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I am certainly no Dallas Cowboys fan, and I thoroughly enjoyed the beat down they suffered at the hands of the Eagles on the last weekend of the NFL regular season.However, I am glad that the Cowboys finally cut ties with ‘Pacman’ Jones, not necessarily because the Cowboys will be better off without him, but because the NFL, as a whole, will be better off without him.  The NFL doesn’t need players like him, troublemakers wreaking havoc while having little appreciable value on the field.

I admire Commissioner Roger Goodell for taking a strong stance against players like Jones, with the lengthy suspensions among other things.  But I can only hope that in this instance Goodell doesn’t need to get involved again.  I hope that all NFL teams give Jones an unofficial permanent ban from the league and refuse to sign him or even entertain the thought of giving him yet another chance.

I believe in giving people a real chance to straighten themselves out and change, but Jones has been given his chance (over and over) and has shown no desire or willingness to change.

Think about it, if I had a high profile corporate or government job and I was arrested six times and involved in twelve instances where police had to be called, in about 3 1/2 years, how long would I keep my job?  Keep in mind that several of these arrests and incidents involved shootings and other physical altercations.  Would I still have my job at this point?  No, and I would have been fired long before.  And no one else would even dare touch me, much less give me a high profile position.

You’ve had more than you’re fair share of chances, Pacman. It’s time to go.

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