Something is Rotten in Football Quiz

Answer: Dog fighting

Vick received a sentence of 23 months for his activities in a dog fighting ring. In 2009 after his release from Leavenworth Federal Prison, he was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles and continued his football career.

Answer: Burglary

On December 16, 1999, Collins was convicted of burglary when he broke into the apartment of a married female that he had met at a gym. His defense was that he only wanted to watch her sleeping. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Answer: Dwayne Goodrich

Dwayne Goodrich hit and killed two people on a north Dallas freeway with a car. Both subjects were attempting to save a third person from a burning car. In 2006, the families of the deceased were successful in attempts to add an additional five years to his sentence.

While witnesses to the accident claimed he was driving over 100 miles an hour, an accident reconstructionist estimated speeds between 50-60. He did not stop and render aid.

Answer: Stanley Wilson

Stanley Wilson's battle with drugs was legendary. When he was found incoherent on the floor of the bathroom, then was removed from the roster. His team went on to lose the Super Bowl, and many fans and some of his teammates held him to blame. He went to rehab more than once but was not successful.

In 1999, he was found guilty of stealing property from a home in Beverly Hills. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the burglary.

Answer: Conspiracy to commit murder

Carruth was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder along with shooting into an occupied vehicle, and using an instrument to destroy an unborn child. The victims in this case were one of his girlfriends who was eight months pregnant with their child.

He drove a car while having someone else shoot multiple times from that car into the victims vehicle. He received a sentence of at least 18 years and 11 months.

Answer: Nate Newton

Nate Newton retired from a stellar football career in 1999. Less than two years later he was caught with the marijuana. He bailed out of jail and was caught five weeks later with 175 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle. He was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.

Answer: Darryl Henley

All these men played cornerback for the Rams, but only Darryl Henley fits the rest of the description. Henley graduated with a 3.3 grade point average from the University of Southern California with a degree in finance. It could be argued that he was not an ignorant man.

In 1995, he was convicted of trafficking in cocaine and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Two years later he pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit-man to murder a witness and the judge who had sentenced him in his cocaine trial. He would not be eligible for parole until he is 65 years old.

Answer: Tommy Kane

Tommy Kane entered a guilty plea in a Quebec court on a charge of manslaughter. He had originally been charged with second degree murder. He was alleged to have beaten her before stabbing her in the throat. It was acknowledged in court that he suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Answer: Lawrence Phillips

Lawrence Phillips had great talent, but also a lot of personal issues which led to him playing for seven different teams in his seven years in the sport. On December 18, 2009, he received a prison sentence of 31 years in prison for charges related to an attack on his girlfriend, and for driving his car over three teenagers.

Answer: Armed robbery

O.J. Simpson has probably fallen further than any other player in football history. He was a Heisman Trophy winner in college, a six time Pro-Bowl selection, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. By 1994, he was on trial for multiple murder in which his ex-wife was one of the victims.

He was found not guilty in a very controversial and highly publicized trial. He was in and out of legal trouble for the next few years. In 2007, he entered a room at a Las Vegas casino and stole football memorabilia at gunpoint.

He and his co-horts were found guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping, assault, criminal conspiracy, and using a deadly weapon. He was found guilty on all charges.