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He killed a woman and her dog

While doing 156 mph on a city street.

[quote=Willmark post_id=1288075]While doing 156 mph on a city street.[/quote]While drunk.

The entire situation is a tragedy. From what I read it was completely out of character for Ruggs. No excuses to be made. One bad decision ended lives and ruined his.

Take football out of the equation on this one.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.....What he did was inexcusable....... but do we just discard someone for f[raiders_icon]cking up before they fully grow up?

If it was my son.....or yours....would you not want him to contribute to society?

He needs to dedicate his life going forward to educate those to not make the same mistake and if playing in the NFL would elevate that voice...who am I to cast a stone upon him?

[quote=Sold My Soul post_id=1288207]I'm not sure how I feel about this.....What he did was inexcusable....... but do we just discard someone for f[raiders_icon]cking up before they fully grow up?

If it was my son.....or yours....would you not want him to contribute to society?

He needs to dedicate his life going forward to educate those to not make the same mistake and if playing in the NFL would elevate that voice...who am I to cast a stone upon him?[/quote]Driving 156 miles an hour is not a “but….”
It’s a decision that he made.

And as far as “if it were my son?”

Imagine if it was your daughter who was killed.

[quote=Sold My Soul post_id=1288207]I'm not sure how I feel about this.....What he did was inexcusable....... but do we just discard someone for f[raiders_icon]cking up before they fully grow up?

If it was my son.....or yours....would you not want him to contribute to society?

He needs to dedicate his life going forward to educate those to not make the same mistake and if playing in the NFL would elevate that voice...who am I to cast a stone upon him?[/quote]Ask the girl and her dog

[quote=Willmark post_id=1288355]Driving 156 miles an hour is not a “but….”
It’s a decision that he made.

And as far as “if it were my son?”

Imagine if it was your daughter who was killed.[/quote]So if that was your son....and not your daughter....tell me how I should feel

[quote=Sold My Soul post_id=1288414]So if that was your son....and not your daughter....tell me how I should feel[/quote]I will take a swing. Duality is a real possibility. Lives were taken so that has to be accounted for. But the love of a child who made a grave thing is real as well. I would actually take a step back and realize that the son who did this must take responsibility for his actions and mourn the lives lost. I would distance myself from his actions and his punishment for his crimes. The reality is he gets to live on with his reality while she and her dog do not. He was stupid and it cost everyone but not equally. He got off cheap. Whatever he does the rest of his life that is a reality that must weigh into how he gets viewed. Life is tough, and being a famous person comes with harsh scrutiny. I do not like "cancel culture" but it is real and he may deal with some of that.

Tragic all the way around and all lives are lost or changed forever.


Having said that, there are some people that have a history of poor choices and behavior and when something like this happens, one can accept they finally must pay for their actions. There can be other scenarios where a person with no history of poor choices and are assets to their family and community and they go completely out of character and do something like this..........and I can feel a ton more empathy for that person.

At the end of the day, a poor choice was made, a woman is dead and a family has lost a loved one.

Sucks all around

I have much more sympathy for the family of the woman Ruggs killed because of his foolishness.

[quote=Sold My Soul post_id=1288414]So if that was your son....and not your daughter....tell me how I should feel[/quote]Actions have consequences. I’d always love my children. That doesn’t erase the act itself.

Lot of heavy-handed moralizing in here.

Jacobs personally knew Ruggs. Of course, he will have a personal reaction to seeing a friend and teammate idiotically crash his life.

Didn’t Jacobs wreck is car flying through the airport tunnel at 4am? Then got cleared of DUI somehow?