Saintman2884
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If you guys remember the Ray Lewis controversy in 1999 and the subsequent double murder trial that he was able to beat somewhat, One has to ask how has it effected Ray Lewis image and his persona in the NFL. I mean people looked at him as a great HOF LB who is arguably the LT of this generation and playing to 2 DPOY awards in his career in Baltimore with the Ravens, but has it inadverttenly effected him in other ways? I mean has he been looked on wiht suspicion and downright criticism for his suppose role in the nightclub incident in the weekend of the SB in 2000, I mean he has accomplished a great deal since then but has it come at a price?
I would think in a purely unbiased way it has effected him to some extents, he has been dogged by that trial pretty much since it happened 6 years ago and people think that he has parlayed that into a maniac cuthroat killer image on the field and that image has been marketed by some to be actaully liking the notoriety of that incident?
Its strange too becuase Ray Lewis has reformed a great dela since his younger wilder days at Maimi and as a rookie, and he has toned down his off the field antics to be a model citizen in the NFL. In fact he is probably one of the nicect guys in the NFL to meet in person and his charity is wideknown and he is a better person becuase of it.
But still in the back of some people;s minds that murder trial is his dark shadow that won go away, people wonder about his role in that crime and just think what he really did and suspicsion is still their.
What do you think guys?
Has his past been a bone around his neck? Has he gotten over that incident in Atlanta in 2000?
Or will he I suspect always have to live that down in some people's minds?
That he was tried for murder and almost lost his freedome because of it,
It would be hard to live that down that image for me personally on my take of the story
I would think in a purely unbiased way it has effected him to some extents, he has been dogged by that trial pretty much since it happened 6 years ago and people think that he has parlayed that into a maniac cuthroat killer image on the field and that image has been marketed by some to be actaully liking the notoriety of that incident?
Its strange too becuase Ray Lewis has reformed a great dela since his younger wilder days at Maimi and as a rookie, and he has toned down his off the field antics to be a model citizen in the NFL. In fact he is probably one of the nicect guys in the NFL to meet in person and his charity is wideknown and he is a better person becuase of it.
But still in the back of some people;s minds that murder trial is his dark shadow that won go away, people wonder about his role in that crime and just think what he really did and suspicsion is still their.
What do you think guys?
Has his past been a bone around his neck? Has he gotten over that incident in Atlanta in 2000?
Or will he I suspect always have to live that down in some people's minds?
That he was tried for murder and almost lost his freedome because of it,
It would be hard to live that down that image for me personally on my take of the story