it is interesting that this particular case has garnered so much attention by the TImes, while the Tom Cable, Tony McDaniel, Kevin Williams, Cary Williams (not charged but suspended 2 weeks by NFL in 2010 for something DV related), and former Mariners reliever Josh Lueke's rape charge get scant ink. Maybe part of the stories in the Times should be about the inconsistency in which the media covers these past histories and if that's fair to those getting all the arrows shot at him like Clark or those getting comparatively none, like everyone else.
Geoff Baker covered the M's as beat writer at the time of the Lueke trade, and I am pretty certain the amount of time investigating what in the criminal justice system is a more serious charge, was less than what he has done here even 8 days since Clark joined the team. His storylines were more about tension within the front office about bringing Lueke in via trade, not details of the case or how prosecutors dealt with it pleading it down to a lesser crime as well.
And of course Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News must feel awkward about not reporting on any of this new info that continues to come out at the time the incident occurred and Clark was kicked off the team. The Times may want to contact those papers to get their thoughts on potential breakdowns in covering a story in such a big spotlight.
There's also the bigger picture implied in the attention being received to the Clark case, that is those who go through the legal system and settle their cases and pay some penalty like being kicked off the team, or lose their job in the non-football world, what do people propose we do in the future with these people. There's a big problem with those with criminal records getting job opportunities, and negative consequences to that are enormous, whether it leads to depression, increases the likelihood they commit further crimes, and subjects the public to having to subsidize their inactivity being on the dole.
