Former Giants star Lawrence Taylor arrested for rape

NY Post ^ | 05/06/2010 | Staff

[OldDeckHand]

Former Giants great Lawrence Taylor was arrested today for allegedly raping a woman at a Rockland County hotel, authorities said.

[Alberta's Child]

I don’t have a problem with it at all. My point is that the team is now a mere shadow of its former self since the sons have taken it over. It’s no longer a football team — it’s just one small piece in an entertainment giant that has as its centerpiece a $1.6 billion stadium in the Meadowlands that I will probably never see from the inside.

[Notary Sojac]

a problem with owners passing on ownership of a property to their sons

I (not the original poster) have no problem with that at all.

However the history of the Giants does show that intelligence and integrity are not hereditary.

In most other lines of business, when one franchisee totally screws itself with the customers, the home office is able to kick sufficient butt to solve the problem. Unfortunately the NFL is not so structured.

[thefactor]

All sport is entertainment. We, as fans, are too emotionally involved to see that. If you owned a company, wouldn’t you want to maximize your revenue?

[Y2Bogus]

15 will get you 20

[thefactor]

The Giants and Jets will sell out every game, every season. The teams invested TONS of money in the new stadium and should be able to recoup that money.

But for the life of me, I cannot understand why they didn't put a retractable roof on that thing. Coulda had the Superbowl every 7-8 years or so!

[Clemenza]

The younger Maras have indeed tried to build the NYG brand a la the Dallas Cowboys, but I don't think they have made too many mistakes in terms of the operational (read: ballplaying) franchise itself so far. Like it or not, Big Blue is the Tri-State's primary representative to our REAL national pastime.

Wish that so much weren't dependent on whether or not Eli wakes up in a bad mood Sunday morning, however.

Getting back to LT: From those I've known who've worked with him (for promotions/ads) in the past, he is a genial, approachable, and charming man. Such are also the primary characteristics of predators. I think in this case he was on a power trip with the young lady, and got carried away. Rape is still rape, however, and we shall see what the investigation reveals.

[animal172]

What was Bush’s involvement? Maybe Rove set up LT. /sar

[mainerforglobalwarming]

I'm a huge Giants fan and I always expected LT to die from a drug overdose. I never would have guessed this was coming. I hope the girl gets the help she needs, and Taylor dies in prison.

[Parley Baer]

“According the the local newspaper she was a 15 yearl old run away, controlled by a pimp and beaten”

Taylor and the pimp need to spend a long time in prison.

[Williams]

He says he’s innocent. Yes, I assumed it’s true when I read the headline but we need to learn to wait for the facts.

[OldDeckHand]

"Taylor and the pimp need to spend a long time in prison."

Or a short time in the gallows. Just saying.

[GeronL]

LT raped a 15 year old??

There is no excuse for this. Are you telling that all the 18+ sluts were taken?

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[Alberta's Child]

In most other lines of business, when one franchisee totally screws itself with the customers, the home office is able to kick sufficient butt to solve the problem. Unfortunately the NFL is not so structured.

The NFL is actually more structured than you might think in a lot of ways. They don't go out and broadcast this all over the place, but the NFL commissioner has powers that would be unheard of in any other business organization of that size.

There's a fascinating story I've heard about the Giants themselves related to this. Back in the late 1970s the team was performing so poorly on the field -- to the point of being tragically comical -- that Pete Rozelle allegedly told the Mara family that he would exercise his authority as NFL commissioner and force them to sell the team (in the best interests of the National Football League) if the team didn't shape up. His concern was that the NFL needed to have two competitive, well-run teams in the nation's largest media market.

It was Rozelle who basically named George Young as the team's GM in 1979 . . . and the rest is history.

[OldNavyVet]

It could be that he was setup for blackmail, and took some corrective action.

[Constitution Day]

Another quality representative of UNC athletics.

[getbillnow]

As a Redskin fan who saw that game, that was painful LOL!

[Alberta's Child]

I have no problem with any of that.

Something to think about, though, is that in sports, a lot of a team's revenue is predicated on its ability to sell itself to loyal (i.e., "emotionally involved") fans. Once they turn away from their loyal fans and focus on other ways to maximize their revenue, they've done some serious harm to their brand.

I will cite NASCAR as Exhibit A on that count. The sport that used to be the focus of weekend activity for millions of people across the South now can't even sell out races in a place like Atlanta, for heaven's sake.

[Constitution Day]

[Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo]

He says he’s innocent. Yes, I assumed it’s true when I read the headline but we need to learn to wait for the facts.
 
Lawrence Taylor is 51.
 
If:

1) she is really 15 years old [chronologically, proved by a legitimate birth certificate, not an Hawaiian COLB], and
 
2) his semen is anywhere on her body,
 
3) the prosecution can avoid an "OJ" jury,

then he is staring at a good five years of hard time for "statutory" rape before he would have any chance at parole.
 
And if there is any bruising on her body, then, at age 51, and being African-American [much higher risk of hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, etc etc etc] he will likely die in prison.