It Doesn't Matter What They Do, Michael Vick and Pacman Jones Will Always Have Jobs

So I had this conversation yesterday with these idealists. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with idealism, but most of the time, idealists are blinded by reality and refuse to believe that their conceptual thoughts will do anything besides exist.

This being said, Pacman Jones came up at the table. Yeah, Pacman was at a strip-club in Atlanta, which reportedly wasn't the Cheetah. This tells you how stupid Pacman is anyway.

After some fellow patron wanted to dance with the evening's Ms. Pacman, the patron was fired upon by part of Pacman's entourage later that night. Pacman was not involved, but brought in for questioning. Turtle doesn't carry a Glock.

Now. Pacman is suspended for what, the entire next season? Yes, perhaps he deserves this. The NFL gets a bad rap from these characters and their shenanigans. But does that stop people from coming? Does this image really hurt the NFL? It gives us reasons to talk about it in June...and people still come to the games.

Why do they come to the games? To see the players of course.

I wanted to ask this person at the table, "Why did the Titans draft Vince Young?" To win? Yes. I was a huge fan of VY and didn't understand why Titans fans wanted Matt Leinart. I mean, I did, he's polished and a pro-style QB, but VY is a winner. His stats last year? Not too great, but like the aforementioned David Greene, he wins. That's what counts. Ask Leinart how many losses he had in college, and how many were thanks to VY.

The Titans also needed a spark. An exciting player on offense to get a buzz going and continue to put people in the stands. Young is one of the most exciting players in the league today. And he's only getting more exciting. Note: I didn't bring this up because I'm right, and the fellow patrons of the table in which I was sitting refuse to believe that anyone besides them is correct.

Pacman Jones is another one of those most exciting players in the league. So too is Michael Vick. Regardless of what they do off the field, what kind of "bad" publicity (any publicity is good publicity) they get from their antics, you're going to watch them play. Do you love watching Ray Lewis? Yeah, he killed people. With weapons, not just his facemask and stare. Even Michael Jordan had a book written about his gambling issues. Pretty sure the NBA has been pointless since he threw Fryon Bryon Russell out of the way to win Ring 6.

The point is...stop caring about what you think should happen to these guys. You're opinion doesn't matter. You don't put people in the stands. You don't make people buy DirecTv just to get NFL Sunday Ticket. Exciting players, regardless of their records, criminal records, do. Do these guys need to be punished? Of course they do. Is Jones' suspension a good thing? Maybe. I guarantee you LP, the namesake of the Titan's stadium isn't too happy about it. Any professional sport is a business. Business' don't work if they don't make money. Realize that.

Mark Cuban does...this is why I would guess he is going to buy a couple players like, or including Vick and Jones when it comes time to put together his UFL. Because Cuban knows you're going to watch them.