http://haverkamp.com/taxonomy/term/226/9 en http://haverkamp.com/2007/06/26/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-becoming-a-great-man-in-20-minutes <p><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/06/25/bc.fbn.rookiesymposium.ap/index.html">SI.com - Goodell stresses conduct with NFL draft class</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Roger Goodell briefed all 255 members of this year's draft class Monday on the NFL's stricter conduct rules. Hours later, the Chicago Bears released troubled defensive tackle Tank Johnson in a move that most likely underscored the commissioner's message.</p> <p>"We're concerned about them as men," Goodell said at the league's rookie symposium in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., shortly before Johnson's release was announced. "How do they become not only great NFL players, but how do they become great men? How do they conduct themselves appropriately for the remainder of their life, not just when they're in the National Football League?"</p> <p>Goodell spent about 20 minutes with this season's draftees on that topic, mostly in a question-and-answer session.</p></blockquote> <p>20 <i>whole</i> minutes? Yeah. We can be sure this crop of draftees won't be filled with lawbreakers.</p> http://haverkamp.com/2007/06/26/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-becoming-a-great-man-in-20-minutes#comment athletes nfl pampered_miscreants Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:16:03 -0500 gregh 504 at http://haverkamp.com