eventually received. Even though Larry Johnson was a great football player (up until his foot injuries that caused him not to play as well as before) I wonder if it was really worth keeping him on the team as long as they did while putting up with his high maintenance attitude? Celeste Summers KIN332I.S2 T/Th 9:30.

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