If an NFL player ever is going to be on his absolute best behavior, it’s going to occur the day after he gets called to the principal’s office.
So what did Titans receiver Kenny Britt do the day after being summoned to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell in Manhattan? Britt missed a rehab session for his still-injured knees, according to Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean.
And it gets better.
After the Titans fined him $9,915 for the infraction, Britt took a picture of the fine letter, posted it on Instagram, and added the following message: “Yu gotta be [expletive] kidding me.. walk back to dis.. Don’t dey know I have kids .. I’m tired of did [expletive].”
The ball is now back in the team’s court, which could impose further discipline for conduct detrimental to the team.
The separate problem for Britt is that his outright defiance occurs at a time when Goodell is trying to figure out what to do with Britt in the wake of his eighth arrest since arriving in the NFL. Though Britt’s status as a first-offense DUI suspect could in theory limit his discipline to a two-game fine, Goodell could decide that there are enough “aggravating circumstances” to justify a suspension.
Given that Britt ditched a rehab session the day after the meeting with Goodell and then threw a social-media tantrum about the consequences for the player’s behavior, it’s going to be hard for anyone to muster the zeal to defend Britt against the book that Goodell could be throwing at him.
