Pacman Jones: Strip Club Ruling Again Proves Corner Can’t Escape Legal Issues

June 16, 2012   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam 'Pacman' Jones was ordered to pay $11.7 million in damages by a Las Vegas court Friday for his role in a strip club shooting in 2007.
As NFL followers have gotten plenty used to, whenever Jones is in the news, it's typically for something related to the law. His Las Vegas ruling only completes a long story that has shattered the football career of Jones.
Unfortunately, this story has been written over and over again. 
A promising athlete is drafted into a professional league, earns millions and millions of dollars, and then can't escape legal trouble. Those careers usually end with unfulfilled promises and bags of wasted money, both from the players' and teams' sides. 
Jones is a prime example of just that.
Following an electric college career at West Virginia, Jones saw the Tennessee Titans draft him with the sixth overall pick in the 2005 draft. 
Jones came into the NFL with trouble in his past,...

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