The Gangster in the Huddle

There were many contributing factors that led to Aaron Hernandez's life of crime. Hernandez's family life was not the best, his mother had a major gambling problem and his father had passed away when he was only 16 years old. His mother was also cheating on Hernandez's dad with a crack head and ended up marrying him when Dennis, her ex husband, died. Hernandez Shooting his friend Lloyd was not the only criminal act that he had done. In the past, Hernandez had gotten into fights, abused the drug "angel dust", carried a Glock .45 at all times, hung out with gangsters and was a part of a gang, and most importantly he was charged/linked to the shootings of six people in four different incidents. You would think that these acts of deviance would be a red flag for anyone looking to draft him, right? Apparently not. Aaron Hernandez was originally supposed to be a top pick for the draft, but because he kept failing all of his drug tests and had a criminal history, he dropped so far down. Aside from Hernandez himself, there were other people involved that are to blame. For example, Carlos Ortiz, he was in the back seat when the shooting was happening but either way, he was a witness and there when the crime was committed so he is to blame just as well. Also, Ernest Wallace who was a co-defendant in the murder and is also being charged. I also think that the coaches are to blame because they knew what activities he was into and never did anything about it. The coaches were well aware of Hernandez being involved in illegal activity, yet still allowed him to excel. I think that the cops should have stepped in because they never filed any reports and they could have easily gotten him in a lot of trouble but never did. I think that athletes appear to be so untouchable because sports are such a big market that if a player has a bad reputation that could cause people to become uninterested and cause the sport to have a bad reputation as well.