The media scares me sometimes

The Chicago Bears decided to cut one of my favorite Michigan football players this week after signing an expensive Pro-Bowler in his place. David Terrel was released after not living up to the expectations placed on the 8th pick of the draft (1st WR taken off the board that year). But wait, was there more to the decision beyond his lack-luster statistics? It seems so as the Associated Press claims that Terrel has had off the field problems as well. Usually when you hear this you think he beat his girl friend or had a substance abuse problem, but no, in Terrel's case it was much worse. Turns out Terrel "pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license, failure to stay in his lane and failure to yield." Whoa, I don't want someone who made a bad move entering traffic on my football team either.

Seriously though, who are we kidding? I don't think the traffic ticket has anything to do with his release, but does the AP think it does? Is there even any reason to report this? Had he been driving drunk, then sure, but it turns out he must just be a bad driver. For all the times I have dreampt of being famous, I realize that coverage by the media (especially if you consider US weekly to be media) is not always worth it, and hell, makes me glad I don't live in England.