Dez Bryant "Agrees" to Behavior Guidelines with Cowboys

[EmpireWF]

Maybe they can throw Tennessee a bone with Britt, too?

The guidelines Bryant agreed to took effect Aug. 23 when the team returned to Dallas after three weeks of training camp in California, according to sources.

Sources say some of the rules Bryant must abide are as follows:

• A midnight curfew. If he's going to miss curfew, team officials must know in advance;

• No drinking alcohol.

• He can't attend any strip clubs and can only attend nightclubs if they are approved by the team and he has a security team with him.

• He must attend counseling sessions twice a week.

• A rotating three-man security team will leave one man with Bryant at all times.

• Members of the security team will drive Bryant to practices, games and team functions.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story...here-strict-team-mandated-guidelines-behavior

Grown ass men. :smh:

 

[Champ]

Giants should send Will Hill to hang out with him.

 

[Rayman]

Maybe they can throw Tennessee a bone with Britt, too?



Grown ass men. :smh:

Just like everyone assuming he slapped his own mother with his monstrous hands last month - it's just not that simple.

 

[ralaw]

It's amazing the amount of resources a team will invest In a talented player. I hope he gets it together, because on the field the dude is an absolute stud.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

That is absurd. Essentially controlling his life, and it shouldn't have to come to that. If I am a team paying an athlete like Bryant over a million each year, I expect him to keep himself out of trouble.

 

[Rudi]

Pretty sad that a grown man has to be given a set of guide lines like this.

 

[MrBill]

Pretty sad that a grown man has to be given a set of guide lines like this.

Being grown physically and being matured mentally are totally different things.

 

[ralaw]

That is absurd. Essentially controlling his life, and it shouldn't have to come to that. If I am a team paying an athlete like Bryant over a million each year, I expect him to keep himself out of trouble.

You should expect it, but if the player is talented enough and you've invested what the Cowboys have you have to try and make it work.

 

[Woy]

I would love for the Titans to enforce something like this on Britt.

 

[ragman]

Two things:

1. We know how well these rules worked for Pac-Man Jones, don't we?

2. Has anyone heard anything about these rules being in violation of the current CBA? These security people won't work for free. I assume the Cowboys will pay for it. Can they afford it?

 

[Rayman]

Two things:

1. We know how well these rules worked for Pac-Man Jones, don't we?

2. Has anyone heard anything about these rules being in violation of the current CBA? These security people won't work for free. I assume the Cowboys will pay for it. Can they afford it?

1) He's not QBert

2) He agreed to the rules himself

 

[BigBucs]

You should expect it, but if the player is talented enough and you've invested what the Cowboys have you have to try and make it work.

Or maybe they shouldnt have invested in him at all. They had just got rid of a player with character issues before bringing in Bryant. There is a reason teams like the Giants, Pats, Packers and Steelers are as successful as they are year in and year out while the Cowboys are nothing more than ESPN hype every season.

 

[Rayman]

Or maybe they shouldnt have invested in him at all. They had just got rid of a player with character issues before bringing in Bryant. There is a reason teams like the Giants, Pats, Packers and Steelers are as successful as they are year in and year out while the Cowboys are nothing more than ESPN hype every season.

Oh, you mean the teams that currently employ a criminal, a drunk driver, a guy who failed the league's drug test, a guy who punched his girlfriend in the face, and an (alleged) multiple time rapist?

Gotcha. :smugruss:

 

[BigBucs]

Oh, you mean the teams that currently employ a criminal, a drunk driver, a guy who failed the league's drug test, a guy who punched his girlfriend in the face, and an (alleged) multiple time rapist?

Gotcha. :smugruss:

No, I mean the teams that have accounted for 8 of the last 11 Superbowls.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

1) He's not QBert

2) He agreed to the rules himself

Did he have any other options though? Face possible suspension by the NFL if he and his team didn't come to some agreement? Have Garrett bury him on the depth chart?

I'll say it again, it's absurd for any team to have to do this for one player. There's not really another way to describe it.

 

[SethMode]

Oh, you mean the teams that currently employ a criminal, a drunk driver, a guy who failed the league's drug test, a guy who punched his girlfriend in the face, and an (alleged) multiple time rapist?

Gotcha. :smugruss:

That sounds like most of the memorable Cowboy rosters that I can think of.

 

[Rayman]

Did he have any other options though? Face possible suspension by the NFL if he and his team didn't come to some agreement? Have Garrett bury him on the depth chart?

I'll say it again, it's absurd for any team to have to do this for one player. There's not really another way to describe it.

What could the league suspend him for, though? I'm pretty sure if they punished him for not agreeing, that would be a direct violation of the CBA. (Although I suppose if that did happen and the NFLPA whined, Goodell would just smugly say that the NFLPA negotiated its' right to challenge any ruling the league made last year)

THe team is trying to protect its investment. His situation is just different, even by the low standards set by a lot of other "troubled" guys in the league. I think Michael Oher's situation growing up compares pretty close to it, but there was no rich white family to show up and save him, just the "family" that showed up when it started to become apparent that he could make some money.

There's no excuse for acting like an animal, no matter what environment you may have come from, but to his credit, he genuinely is trying to take the steps to better himself.

But let's stop pretending this guy is PacMan, Lawrence Taylor, Michael Irvin, Maurice Clarett, TO and Randy Moss all rolled into one. His transgessions to this point have been extremely minor (aside from throwing a 59/50 at his mother, of course). The issue is they pile up. He doesn't know how to act in public - that's the whole point of these "rules".

No, I mean the teams that have accounted for 8 of the last 11 Superbowls.

Proving that those teams' success has little to do with what their players are doing off the field.

That sounds like most of the memorable Cowboy rosters that I can think of.

Again, those teams won. Dallas has underachieved the past few years while being composed of a bunch of choirboys.

Character is overrated in this game. :smh:

 

[ralaw]

Or maybe they shouldnt have invested in him at all. They had just got rid of a player with character issues before bringing in Bryant. There is a reason teams like the Giants, Pats, Packers and Steelers are as successful as they are year in and year out while the Cowboys are nothing more than ESPN hype every season.

Cowboy hype goes far beyond ESPN. I don't have a problem with a team taking a troubled player, but teams should realize that the best way to deter them from doing anything stupid is to have strong leadership in the locker room.....the organizations you listed have an expectation and standard from within the players on the team.....this creates a sense of accountability on the players. The Cowboys have a weak locker room.

 

[BigBucs]

Yea, I was pretty much saying that without saying it. They have strong locker rooms because they dont deal with troubled players to begin with in addition to having head coaches that hold their players accountable and demand their respect. The Cowboys hasnt had any stability from a coaching standpoint for quite sometime, when they did bring in a no nosense head coach its still their owner/gm wanting to touch everything. He wants to be a star himself.

As for the hype coming from more than ESPN, believe me, I know. Just as many Cowboy fans in the DC metro are as there are Redskin fans.

 

[Acesuper]

Wow, Dez fucking HAM.