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First off, let me say it's fortunate Lance Briggs is 100% physically healthy. Judging by how close his Lamborghini was to a cement overpass support, he should and does feel lucky. That said, I'm hardly buying his reasoning for leaving the car on the side of the road. As you might suspect there's more than a few rumors of his whereabouts at a downtown club.
"When it happened the first thing I did was I panicked," Briggs said. "I didn't want there to be a big thing there so when I left I called a tow truck. I also was startled and called and reported my car stolen. Within 10 minutes, I called and took responsibility for what I did because it was ridiculous in the first place."Briggs did get the last part of his statement correct, it was ridiculous.
As a Bears fan I should probably be saying what Lance did was smart, as he's somehow avoided any consequence (100$ fine) after crashing his $350,000 sports car on a major expressway and then just abandoning it. Lance Briggs won't face the wrath of Lovie Smith or Roger Goodell like he would, had he been arrested for DUI. As it stands Coach Smith doesn't even suspect any foul play. Then again, Lovie's not exactly one to see what's happening right before him (see: "Rex Grossman is our quarterback"). I digress.
The point here is that a regular Jon Doe who crashes their car, abandons it (if he even can? I really, really want to hear how Lance did this) and first reports that his car was stolen is facing some serious chargers today.
We criticize athletes for acting as though there are no consequence, but it's little wonder why. Sure, Mike Vick is an example of an athlete finally getting brought down, but Lance Briggs is a reminder of the way it works 99.9% of the time.
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