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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 9:53:25 GMT -5
Also of note that this is while the XFL is insisting that if you have any criminal history of any kind you can't play there.
I see that policy falling to the wayside immediately anyway, because their league would probably be completely decimated of players by the time they finished a season, but still.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jul 25, 2019 10:03:17 GMT -5
Also of note that this is while the XFL is insisting that if you have any criminal history of any kind you can't play there. I see that policy falling to the wayside immediately anyway, because their league would probably be completely decimated of players by the time they finished a season, but still. To be honest the XFL have gone away from that rule being that they where willing to take on Manzel if he fit in to the bill.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 10:06:51 GMT -5
Drink driving and risking innocent people’s lives and then laughing about it on Raw.
What a prick.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jul 25, 2019 10:08:09 GMT -5
If he hit someone and killed them, what would that be? Manslaughter?
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jul 25, 2019 10:16:22 GMT -5
If he hit someone and killed them, what would that be? Manslaughter? dui.drivinglaws.org/penalty-for-killing-someone-while-drunk-driving.htmVehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter. Lots of states have laws that are specific to driving-related unlawful killings. For example, in Florida, a motorist can be convicted of "vehicular homicide" for causing the death of another while driving in a "reckless manner." The vehicular homicide statute applies to all killings that result from driving in a reckless manner—not just those that involve driver intoxication. Generally, a Florida vehicular homicide conviction is a second-degree felony and carries up to 15 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 in fines. Florida law also provides a DUI enhancement that makes a DUI-related killing a second- or first-degree felony. So, for DUI-related killings, Florida prosecutors can choose whether to charge vehicular homicide, the DUI-death enhancement, or both. California, on the other hand, doesn’t have a DUI-death enhancement (unless multiple victims were killed or injured) but does have vehicular manslaughter laws specific to DUI-related offenses. A California DUI offender who—with negligence or gross negligence—violates a traffic law or does a lawful act which might produce death in an unlawful manner and kills another person can be charged with “negligent vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated” or “gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.” Depending on the circumstances, a convicted motorist faces four years to life in prison. Manslaughter and murder. Even if a state has laws that specifically apply to driving- or DUI-related killings, someone who kills another while driving under the influence can typically be convicted of a more general crime—like involuntary manslaughter or second-degree murder.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 25, 2019 10:16:58 GMT -5
WWE should really take action about this. He is a way from being a Kurt Angle, but maybe they should nip this bud while they can. I mean, they should... But if they fire him, he might go to AEW so... That's how you avoid him being Angle. Get him some help now before he becomes the kind of person you need to fire because he would rather risk death than get help.
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Post by salz4life on Jul 25, 2019 10:19:21 GMT -5
Right after they made fun of him/them for it? Good Lord......
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Jul 25, 2019 10:20:19 GMT -5
Y'know. I was going to make a joke. The thread title says it all....
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 25, 2019 10:20:22 GMT -5
I mean, they should... But if they fire him, he might go to AEW so... That's how you avoid him being Angle. Get him some help now before he becomes the kind of person you need to fire because he would rather risk death than get help. I agree. The problem I feel is that this is almost a decade wide problem they have, some of it caused by their developmental system being in the part of Florida where DUIs are given like candy, apparently. So if they didn't do anything about it back then, or even recently, what are they going to do about it now?
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Post by Some Guy on Jul 25, 2019 10:20:40 GMT -5
Drunk since! Day one ish! Seriously though, fire this asshat at this point. Come on. For one DUI in six years? You can do a small fine ($250,000 is absolutely ridiculous for a guy that doesn't make THAT much) and maybe a small suspension, but firing a dude over this is incredibly stupid. He also probably doesn't need help, one DUI after several years of not having any is not indicative of a problem. His arrest earlier this year was mostly bullshit and that's why charges went away.
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Post by The Trashman on Jul 25, 2019 10:21:36 GMT -5
Drunk since! Day one ish! Seriously though, fire this asshat at this point. Come on. For one DUI in six years? You can do a small fine ($250,000 is absolutely ridiculous for a guy that doesn't make THAT much) and maybe a small suspension, but firing a dude over this is incredibly stupid. He also probably doesn't need help, one DUI after several years of not having any is not indicative of a problem. His arrest earlier this year was mostly bullshit and that's why charges went away. Any DUI means you have a problem.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 10:24:45 GMT -5
Drunk since! Day one ish! Seriously though, fire this asshat at this point. Come on. For one DUI in six years? You can do a small fine ($250,000 is absolutely ridiculous for a guy that doesn't make THAT much) and maybe a small suspension, but firing a dude over this is incredibly stupid. He also probably doesn't need help, one DUI after several years of not having any is not indicative of a problem. His arrest earlier this year was mostly bullshit and that's why charges went away. Someone could have died and it's not the first time he's taken that risk. Get rid of him. While we're on the subject Jeff Hardy should've been fired last month for the same reason.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Jul 25, 2019 10:25:11 GMT -5
Well, yeah, they should definitely look at disciplining this talent, but *looks at Jimmy's real last name* ooop, nope, he's one of the made men, step on up and collect you and your brother's new tag team titles, Jimmy!
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jul 25, 2019 10:28:22 GMT -5
Drunk since! Day one ish! Seriously though, fire this asshat at this point. Come on. For one DUI in six years? You can do a small fine ($250,000 is absolutely ridiculous for a guy that doesn't make THAT much) and maybe a small suspension, but firing a dude over this is incredibly stupid. He also probably doesn't need help, one DUI after several years of not having any is not indicative of a problem. His arrest earlier this year was mostly bullshit and that's why charges went away. Yeah! He only could've killed someone, what's the big deal? Human life is meaningless, UCE-OH!
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Post by hbkid718 on Jul 25, 2019 10:31:09 GMT -5
I guess The Usos are beating The Revival for the Tag Team Titles at SummerSlam if any indication of how WWE responds to this are the same as his last DUI.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jul 25, 2019 10:34:41 GMT -5
I guess The Usos are beating The Revival for the Tag Team Titles at SummerSlam if any indication of how WWE responds to this are the same as his last DUI. That's going to be tough though since the Revival are still on their tag title run for requesting a release so it's going to be interesting to see which one wins out.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 25, 2019 10:36:45 GMT -5
I guess The Usos are beating The Revival for the Tag Team Titles at SummerSlam if any indication of how WWE responds to this are the same as his last DUI. That's going to be tough though since the Revival are still on their tag title run for requesting a release so it's going to be interesting to see which one wins out. I mean, I don't know about you but the answer is obvious to me. Luke Harper and Rusev. They both want to leave, only makes sense.
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Post by Some Guy on Jul 25, 2019 10:38:12 GMT -5
Come on. For one DUI in six years? You can do a small fine ($250,000 is absolutely ridiculous for a guy that doesn't make THAT much) and maybe a small suspension, but firing a dude over this is incredibly stupid. He also probably doesn't need help, one DUI after several years of not having any is not indicative of a problem. His arrest earlier this year was mostly bullshit and that's why charges went away. Someone could have died and it's not the first time he's taken that risk. Get rid of him. While we're on the subject Jeff Hardy should've been fired last month for the same reason. Jeff Hardy wasn't driving or putting anybody in danger. If he has a recurrence of an issue, then you definitely don't fire a dude for that, you make sure he gets some help. Come on. For one DUI in six years? You can do a small fine ($250,000 is absolutely ridiculous for a guy that doesn't make THAT much) and maybe a small suspension, but firing a dude over this is incredibly stupid. He also probably doesn't need help, one DUI after several years of not having any is not indicative of a problem. His arrest earlier this year was mostly bullshit and that's why charges went away. Yeah! He only could've killed someone, what's the big deal? Human life is meaningless, UCE-OH! Oh yeah, that's what I said. The thing is he did not kill anybody, the end. Nobody got hurt at all, and it was just a very stupid thing to do. You want to prevent it from happening again, you suspend him and talk with him about it/make sure he doesn't drive for a while to the point of having a travel buddy with him if Naomi can't be around. If he has a full blown problem with alcohol, you get him rehab. Endless punishment is stupid and solves nothing, no matter the endless thirst to see people face meaningless punishment that actually makes recurrence of the issue worse.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Jul 25, 2019 10:38:24 GMT -5
I get WWE probably can't legally force anyone to go to rehab, but short of firing Jimmy, is there anything they can do to get him to clean up his act? I doubt fining him is going to do shit.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Jul 25, 2019 10:41:53 GMT -5
Yeah! He only could've killed someone, what's the big deal? Human life is meaningless, UCE-OH! Oh yeah, that's what I said. The thing is he did not kill anybody, the end. No. That's not the end. Because he's done it before and gone on to laugh about it. So he doesn't give a f***. He could've hurt someone. There's no indications that he won't go out and do it again. You're hand-waving away what he did and that's abhorrent.
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