Plaxico to spend two years in jail
Ex-Giants receiver Plaxico Burress will spend two years in jail, but he could get out in 20 months on good behavior, per Gary Myers of NY Daily News.
He will be sentenced on September 22nd and is expected to begin his jail term on the same day. Therefore, a 20-month sentence would get him out of prison in May 2011.
"I think he will get another chance. Our league is filled with second chances," one general manager told Myers Thursday. "It will be one of those opportunities where he will have to go prove he has something left. The odds will certainly be against him."
Meanwhile, league commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Burress, who can't sign with a team until completion of his jail sentence. Once released from prison, he will be reinstated.
"He was part of the family," [Giants co-owner John] Mara said, according to Ralph Vacchiano of the NY Daily News. "And I know a lot of our players are hurting right now because he was a friend to them. I hope it's a wake-up call to some of them. I hope they all learned a lesson that if you make a bad choice it can cost you a career and cost you having to go to prison."
Even before Burress shot himself in the leg, he was often disciplined (fined and even suspended) by the Giants. Plaxico had a history of making poor choices.
Now he has 20 months (at least) to think about them.
He will be sentenced on September 22nd and is expected to begin his jail term on the same day. Therefore, a 20-month sentence would get him out of prison in May 2011.
"I think he will get another chance. Our league is filled with second chances," one general manager told Myers Thursday. "It will be one of those opportunities where he will have to go prove he has something left. The odds will certainly be against him."
Meanwhile, league commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Burress, who can't sign with a team until completion of his jail sentence. Once released from prison, he will be reinstated.
"He was part of the family," [Giants co-owner John] Mara said, according to Ralph Vacchiano of the NY Daily News. "And I know a lot of our players are hurting right now because he was a friend to them. I hope it's a wake-up call to some of them. I hope they all learned a lesson that if you make a bad choice it can cost you a career and cost you having to go to prison."
Even before Burress shot himself in the leg, he was often disciplined (fined and even suspended) by the Giants. Plaxico had a history of making poor choices.
Now he has 20 months (at least) to think about them.
