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Gov. Dayton blames 'idle time' for string of arrests
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08:03 AM ET 07.18 | Gov. Mark Dayton has heard more about football than he'd like over the past year, particularly from a legal standpoint. The Vikings' 10 arrests since 2011 are almost twice as many as any other NFL team, and their 39 arrests since 2000 also lead the league. Dayton championed legislation that authorized the state to finance $348 million toward a new Vikings stadium to replace the Metrodome. "Idle time is the devil's play," said Dayton, describing the NFL's six-month offseason. "It means that young males who are heavily armored and heavily psyched as necessary to carry out their job are probably more susceptible to being in bars at 2 o'clock (in the morning) and having problems. It doesn't excuse it. It just says this probably comes with it."
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Wow.
Otis B. Driftwood
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If you can't lead the league on the field....
TxHeat
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I'm not buying it that fast Otis... I need to see stats.
Robataille
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One would think they were a college team with numbers like that.
Melman
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you don't believe the Pioneer Press? HA!
TxHeat
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I Got a Lot of Idle Time and Haven't Been arrested, although I might add, I don't live in Minnesota!!!
Not4Nutten
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I gave up on them during the last Favre watch.
Robataille
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What an enabler! These football players are adults who chose to break the law. Extra supervision or calisthenics are not the answer.
Jim in Houston
Houston , TX
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Meanwhile.....
It was the tweet Washington Redskins fans have been waiting for:
"Well people....It's Time to go to Work!!! Off the unemployment line and oh yea HTTR!!!!"
Just before 8 a.m. Wednesday Robert Griffin III tweeted that he had signed a deal with Redskins, meaning he'll be at training camp when it opens July 26.
NFL.com's Albert Breer reports that the deal is worth is worth more than $21 million fully guaranteed.
Robataille
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My guess is you aren't under the age of 30 with millions of dollars to "make it rain" whenever you want either.
Whitey0302
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Maybe the Vikes need to find a boat to spend their idle time on....
Spaceman Spiff
Richmond , VA
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Let the circus that is the Washington Redskins begin!
Whitey0302
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Hail to the Redskins!
Debbie Does
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Or end.... Take your pick Whitey.
Robataille
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HAIL!!!!
Robataille
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Better brothels would keep these boys out of the bars.
Debbie Does
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For the record, I'm hoping it will end. I'm looking forward to the Cowboys-Redskins rivalry to be revived.
Whitey0302
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One of those games is on Thanksgiving Day.
TxHeat
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It's good to see teams that have been "down on their luck" turn things around for themselves. Maybe this season will be the start of that for the Skins. I'm looking forward to seeing RGIII in action.
Melman
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True... Hurts my heart to see those games not mean much Nationally.
Robataille
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