ESPN.com is reporting that Chiefs’ running back Larry Johnson is at risk for facing yet another suspension after being in a physical altercation with a woman at a Kansas City nightclub. And yes, this would be Johnson’s second incident this year involving a physical altercation with a woman.
During the Chiefs’ recent bye week, Johnson was involved in a physical altercation with a woman at a Kansas City nightclub, sources told ESPN — the second such late-night incident he has found himself in this year. The incident is consistent with a pattern of off-field behavior that league sources expect will lead to a suspension for Johnson under the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
It’s unclear whether Johnson has been or will be charged in the incident.
“It’s just a matter of for how long,” one source said of a possible suspension.Johnson has been involved in at least three other incidents during his six-year NFL career; the bye week incident is his fourth — not third, as reported last week — and second of 2008. Each incident involved one or more of three common denominators: a female accuser, alcohol and a nightclub. In the case of the past three, it’s been all of the above.
I just don’t get it. How hard is it to not get into trouble off the field? How hard is it to not hit, push or do any kind of physical hard to a woman? Some of these athletes think that just because they play professional sports that normal society rules don’t apply to them. And Larry Johnson is one of them.
