It will be interesting to see if a team does draft, or sign him as an UDFA. I personally wouldn't want us to be that team, but I wouldn't be surprised if a team does end up picking him up despite what he has done.


I have seen some suggest that the presence of a video will prevent him from ever playing in the NFL. Why should that be the case when a player that pleaded guilty to choking and punching their pregnant girlfriend be allowed to play in the league?


I suppose seeing the crime is the difference, but if someone is guilty and admits it, gets given three years probation, and a team happily drafts that person then I see that as a problem. If one guy is guilty and a video is present and that bars him from the league, then the other guy that is guilty without the video should be barred from the league. Either that or both guys should be allowed to play in the league and get that second chance. I don't believe one should be treated differently to the other when both have committed the same crime and been found guilty of the same crime. It should be the same way for both.


Should players get a second chance? I'm 50-50 on it. On the one hand I don't like the idea of a team giving someone that has committed a serious offence a ton of money and celebrity status. But on the other, if that person shows remorse and has learned from their mistake, and becomes a model professional and citizens and tries to help educate other people, then giving them that second chance has been worthwhile. Also, if giving that person a second chance prevents them from going down the wrong path because everyone has given up on them and the world has shunned them (that shouldn't be an excuse but people that are given up on are more likely to reoffend and go off on the wrong path), then that can be a positive. Obviously that second chance may not make their victims feel better about it because they will be "stuck" in a normal life whereas the offender may have millions in the bank, a fancy car, fancy home (etc) and celebrity status.


So it's a difficult one. Apparently Tyreek Hill has been a model professional since coming into the league. He pays child support. He's paying his debt to society. And working his tail off. So perhaps he has learned from his mistake and that second chance has been beneficial for him. That doesn't make what he did go away or not wrong, but it if doesn't reoffend and is a model citizen throughout the rest of his career and life then that second chance has worked.

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