Moss a child

J's World, by Jeremiah Bartz

This week Randy Moss gave not only the Minnesota Vikings another black eye, but athletes in general, by using his car to push a Minneapolis traffic officer down a city street.

This is just another case to add to Moss' resume. Not the resume that includes his pro bowl selections and 100-yard performances, but the resume that includes his arrests and disciplinary action.

Randy Moss now has a rap sheet that could challenge the likes of Tony Soprano.

"I don't know if trouble is out to find me,” Moss said in an ESPN.com article. "But I'm certainly not out to find trouble,” Moss said.

Well if that is the case Randy, trouble seems to just follow you around, just like the guys in your posse.

Trouble found Randy in high school where he beat up a fellow player. Trouble found Randy at Notre Dame, where Lou Holtz booted him off the squad for disciplinary reasons. Trouble found him at Florida State where Bobby Bowden kicked him off the team for smoking weed. Trouble found him in West Virginia where he was arrested for a domestic violence charge after allegedly beating up the mother of his child. And now trouble has followed him all the way to Minnesota.

Each time trouble has found Randy, he seems to avoid serious punishment and land back on his feet. Most people do not care where Randy lands, just as long as he keeps landing in the end zone at least a dozen times per year.

It is time for the Minnesota Vikings organization to take a stand. Someone needs to show Mr. Moss that he is not invincible. Right now he can continue in his childish ways with little repercussion. After his latest stint in the slammer, the Minnesota organization did not hesitate to announce that Moss would still be in the starting lineup.

Moss is acting like a child, so he should be treated like a child.

Someone punish him. Moss is constantly criticized in the press in fine publications such as the Frontiersman, but that does not seem to be enough.

It is up to the Vikings to solve this problem. Moss' attitude is much like a deadly virus, or cancer. It is going to get worse. Each time Moss' theatrics appear in the press, they are steadily worse than the last.

If your child is acting up, you punish him. Depending on your parental techniques, you either give him a time-out and a dose of Rhitilin or spank the hell out of him. Since it would probably be bad for owner Red McCombs to spank his 25-year-old wide receiver, give him a time-out.

In other words, suspend him!

Suspend him without pay. Take away his toys, by taking away his paycheck.

See how he likes life when he is in street clothes, rather than in the game

Someone needs to get through that thick Moss skull. He constantly takes plays off and he can't go a month without embarrassing his ballclub and the National Football League.

Talent can not be an excuse for asinine behavior.

Jeremiah Bartz (sports@frontiersman.com) is the sports editor from the Frontiersman. He would like to request that if Moss is suspended, it should be when the Vikings play Chicago.