Hometown boy turned NFL linebacker Rey Maualuga is being charged with a DUI and reckless driving.
From ESPN:
Covington police spokesman Spike Jones says Maualuga hit a parking meter and two parked cars early Friday with his 2003 Pontiac. There was minor damage.
Rey Maualuga, who plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, also faces an NFL fine of up to $50,000.
dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb
You said it, Outsider!
Aww sheesh Rey, ya got be better than that.
Rey is the victim of an uncaring, racist society. That’s why he was arrested. A white player under the same circumstances would have been given a ride home in a police car.
He’s made the big time now. There are pics up at the site http://www.tmz.com.
He drank, he drove, he’s gotta pay his dues. Dummy!
I can’t believe that race card shit. Whine all you want while he wined all he wanted.
Football? Oh yeah, that preening distraction.
A 2003 Pontiac?? He was driving a 2003 Pontiac? On purpose? He needs a new agent.
Damn, hate to see this. That broken ankle must have healed well enough for him to drive. Damn shame.
We need Spike Jones to come be our police spokesman.
Ha ha about Spike Jones!!! That’s funny!
anon 1:00pm what is with the race card? Do you think he was acting like a moslem?
Brilliant publicity stunt. Next, he should get busted for possession.
I’m not getting the “spike jones” stuff…am I too old and my only “spike jones” history is with the “city slickers?” Damn, it’s getting hard to keep up!
I think Anon 1:00 p.m. wrote that with sarcasm in mind, but I could be wrong.
Some people take forever to learn the lessons others pick up in kindergarten and grammar school. This spoiled fellow doesn’t understand the simple lessons he should have learned long ago and will continue to suffer from his juvenile behavior and level of maturity until he does. He has a gift and has taken risks to leave it all behind. One of these mistakes could be the end of his dreams. Why are so many like him?
Mr Goodwrench nailed it. Why the 2003 Pontiac?
Doesn’t this guy make, like a million/year?
Fucken aye Rey. I have a better ride than you?….
I’m not even going to entertain the p.o.n.t.i.a.c. jokes.
According to today’s Times Standard the woman in the car with Rey (and two teen-aged girls) owned it. As common as this sort of thing is when success is thrust on ordinary mortals I’m surprised the NFL doesn’t furnish some sort of mentor to help the these newly-famed kids adjust.
Mr. Maualuga must have developed his driving skills while he was in Humboldt County.
One of those teenaged girls was 17. What’s up with that? Sounds like he needs a mentor or at least use his brain. This could have turned out much worse than it did. It really is too bad he did this.
I don’t think Mr. M has hit the big time as far as money is concerned yet, and perhaps he is actually being careful with his finances and not buying a new Porsche, etc. It would seem fitting though, seeing his behavior that he might have purchased a flashy car to go with his teen-age habits.
I like the mentor idea- it would be smart for the teams and help with liabilities.
There is something about the “jock” mentality that makes them susceptible to the belief that they are entitled to special privileges, and long before they even get close to the big time. It is fostered in school where they are “stars” and get preferential treatment by their fellow students and faculty, names on the front page of local newspapers, etc. I have never seen the Honor Society or Dean’s List published on the front page of the newspaper. Maybe if we gave our academic “stars” more public recognition it would diminish that lavished on jocks and might even have a positive effect on the quality of education for all. Isn’t that the purpose of schools?
I see it that way too. My kids enjoyed being jocks to a degree and competing made them understand teamwork, blah blah and hard physical work, but we always made sure they understood that academics was the focus and sports were for fun and health. Even my friends whose kids played D-1 in college emphasized brains and character over brawn and it pays off in so many ways- even their sports level has a higher success rate when stars are recognized for being good people and using their athletic success in a positive manner instead of simply financial and celebrity status.
I have a few friends who were educated in European schools who are appalled at the amount of time our schools allow for extracurricular activities like sports and social events. Apparently their schools concentrated on education and left the rest for families to provide. In these days of ever shrinking school budgets and shameful academic results, that might not be a bad idea.
Please forgive the long post…
Sports is no different than any other classroom. When “coaches” take certain kids and play only them, while shutting other kids out, it’s the same as taking kids in a math class and only working with the ones that are already good at math and can give you a high grade percentage, or whatever.
I witnessed this in a really small school. The “Coach” didn’t know the first thing about basketball. Well, so what. But what wasn’t ok was that they didn’t know anything about childhood development either. I saw these kids all playing as equals all during the summer. but as soon as the season started, the kids that already knew how to play were elevated to “Star” status, while the other kids were regulated to “loser” status. I saw some kids completely loose their self-confidence. This “Coach” only played the same six kids all the time, no matter the score, no matter the team. It damaged those kids. I have never been so angry and frustrated at any action at a school before or since.
Of course trying to point out the stupidity of caring so much about “Winning” that you damage kids in the process. Not to mention the so-called “Stars” get a false sense of worth that is not based on their character. Anyway, the ‘abuser’ gets a total pass by accusing you of “just upset because his son didn’t get to play.” Well yes, that’s part of it. Since I have observed all the kids involved, for years, and I know they are all pretty much equal in talents. Some just have more experience than others.
So here’s my point. The kids that already know how to play, get to play. And experience makes them better. The kids that do not yet know how to play, are benched, and never get to play. Therefore they don’t improve, and the “Coach” claims he’s right about those kids not being good players. this happens at every level. And it sucks.
“Jocks” are the victims of this process. I think it takes a really, really strong and caring family to balance out the child abuse that takes place on elementary, and high school sports fields. It’s just a classroom. and the idea is to build up a kid’s confidence. Not destroy it because your too damn lazy to actually “Teach” the sport to kids who may not have ever played it.
Just for the record, my “benched” son rides a 125 two-stroke motorcycle, is a snow-boarder, rides horses, has been to Europe, is planning on going Sky-diving this summer. And some ignorant B-word who thinks 7th grade basketball is the NBA, was trying to label my kid as a loser; without even an opportunity to try? Am I defensive of my kid? You betcha. But on a team with 12-16 players. only 6 kids played at all, all season.
What does the above blog have to do with the behavior and consequent arrest of RM? Sorry to hear you and your child had such a bad experience in 7th grade basketball. You probably won’t have to worry about him making it in professional sports like Rey. Hopefully he won’t do the stupid thing that Rey did when he’s in his early twenties. Enough said.
Kids learn as much from playing sports as they do attending history class when sports are done right.
They learn to strive, achieve, teamwork, pushing yourself physically. Besides, have you looked at how many teenagers are obese these days? Kids need more sports, not less. Sports also give kids an outlet for all that adrenaline.
And for crying out loud Plain Jane, maybe if you had more fun & played more sports you would be a happier person today.
And MovieDad, your problem isn’t with school sports but perhaps with one particularly bad coach. Competition is good, kids should be taught to learn to try & win. But some coaches go overboard when it is with the very young kids.
Once the kids hit Junior High, the fact the better kids play more is also a valuable lesson in life. There are other outlets like Little League, Humb Youth Soccor league and the Hoopster’s league.
The connection is that the expectation of special privileges is built and nurtured on the sports field starting when they are children. Those with more experience get to play more, so of course, improve while those with less experience or skill fall further behind and the acclaim the stars receive can create over-sized egos. By college their sense of entitlement is part of their personality if they lacked guidance. If you’ve ever spent time at kids’ sporting events and seen the way some parents behave, you can understand why some of these athletes end up in serious trouble.
High, I did play sports as a child and coached them as an adult in a community organization. Most kids start team sports while in early elementary school in community organizations, not in school. As you noted, there are many organizations where kids can play sports unrelated to school and gym classes starting in middle school. School sports teams are unnecessary and too expensive in public schools today, especially since they are for only a small number of students.
Sorry about those disappointed kids. They will grow up and understand bigger truths.
Look, our culture (since the Greeks) is based and defined by domination though conquest. So victory on the battlefield is all important. Competitive athletics, as for the ancient Greeks, is a surrogate for military battle.
The skills and organization(team loyalty, sacrifice for the group, obey leadership but display initiative) for athletic games has exact parallels in the military. We have a warrior culture and popular sports reflect it. Since so often we’re reminded our personal freedoms are due only to past military victories, challenging the wisdom of winnowing out athletes at every level defies “common sense”. Victory in sports and military is what we’re all about.
Our culture is unsustainable. It’s time for the new, improved culture where success isn’t measured by who dies with the most toys.
I agree with your sentiments Jane, but success will always be defined to some degree by the “last woman standing”. There’s always a temptation to make ends meet by grabbing faster and keeping someone’s else’s mitts off stuff you might use later.
We’re personally the products of unprecedented affluence brought about by agricultural surpluses and large industrial economies of scale. Take away those things and there’d be less payoff for conquest. I personally don’t have the skills/knowledge/abilities to live another way, and despite claims by some hereabouts, I don’t think anyone else around here does either.
It really isn’t a choice, Sport. Nature bats last.
tee-tee:these comments have everything to do with the behavior of Mr. Malalauga (sp?) The culture that encouraged the traits you are now seeing is responsible for many of our sports icons misbehaving.
I also agree with Movie Dad- we don’t give the lesser abled sports kids chances as beginners. Many reach their potential later. I have athletic kids- several letterman jackets hang in our closets with all county stars on them. One of my kids who got possibly the most awards, including a letter in every sport played and a sport was played every season, was NO good in 6th grade. That kid attended a school that had a “no cuts policy” and turned into a gangbuster athlete in 8th grade- but would have been cut earlier had the coaches had their chance. That kid got the TOP athlete award in high school. If we had enrolled our kids in a “cut” school, that particular child’s sports career would have been OVER in junior high. No one ever would have known or seen that that child was an outstanding athlete.
Another child I have was more interested in music and making movies. A person has to find what interests them. Sports are certainly a great way to spend high school years, but it’s not the only way.
Sports taught my kids a lot , but most of all it taught us all that people develop at different rates and preparation for life can be learned in many different “fields”. Coaches can be mentors and character builders or they can be complete jackasses, and I have experienced both.
“Since so often we’re reminded our personal freedoms are due only to past military victories.”
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights were supposed to guarantee our ‘freedoms’. The Pentagon budget approaching $1 trillion is proof that we are not. Our freedom was paid for over 200 years ago. There have been no serious challenges to our freedom by another country in my lifetime. We could cut the Pentagon budget by two-thirds and still not worry about an invasion. The threat to our freedom has come from within. The transfer of wealth from the middle class is causing a lot of families across this country to go without enough food to eat. There are counties in the Midwest that are at 25% unemployment. Freedom to starve, to be sick, to freeze, to lose your home and your car is not freedom. But if you are young and healthy you can join the military. It is the only government jobs program that guarantees work and health benefits.
OMG what’s your point? Off topic
My point is that sports is just another part of the education process, and it should be treated that way. I see there is some agreement on this point.
agreed, and those responsible for our kids often have power over them and guide them in ways we disagree with. Sports can teach kids a lot. It’s all in the leadership!
Hey folks. The article was about a skilled professional athlete, with attached fame, who got arrested for drunk driving. It was NOT about anything else. Why do bloggers get so far off topic? Not too much in this article about 7th grade basketball players and their questionable coaches or the ability of kids to play sports, blah,blah blah. Rey made a bad decision, got caught, end of story.
My point was that schools don’t need sports teams. Kids learn about sports and exercise in gym class. They can participate in community teams for every sport without schools (the taxpayers) footing the bill. Increasing class sizes, laying off teachers and teachers aids while funding extracurricular activities for a minority of the students makes no sense.
Here’s a news article that describes conflicts between coaches, parents, and players in college sports.
I think it lays out the issues pretty well and shows that people have different ideas about the purpose of sports and feel passionately about their ideas. To me, the high degree of passion proves there’s an ideological basis behind how people view sports and that supports my earlier comments about the symbolism of sports in our culture.
Plain Jane–Again, this has nothing to do with a DRUNK DRIVING ARREST. Get off your soap box re: sports in school etc. That’s another subject altogether.
Rey has a few too many and the unwashed masses blog about the fucking military. I need a long nap.
Tee See, you see, there is a relationship. Athletes think they can do whatever they want and we are trying to figure out why. They go get unfair perks and think they are God Almighty just for for being good at a sport, and we as a society encourage it. See why he thinks he can act like a fool when he comes to town and why he “can’t be touched” when he gets behind the wheel?
Hey Tee-See, who made you the conversation cop? People talk about whatever the hell they want to talk about.
moviedad-Shouldn’t the blog sort of stay on subject? I’m hardly being a cop, since my comments at least are related to Reys’ predicament, right? Using your logic, why even have a subject to respond to? Just blah, blah, blah to your hearts content about anything that comes to your mind, right? I don’t think that’s the intent here. If I’m off base, so be it.
What the fuck, you are tryna make us stay on topic onna Heraldo blog? Psssssshhhhhh that ain’t gon happen.
If you are on topic with the original post you are most likely off topic with the comment thread. So, tee see, stay on topic, we are talking about school sports teams here. Personally, I like Georgetown.
You’re right, Mr. Nice. Blah, blah, blah. Topic? What topic? Let’s see, how about that Eureka football team? The Portland Trailblazers ain’t bad. Soccer’s fun too. Tiddly Winks used to be fun. I even heard marbles was fun. How’s the weather grab you? Boy, that was some earthquake! I’m looking forward to summer. Don’t forget to do your taxes by 4-15-10. Have fun.
No clue.
Y’all know betta than that. I guess they did win 29 games or whatever.
I never liked soccer. Too much dominance by chicano dudes. And chicanas for that matter. I prefer hacky sack as there is no accidental ball to the nutsack play in that game. Or at least it doesn’t hurt.
I never played the rest of that shit. We played with dice, hit each other in the chest game (aka chestasis… or however that’s spelled), and fat bank/skinny bank. That shit was fun. The triple play was to make your point, get someone to try to fade your fat bank right after that, and then punch them in the chest. Bad days were an ace out, lose your money, and get popped in the chest by some Andre the Giant lookin’ Samoan dude. Ah, the good ole days.
Fucking great shroom weather man.
Pssh, y’all dummies came running outside like some clucks thinking they heard the dopeman whistle. Ain’t y’all ever heard of falling debris? If a real earthquake hit this piece, half of y’all would get killed. Fucking take cover next time.
At the beginning of the year, government sends me a few blank envelopes and a friendly reminder that is all “Although there is no penalty for not filling out these estimated tax forms, ya best to fill this shit out and be fitna start paying up now, bitch.”
You too. Thanks for getting a handle on this Heraldo blog. See, isn’t this more productive than talking about some publicity stunting sports dude driving drunk? Next dude will get caught with a loaded gun in an airport or something, all Canseco style and shit, injecting Clenbuterol. All smoking bidis with Michael Vick.
Thanks for the enlightenment. I’ll sleep easier now. Although it’s possible that I’ll slip back into my old ways and attempt to stay on…. oops, I forgot–almost. By the way, I am having fun. Thanks.