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Judge Slams NFL Hypocrisy on Alcohol
August 23, 2007

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The National Football League (NFL) should end its relationships with alcohol companies if it wants to cut down on alcohol abuse, according to a judge tasked with deciding if Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman should be jailed for drunk driving.

The Associated Press reported Aug. 22 that Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew said the NFL was being hypocritical for suspending Thurman for having alcohol in his body when the league reaps billions of dollars annually from alcohol advertising. Thurman was suspended four games by the league last year for failing a drug test, and the suspension was extended after his DUI arrest in September 2007.

Burlew said the league should stop selling alcohol in stadiums and stop advertising alcohol products if it is serious about fighting alcohol abuse.

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