Typically, television stations are reluctant to rip athletes, but Joe Mixon is no ordinary athlete and now a Cincinnati TV station is urging Bengals fans to boycott games because of his violent past.
Cincinnati’s ABC affiliate says in a blistering editorial that, “this time, the Bengals have gone too far.” The city and team have stood by such players as Adam Jones, who has had off-the-field issues, as well as Vontaze Burfict and the team after a nationally televised meltdown in a playoff game in January 2016. But taking Mixon, the talented Oklahoma running back who fell to the second round of the draft last week because of a 2014 incident in which he punched a woman, was a step too far.