Suspend Dallas Cowboys Rookie Dez Bryant for 2010 NFL Season

Dez Bryant: Murderer of NFL tradition.

When Dallas Cowboys rookie wide receiver Dez Bryant refused to carry the shoulder pads of veteran wide receiver and future Ring of Honor inductee Roy Williams, he did more than just upset a bunch of football geeks not worthy of being hyperlinked in such a story (yes you, Bloguin/Bleacher Report guys). He spit on football traditions as old as gouging a guy's eyes at the bottom of a pile-on and players shortening their lives by 20 years due to playing with "mild concussions."

Apparently Dez Bryant doesn't understand who he is disrespecting. This is Roy. E. Williams son. The same man that finished the 2009 NFL season with 39 (count 'em, 39) receptions and seven touchdown catches. That's a ratio of one touchdown ever 5.5 catches. Move over, Michael Irvin.

Dez Bryant had better realize soon that carrying the shoulder pads of a soon-to-be "which Williams was that one, again" player is more than just a right of passage. Doing so is an honor, one that should be performed with a smile on the face and a song in the heart. Bryant will expect the same of some other Dallas rookie wide receiver once Dez is the Cowboys' starting receiver.

A month from now.

Sure, rookie hazing has proven to actually hurt team unity rather than help. Such practices have resulted in on-the-field and locker room brawls. What's a punch in the face among teammates, no, brothers? I'll tell you what it is. It's bonding, the defining moment for every past NFL champion.

Look back at the Super Bowl champions from the past five years, and you'll see a list of over-praised wide receivers who had their cars washed by some undeserving rookie. As a Giants fan, I just hope that Steve Smith learned all he could from Canton-bound Plaxico Burress. Of course, Smith can never fully replace Burress on the field or in the locker room. Who really could, though?

Besides, is the NFL really all that different than your work life? Think about your first day on the job, when you brought breakfast for all your co-workers, picked up their kids from school and then personally dry cleaned their work outfits. Look at how much your boss respects and cherishes you for being a team player. Certainly, you'll have his job any day. You just keep at it.

Dez Bryant did more than just trample on the most historic franchise in the NFL, football traditions and the United States of America. He slapped you, the football fan, right in the face. Dez Bryant and other rookies around the league owe it to you to pay thousands of dollars for teammates' meals and get ridiculous haircuts. How else can these rookies show you that they respect the game?

There's only one logical solution for the Dez Bryant's of the NFL world. Commissioner Czar Goodell, not the Cowboys, must suspend Bryant for the entire 2010 NFL season. Only then will punks like Bryant learn their role in football society. While suspended, Bryant can contact each football fan in the country and personally apologize for threatening all that is good with American football. Maybe he can buy a few of us dinner while he's at it.

I'll take the steak with a side of Porsche. Spoiled little brat.

For more: Follow NYGExaminer on Twitter