Saturday 5 July 2008

Terrence Kiel dead

Former Chargers Safety Terrence Kiel has been killed in a car accident, according to Police reports on Saturday.

It seems that Kiel left a party in the San Diego area and ignored advice from friends to not drive home. It is also alleged that Kiel's car was travelling the wrong way when he crashed. These two facts obviously suggest that Kiel was certainly under some kind of alcohol or narcotic influence.

Despite a decent playing career in his four years in the league, Kiel was ditched by the Superchargers in 2007 after pleading guilty to shipping prescription drugs from Mexico. He has been out of the league for more than a year, and was in severe danger of never playing again before this accident.

It's easy to constantly suggest banning players from playing, but I will stick my neck on the line and say that it is an easy option that does not solve anything for the person involved.