What should the Giants do? What is wrong with professional athletes?

This past week and a half has been an absolute disaster for the New York Giants. With their star player Plaxico Burress, acting up earlier in the week, now he's shot himself and has been charged with illegal weapons charges. If convicted Plaxico could be going to jail for a minimum of two years. What should the giants do?

I think the Giants should set straight rules with him. Either act proper or leave the organization. Not only is he in trouble, Antonio Pierce, a teammate of his, might be in trouble as well. This all happened at a night club in Manhattan, when Plaxico was asked by the bouncer to show him his gun. While pulling it out, the gun discharged and launched a bullet in Plaxico's leg. Antonio Pierce, who was with Plaxico that night, rushed him to a hospital and now is under investigation for potentially hiding the illegal weapon. Plaxico is clearly distracting the team's focus on football. This team is 11-1 this season and they have to worry about their best player screwing up instead of a superbowl. The Giants are good enough without him, and he's just too much baggage to deal with. I say get rid of him.

These athletes don't realize how lucky they really are and this pisses me off. They get paid millions to do what they love and they can't stay out of trouble. They need to forget their past and live in the present. What is the point of throwing it all away for something so stupid. This isn't the first incident in the NFL. Michael Vick is another case of stupidity. Why would you do something as cruel as dog fighting when you are living the american dream. Athletes need to realize that they are the luckiest individuals alive. They use their god given talents to make money the average american can't even dream of making.

Lately there been a lot of incidents in all sports that are showing negative images. The NFL cant keep their players out of jail, while the NBA can't control the fights that happen during the game. These aren't the images we want to show are kids. All professional programs should make more penalizing rules for those who break the law.