NFL Player trying to be drug kingpin?

[easysurfer]

News that a NFL player got busted trying to be a drug kingpin:

Source: Hurd provided drugs to other NFL players - CBS News

Interesting that according to the article, there's a double digit list of name of NFL players who he was dealing to.

As they say..."just the tip of the iceberg"

[REWahoo]

This is really a sad story. Sam Hurd is was a local hero in the San Antonio area and this news really shocked a bunch of people.

[Bestwifeever]

His salary from the Bears this year was to be $2 million. Guess that wasn't enough for him.

[Midpack]

Shocking indeed! I live near Chicago and have many friends who are lifelong Bears fans. This is just one more setback starting with Cutler's injury in a very sad year for the program, the wheels have come off. Their last two games, Chiefs & Broncos, were cruel and unusual punishment to watch. To borrow a well used Cubs saying, 'wait til next year.'

[ERD50]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bestwifeever His salary from the Bears this year was to be $2 million. Guess that wasn't enough for him.

This is the amazing thing to me. Why risk that kind of money in an activity like this?

Not that I would ever deal drugs anyhow, but like so many criminal activities, it seems to me that doing it small time just isn't worth the effort and the small risk of a big consequence. And doing it big time is too much of a risk of big consequences. Now, for somebody with little/nothing to lose, that risk/reward could look different. But a guy making $2M, and the chances for big promotional $$$? Crazy. I almost hope he was using, it would at least explain the stupidity.

He wanted to move 1000# of weed and something like 10 kilos of cocaine a week. How can you do that w/o attracting attention? Ooops, I guess you can't.

-ERD50

[kyounge1956]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ERD50 Quote: Originally Posted by Bestwifeever His salary from the Bears this year was to be $2 million. Guess that wasn't enough for him. This is the amazing thing to me. Why risk that kind of money in an activity like this? Not that I would ever deal drugs anyhow, but like so many criminal activities, it seems to me that doing it small time just isn't worth the effort and the small risk of a big consequence. (snip) -ERD50

I have asked myself the same question on a smaller scale. This past year several employees in the City department I work for have been fired because they were abusing their access to billing records to fiddle their utility bills. I still can't fathom why anyone would risk losing their job to gain the small amounts of money that were involved, especially in a rotten economy like this. Even if a person is dishonest enough to ignore the ethical aspect, you'd think simple self interest would stop them.

[Bestwifeever]

Hurd's plan was to move more than $500,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana every week. His Bears' salary must have been his seed money to get the operation underway.

[Rustward]

Left side of the Bell Curve?

[MichaelB]

Perhaps he was involved with drugs and distribution before his success a a football player and used his prosperity and connections to get an edge in that business.

[easysurfer]

Apparently, he was having some success as a dealer as he wanted to increase the amount of dealing. The story is just difficult (shocking) to comprehend in that either he was a football player moonlighting as a big time drug dealer or a big time drug dealer moonlighting as a football player.


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