Cris Carter in hot water for telling rookies to "have a fall guy"

[tk13]

This is from last year, but apparently now just coming to light. It was on the NFL's website.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ve-a-fall-guy/

Cris Carter urged NFL rookies to have a “fall guy”
Posted by Michael David Smith on August 23, 2015, 4:39 PM EDT

A recent ESPN feature on former 49ers linebacker Chris Borland described Borland as “appalled” by what he heard at the 2014 Rookie Symposium, when a former NFL player told the rookies that they should have a “fall guy” in their crew who would take the blame if they faced legal trouble. What ESPN failed to mention is that the former player who gave that appalling advice was an ESPN employee, Cris Carter.

Although the ESPN feature says that Borland “declined to name” the player, the writers easily could have identified Carter as the source of the comments, because the video of Carter’s presentation at the Rookie Symposium is available at NFL.com.

The presentation went basically how Borland described it in the ESPN feature: Carter told rookies that they should have one friend who will be willing to take the blame if they ever get into trouble. Warren Sapp, onstage along with Carter, agreed.

“If you all got a crew, you got to have a fall guy in the crew,” Carter said. “If you all have a crew, one of those fools got to know, he’s the one going to jail. We’ll get him out.”

Sapp then repeated, “We’ll get him out.”

Those comments didn’t sit well with Borland, and they likely won’t sit well with most people hearing them now. But the NFL apparently didn’t have a problem with what Carter said: His presentation was posted on the league’s own website, and Carter was invited back to speak at this year’s Rookie Symposium.

UPDATE 5:23 p.m. ET: Shortly after we posted this item, NFL.com removed the video.

Someone uploaded a clip of the video with their cell phone. Teddy Bridgewater gets used as the example. I can't believe the NFL had this on their website.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Look, I know you like to act like you're some hip douche from the ghetto, but the advice given by Carter and Sapp was just plain stupid. Plus, Sapp obviously doesn't follow his own advice since he's been in trouble multiple times.

Lol...are you assuming that's the only advice that was given? Cris Carter has been doing the rookie symposium for years. The league thinks he's a good candidate to talk to the kids because he was a dumb**** that turned his life around. I've seen snippets of his speeches in the past, he does tell them not to do stupid shit. He probably just added that last bit in there for the dummies that are going to break the law regardless. You think coaches, general managers, agents, and other NFL people aren't telling them the same thing? Cris was just dumb enough to put it on tape.

[Tribal Warfare]

Sup Ray Lewis

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Borland sucks. Hate watching this ugly bald dude get air time

Carter is hilarious. Hope he comes out with more "tears" for this one.

[Cheater5]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

You don't have to be breaking the law to need a fall guy....especially if you are black.

Life is so unfair.

[cmh6476]

Or don't inhale like clinton

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

You don't have to be breaking the law to need a fall guy....especially if you are black rich.

Fixed.

[Iowanian]

I'm Ray Lewis, and I approve of this message.

[RobBlake]

racism doesn't exist /1%er cp

[Hoover]

[wazu]

Seems almost like he thought there were no cameras so he could be COMPLETELY honest. Wow!

[wazu]

Maybe another ad about him just thinking about domestic violence and tears running down his cheeks can fix all this. Worth a shot?

[Hootie]

When are middle class white people going to figure out ... It is what it is. These kids from the hood aren't going to be perfect citizens like the overland park pill poppers who were brought up with excellent educations

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by wazu

Maybe another ad about him just thinking about domestic violence and tears running down his cheeks can fix all this. Worth a shot?

http://youtu.be/HIw_7mywJfM

http://youtu.be/IuHr2qljlLk

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

When are middle class white people going to figure out ... It is what it is. These kids from the hood aren't going to be perfect citizens like the overland park pill poppers who were brought up with excellent educations

Hey!

I lived in Overland Park.

It was nice.

And I didn't know any pill poppers.

You're a racist.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by RobBlake

racism doesn't exist /1%er cp

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

When are middle class white people going to figure out ... It is what it is. These kids from the hood aren't going to be perfect citizens like the overland park pill poppers who were brought up with excellent educations

Posts like this are such bullshit. So since these kids come from a rough area and have opportunities to better themselves through sports, they shouldn't be expected to act like responsible adults? And on top of that, we should teach them to make sure if/when they do something stupid that they shouldn't be held responsible for their actions and **** over one of their friends to avoid the consequences of their decisions?

This message just illustrates what a stupid piece of shit Cris Carter is. I don't care how many speeches he gives detailing his past mistakes and how he learned from them and is a better man now. This speech proves he's full of shit.