Tyron Brackenridge in surgery after bar fight

by ChiefDJ on May 9, 2008 4:49 PM CDT

Was listening to 610AM this afternoon and they said that CB Tyron Brackenridge was having surgery on his jaw today after getting into an altercation at a nightclub called "Envy".

Reportedly he was with several other Kansas City Chiefs players when they began being harrassed by another group. Brackenridge was punched in the face, causing unknown injuries to his jaw. The story so far is that the Chiefs players were essentially jumped by the other group and were doing nothing wrong.

No arrests have been made and the police have said they have no intention of arresting any Chiefs players at this time. Will post more as I find it.

As Herm (and my mom) always says "Nothing good ever happens after midnight.".

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Say bye-bye to Brackenridge.

Good things happen after midnight ya just have to be in the right situation. If I had my career at stake, I would make sure I was in the right situation. Whats up DJ! Hey we have not posted the same thing in a while, brain waves must have got uncrossed!

by Eric Allen on May 9, 2008 5:22 PM CDT reply actions

Yep we're out of sync

If what is being said is true and the Chiefs players were just minding their own business, he may not get kicked off the team. But usually somebody doesn’t just come up and sock you out of the blue for no reason.

All I know is if I was an NFL player and even making the league minimum (which is still like $300k) I’d have my butt in bed by 11pm every night counting my money.

by ChiefDJ on May 9, 2008 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Hell, if I were a borderline player making $300k/year,

I would have my butt in bed watching game film and studying the playbook.

I don’t make anything near that, but I go to bed thinking about work, wake up in the night thinking about it, and even think about it in the shower. But I am only 1 of many disabled veterans. I guess we don’t understand what the importance of work and commitment are.

While we’re at it, I’m sick of hearing about, “What do you expect? You give 21 year old kids loads of cash. What do you expect them to do?”

Well, we give 18 year old kids deadly weapons, train us to be efficient killers, order us to kill, but when we come home (many times horribly wounded), I don’t go shoot up the bars I go to. But, then again, I guess when you actually are a soldier, you don’t have to go around shouting at people that you are one. Thanks, Kellen Winslow. Jackass.

by DThomasReigns on May 9, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions

BTW-

I am in no way indicting Tyron. From everything written, it doesn’t sound like he did anything wrong, but I wasn’t there. The above is more about the fact that many players, stars or not, put themselves in compromising positions, their fault or not.

by DThomasReigns on May 9, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Exactly

They may not specifically do anything wrong, but they are putting themselves in situations where bad things can happen.

by ChiefDJ on May 9, 2008 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

2nd Edit:

I also would like to state I am rooting for Tyron to be a huge part of the Chiefs this year, and I sincerely hope he is OK. It just gets so tiring to hear about gifted players getting into trouble, whether they mean to or not.

Something needs to change in NFL culture. If you, as a member of society, cannot go out like everyone else, and not get into trouble there is something wrong. You either need to be aware of it (haters), or do some private partying.

Future Hal of Famer Marvin Harrison is a perfect example. Regardless of your intentions, the situation dictates your potential peril.

A more appropriate military analogy than above would be:

Even when US Military are in friendly foreign countries, we know the local populace regard us as loud and unruly. So, when we do go out, we are real targets (see Germany, Colombia, Israel, Lebanon, Bahrain, Seoul, etc.). We are obvious as Americans, somewhat hated or envied, perceived to make more money, yet we usually stay low key and know when to walk away. Or at least realize a contingent in the establishment is going to challenge us.

It just isn’t that hard to do. It angers me more when it happens to a player I like, regardless of fault.

by DThomasReigns on May 9, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions

But...

The thing is, you’re given lots of discipline and guidance while being trained properly. These guys are just trained to be athletes. I’m not saying you should allow this kind of behavior, but it definitely is expected that some of the NFL youngin’s would do this kind of stupid crap. These guys get paid too much for their own good. We should cut their pay and give the extra to the armed forces. They don’t get as much credit as they should. I would never be able to do the stuff that they do…

by EyePod on May 12, 2008 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions

I feel terrible for the kid.

That’s exactly what he is too, a kid. Everyone is on his ass, because he was out at a club in KC and got into a bad situation. I wouldn’t do that now, but a few years ago, I would be there too. But since he is an athlete he is subject to extreme scrutiny over everything he does. He knew better yes, but he has just as much right to enjoy himself as you or I. Now that’s out of the way. I doubt he is cut because of what happened. However, I am worried that his recovery will get him cut for the simple fact that there is so much competition and insecurity at that position. Its a shame because he showed a lot of promise, and now he may be swept aside for a lesser talent because he is behind the 8 ball due to surgery.

Steve Caskey

by swift347 on May 9, 2008 9:25 PM CDT reply actions

May not be that bad...

depending on the severity of the break, he can probably go with a broken jaw sooner than he could go with any other broken part. It’s not a hand, finger, leg, foot, rib or something else that would seriously hamper his ability to perform.

Recovery time won’t be awful… I am hoping that he can pull through and still make the team.

by Ochophosphate on May 10, 2008 7:15 AM CDT up reply actions

Lets not forget

The Goodell factor in this, I cannot help but think he will do something in this situation that says even if you are not looking for trouble if it finds you due to you being in a not so friendly place you will pay. I do not think it will be much more than a fine, but who knows.

by Eric Allen on May 9, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions