Little solace

I've been waiting a long time to post something about this. Browns receiver Donte Stallworth killed a pedestrian while allegedly driving drunk a couple months back. This is a sad, appalling story. But hopefully the NFL is taking this seriously, at least according to this article that just appeared on Yahoo. One of the biggest travesties of all time involves Rams defensive lineman Leonard Little, who was drunk 10 years ago when he killed another driver in a car accident. The NFL treated the incident with a shrug--Little served an eight-game suspension. He's since enjoyed a long career, the horrific accident increasingly becoming a footnote. Sure, he shouldn't be punished forever. But society shouldn't forget about it either.