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I may talk a lot of smack about ESPN, but every now and then they put on some very entertaining television. Occasionally they team up Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith to argue with each other and I LOVE it.

The topic of Friday’s show was Pacman Jones and how black athletes tend to be under the spotlight for off the field troubles more than their white counterparts. Stephen A Smith raised the point that since white people make up the majority of this country, big businesses (including the NBA & NFL) have to cater to the viewing public (i.e. white people), and therefore black athletes must conform to what “the viewing public” finds favorable.

It’s a really good discussion, check out the video below. (lasts about 4 minutes long)

This issue is not as simple as “don’t get arrested”, because there are plenty of black athletes who stay out of legal trouble, yet face tremendous criticism (Floyd Mayweather, Chad Johnson).
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I don’t get it.

I don’t understand the reason why someone like Pacman Jones (who was suspended almost 2 year by Roger Goodell for bad behavior), would get into an altercation with his bodyguard not even 60 days after he was reinstated. When Pacman was allowed back into the league, he was told on no uncertain terms that his leash was extremely short, and it would be in his best interests to chill out.

Obviously the suspension, lost wages, mentoring from Deion Sanders, and threats of a lifetime ban hasn’t fully sunk in just yet, because Pacman is still getting into trouble.

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones got into a fight with one of his security guards at a downtown Dallas hotel on Wednesday morning, according to Dallas police.

Dallas Deputy Chief Vince Golbeck told the Dallas Morning News police were called to the scene at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Chief Golbeck told the News he thought Jones was staying at the hotel and may have been drinking.

There was no police report filed regarding the incident. No one was arrested and no one will be charged in connection with the fight.

Is this a serious offense? Absolutely not. Nobody got hurt and I’m sure the entire thing was squashed between Pacman and the bodyguard in a matter of hours (or will be very soon). But this does speak volumes in terms of recognizing that Jones just doesn’t “get it” yet. I fear all that talent will be wasted because he simply can’t get his head on straight.

With Terrence Newman injured right now, this would be Pac’s perfect chance to shape up and shine on the field…. hopefully he will.

During an interview with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Deion Sanders a few weeks back, Deion mentioned that Snoop Dogg said hip hop needs an authority figure like Mr. Goodell to oversee things.

While I typically disagree with Roger, I do respect his ability to frighten young black men more than anyone on earth not wearing a badge. So I present to you, a list of things that would happen under Roger’s reign in rap music.

If Roger Goodell were the commissioner of hip hop….

DMX would be banned - So lets get this straight….. he hasn’t released a good album OR a good movie since Aaliyah passed away, he doesn’t know who Barack Obama is, and he’s been arrested five times this year alone??? Roger wouldn’t stand for such foolishness.. BANNED.

If Roger Goodell were the commissioner of hip hop….

You wouldn’t be allowed to diss legends unless you have more than 2 hit albums - Am I the only hip hop fan who gets sick of headlines like “Jim Jones disses Jay-Z”, or “Yung Berg hates 2pac” or something else equally foolish? Who decided it was okay to give these clowns attention? Hip hop culture doesn’t respect it’s elders and Roger simply wouldn’t go for it.

If Roger Goodell were the commissioner of hip hop….

“Video Vixens” can’t release any more tell-all books - It was okay at first, but how many more books are we going to have to endure in this genre? Okay, you gave Lil Wayne head at Summer Jam, now do you have anything else noteworthy to say?… I didn’t think so. Uncle Roger don’t love dem hoez.
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