I think the violence was quite simply about criminality, about people intent on seizing an opportunity to pick up on some of the tensions that had evolved during this week.
I feel a sense of sorrow that we have lost someone from the community, that innocent people in the area have been attacked and injured and that one of our colleagues was shot.
He`s a very smart football player. He knows this offense. The big thing he had to do was get on the field, in pads, against this top-flight group of defensive backs and get used to the high level of competition.
He was a commercial spokesman and a barely adequate actor. That means he needs ... public acceptance, and if he doesn`t get public acceptance, he doesn`t have much of a future if he wants to make any money.
He takes nothing for granted. There are other players that have gotten a lot of accolades their entire lives, and there`s always a point they can get to where they think they can coast. Mark doesn`t coast. Mark comes to work, he does well, he makes plays,...
I think the violence was quite simply about criminality, about people intent on seizing an opportunity to pick up on some of the tensions that had evolved during this week.
