THE CLIENT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

By Scott Daniels, Esq., NFL Draft Bible

Three strikes and you're out. It doesn't refer to just baseball anymore.

Washington and California created sentencing laws based on the infamous phrase. A popular game show utilized the three strike principle for years (Family Feud). The phrase has become so much more than an explanation of a baseball rule.

Fortunately for Adam "Pacman" Jones, the NFL has not enacted a "three strikes and you're out" policy. Because if they did, Jones would have been booted from the league a long time ago.

And by "a long time ago," I mean 2006, since Jones has only been in the league for two years.

Jones is staring at a potential sixth arrest since he was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2005. His lawyer probably doesn't need another client. His agent on the other hand may need to start looking.

Jones made the news once again for allegedly hitting a woman at a strip club in Nashville. The victim claimed that Jones hit her in the face following an altercation between Jones and security on January 3, 2008.

In the criminal defense world, Jones is known as the "client that keeps on giving." The man is a magnet for legal trouble. How many strikes will Jones get before the NFL has seen enough? Could this be the final straw?

In April of 2007, Jones told Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, that he would stay out of strip clubs to avoid any more altercations. Well, even if these current allegations do not hold up, the fact still remains that Jones was in a strip club. Clearly the man has little concern over his future in the NFL.

For Pacman Jones, it may be more like "Six strikes and you're out." Commissioner Goodell will surely not be pleased with this recent news. While he has yet to officially ban a player from the NFL, Jones is certainly a perfect candidate.