The fact that he's set himself up in such a situation, given his past history, shows he has yet to mature in his decision making. It's the same reason Roethlisberger is suspended even though he's not yet found innocent or guilty. Personal conduct policy. You can't tell me he's been a model citizen in that regard.
"all_about_da_packers" wrote:
Trom does have a point, actually.
When you say given his "past history," do you know of when Underwood was accused of rape before this incident? See your comparison with Big Ben falls apart because Ben actually had a history of inappropriately conducting himself around women.
We know that Underwood missed meetings and was late during college. That's totally different than having a history of putting yourself in a position to be brought forth on chargers of sexual assault.
Was Underwood incredibly stupid in putting himself in such a situation? Yes.
Does he have prior experience of understanding how to conduct himself around people given his status as a member of the Packers? Um, no. What I'm trying to say is that Underwood's history does show us that he is not the most mature of men, which is expected given his age.
Yeah, he cheated on his wife and that's wrong. But in all honesty, the Packers are not going to cut players based solely on his personal life. What he did him and his wife will handle, but the Packers really shouldn't factor that in to the decision on whether or not to keep him. Unless, of course, the game of football starts awarding points for faithfulness to one's spouse. If we were to compile a list of all things we don't want players who represent our organization to do, and stick to using it, then it's far to say that at least 1/2 of our current roster would be gone.
"TheEngineer" wrote: