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Bears Cut McDonald After Second Arrest, But Should He Have Been Signed In First Place?
Bears DE Ray McDonald's second domestic violence-related arrest in the last nine months prompted the team's "new regime to release him," and the club is now "left to contend with the fallout from their unreciprocated trust in McDonald’s vow to end his legal troubles," according to a front-page piece by Rich Campbell of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. McDonald early yesterday morning was "arrested on charges of misdemeanor domestic violence and child endangerment" in Santa Clara. Bears Chair George McCaskey "initially vetoed" GM Ryan Pace’s request to sign McDonald in March "because of what he perceived to be a pattern of behavioral problems." However, McCaskey "changed his mind after McDonald flew to Chicago and met with him, and after he spoke to McDonald’s parents by telephone" ( <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-ray-mcdonald-arrest-report-20150525-story.html" target="_blank">CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 5/26</a> ). Bears G Kyle Long "supported the team’s decision" to release McDonald. He wrote on his Twitter account, “Good riddance" ( <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/sports/football/bears-release-ray-mcdonald-after-arrest-in-california.html?_r=0" target="_blank">N.Y. TIMES, 5/26</a> ).
