There's no real way to know if Travis Henry decided that trafficking cocaine was the best way to battle the recent economic woes our country has been facing. However, he does have a large family to feed, so it's reasonable to think that, without the steady income stream of professional athletics, he needed a little handy cash.Regardless of how he ended up slinging the ya-o (isn't that what the kids call it?), he got busted. Of course. Via MDS at PFT:
Henry and another man were arrested yesterday, the Rocky Mountain Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration said in a statement. Both men are being held pending the filing of federal drug charges later today.To say that Henry has bad luck would be a tremendous understatement if the guy wasn't constantly begging to get in trouble.
Henry ran afoul of NFL drug policies multiple times during his career. In 2007 he successfully challenged a failed drug test for marijuana. Broncos coach Mike Shanahan went to bat for Henry at the time, saying he had passed a lie-detector test.
The harsh reality is that when you decide to sell multiple kilograms of an illegal substance on the open market, there is a legitimate chance that the police will find out and decide that you would look much nicer in handcuffs.
That's the situation that Henry finds himself in, and frankly, without being too judgmental, it shouldn't be all that surprising to anyone who has followed his career over the past few years.
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10-01-2008 @ 3:46PM
Dave said...
It's "Llello." And even money says Henry will still get a call from a run-challenged NFL team before Shaun Alexander does.
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10-01-2008 @ 11:02PM
TEE JAY said...
AHAHAH... LET'S NOT EXPECT HIM TO TAKE RESPONSABILITY (CULTURALLY TYPICAL) FOR HIS ACTIONS. LET BLAME IT ON.....OH...SAY...HUMMMM, I KNOW .."TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES" BECAUSE LORD KNOWS THAT SOME KINDS OF PEOPLE CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR BOOTS STRAPS. SHEESH
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10-02-2008 @ 9:26AM
John said...
I don't feel sorry for Travis. These athletes think they are above the law. He has to deal with the consequences of his actions. You do the crime you serve the time. What a waste of talent?
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10-12-2008 @ 6:53PM
Endo said...
This is what really makes me sick about
Travis Henry. I traveled across the United States and saved up alot of money to send my son to Travis Henry Football Camp, a year ago. Hundreds of boys looked up to him, and had their pictures individually taken with him. I want to burn that picture, and the jerseys with his name on it. These professional athletes have no idea what kind of pedestal that the youth of America puts them on.
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