Gilbert Arenas, an All-Star guard for the Washington Wizards, was just suspended indefinitely without pay from NBA commissioner David Stern for bringing guns to his Washington Wizards locker room. The incident took place on December 21st when Arenas allegedly threatened one of his teammates with his gun over a gambling debt. Arenas claims he was joking around and that the guns weren’t even loaded anyways. (Funny joke…) Even if he was joking around and wasn’t seriously threatening his teammate, why is he not kicked out of the league? If anybody in any other profession or workplace had brought a gun to work, they’d be fired on the spot…and probably arrested. Why is this guy only suspended? Ok sure, he’s not getting paid for awhile too. Well, I’m assuming he’s got atleast a little bit of money in his pocket considering he just signed a six year-$111 million contract. Does anybody else find it a bit annoying that this guy is just going to come back and play and make all his money when if anybody else had done that they’d be without a job? I don’t know…maybe it’s just me. It’s time to stop treating athletes and celebrities like they’re above the law and start treating them like the rest of the population
-Tom Moran
Assistant Program/News Director
