sky high in phily

Authority figures in sports get treated with far more respect and lenience than the athletes do. Andy Reid, coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, recently had his house raided by police who found a stockpile of illegal and prescription drugs. As reported by ESPN.com, a judge to one of coach Reid’s sons that “It sounds more or less like a drug emporium there, with the drugs all over the house, and you're an addict” (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3089753). The two people being charged are Britt and Garrett Reid who are said to have used everything from marijuana to OxyCotin, cocaine, and heroin. My problem with the whole situation is that the entire world is putting absolutely no blame on Andy Reid, even though the drugs were found in his house. If this situation happened to a player, rather than a coach or official, the whole thing would be getting handled in a different manner. The athlete would most likely receive some of the lame and would undoubtedly be punished, but because it happened to a coach, the league is going to let him slide because he obviously had nothing to do with it. When evidence of a dog fighting ring was found at the home of Mike Vick most people immediately aimed their targets at him because it was his house, but when drugs are found in a coach’s house there are no fingers being pointed in his direction. I feel that it is ridiculous that sports teams and leagues choose to be so harsh when punishing players and much more lenient when punishing coaches and officials.