Chris Rainey in jail

I agree. The notion of a "spoiled punk" is not exactly alien to rookies in the NFL, after all. But there is a distinct inconsistency about how these things are dealt with, and frequently it is left for the teams to meat out the punishment. Which, if they have a star player, they really aren't going to. I know it would be unpopular - I remember Ben's suspension for bringing the game into disrepute was, for some, an example of how the league hates us - but the NFL needs to be more proactive in weeding this kind of nonsense out.

I'm not sure it comes down to that kind of either/or - after all, each case is different - but you're right that this "Steeler Way" idea is as much an ideal as it is a reality, and history bears this out.

 

now Rainey goes to new england and becomes a pro bowler

 

The cap hit would be so enormous that it would wreck the team.

 

They didn't get rid of James Harrison, and he got arrested for smacking his lady, they wouldn't get rid of Ben.

 

Yep, forgot about that one. And I think that pretty much proves my point. Team MVP beats his wife...nothing. Team scrub beats his girlfriend...off with his head. The double standard is obvious.

 

Oh yeah, and wasn't Harrison getting arrested the time that Rooney got on TV and made that pathetic excuse that he was just trying to take his kid to church?

 

on a positive note seems they see something on taamu otherwise he would have been released too while they understand rainey is nothing special

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap10...urgh-steelers-waive-chris-rainey-after-arrest

Gone. "rainey is no longer a member of the pittsburgh steelers"

 

A very thin silver lining!

 

This past year's draft has a curse or something.

1. Decastro - Missed most of season with Injury
2. Adams - Jury still out
3. Spence - Season ending Injury
4. Ta'amu - Rampage - GTA style.
5. Rainey - Slapped his GF, Rooney biatch slaps him - kicked off team
6. Clemons - Is he even on the practice squad?
7. Paulson - Well, we're getting a little something from him
7. Federick - Who?
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The jags grabbed Clemons off of our practice squad a few months ago. I don't think Frederick even made it through training camp.

 

I agree and thats my point. But this all was in response to someone saying that the Rooneys were giving notice because of it being a bad season...not the case.

 

I didn't know he also had two other issues with police this year (unrelated to hitting women).

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...un-ins-with-the-law-during-his-rookie-season/

 

Huh, also didn't know that Pouncey's family took Rainey in when he was in high school.

 

I guess Woodley took the video down on his facebook of the team on the plane, and Rainey was wearing those Gold leopard pimp pants. Maybe the guy is a pimp and the GF was one of his working ladies?

http://thesteelersfans.com/forums/s...t-Raineys-pants&highlight=Check+Raineys+Pants

 

i knew that and it saddens me that the (apparently) good example of Mike & Maurkice didn't do squat for that little **** :\

 

The 'appearance' of a double standard exists whether it is justified or not when it comes to the "Steeler Way". There may be more to this story but I am sure we will never know. I do know that I once was a huge fan of Ben's but since his actions I see him in a total different light and the Steelers as well. Still a big member of Steeler Nation since before any Super Bowl win and that won't change. Just my two cents.

 

Guess i'll be like some other's on here and ask..... Why is THIS in STEELERS TALK...

 

You're fooling yourself. After two accusations of rape a domestic violence charge is a guaranteed ticket out of town.

 

LOL
i get it, because Rainey isn't a Steeler anymore.

the thread was started before he got fired tho

 

So you're saying if they didn't get rid of him the first two times, they definitely will on the third??

 

Face it. It's a very different day and time. Even the old time Steelers weren't choir boys by any means but today I think it's even more challenging to find great talented young men of good character that know how to keep their names off of a police blotter. As a result the Steelers and all NFL teams for that matter can't be as picky as they used to be.