Note to Athletes: Keep your "Bling-bling" under Wraps

It has happened.......yet again. Before yesterdays' game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Charlotte Bobcats, second year forward, Shelton Williams was carjacked at gunpoint. Williams was not hurt, but his car was stolen. The incident took place in front of the barbershop he frequents.

This latest conflict between athlete and thug comes on the heels of the Sean Taylor tragedy in which Taylor was killed in a home invasion gone bad. Last summer, NBA players, Antione Walker and Eddie Curry were tied up and robbed in their Chicago area homes.

Our advice to star athletes..........

#1. Keep the "bling-bling" under wraps......yes, you can afford expensive jewelry, big cars, and fancy clothes. You've earned it. But.......when you go out in public......blend in . Don't stand out so much, that you might as well be wearing a sign saying, "Come on ....rob me".

#2. I'm not an NRA backer.....but get a permit......and pack some heat. Sean Taylor would probably be alive today had he not had a knife instead of a gun during that awful home invasion. Someone, smarter than me once said, "You don't bring a knife to a gunfight.

#3. Hire a posse.......250 pound bodyguards......You can afford it. Have that posse at your house......whenever you go out...everywhere. I would. Call me a wimp? I'll be a living and breathing wimp.

It is a crying shame to live in a country dedicated to protect our freedoms........when we have to resort to this.....just to remain safe.
"bling-bling" all you want........just do it discretely.