<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Griffin arrested Sunday morning for disorderly conductAssociated PressMINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Vikings cornerback Cedric Griffin was freed on $50 bail after being arrested early Sunday in downtown Minneapolis and charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct, authorities said.Griffin, 24, was released from the Hennepin County jail at 4:45 a.m.Two witnesses told KSTP-TV that the Vikings cornerback was thrown out of the Spin nightclub for not pulling up his pants. The club has a dress code requiring that pants not sag below the waist.The witnesses said Griffin then had a dustup with bouncers and police before being taken away in handcuffs.A court appearance for Griffin is scheduled Friday.A Vikings team spokesman declined comment.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2838607
No one's fault but Ced and the overzealous bouncers. 50 dollar bail and a misdemeanor means it wasn't that serious. I'd be surprised if the NFL gave a suspension for something equivelant to a parking ticket.
GRIFFIN TRULY IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME?From PFTThough we usually regard claims that an arrested NFL player was in the "wrong place at the wrong time" as having the same credibility as a prisoner in a jail cell professing his innocence, we're heard from some trusted sources that Vikings cornerback Cedric Griffin truly might have been the rare exception to the rule.Griffin was at the Spin nightclub in Minneapolis following a meeting with his banker, and was invited by the manager to stay in a VIP room. When Griffin went to the men's room, a bouncer asked him to pull up his pants, which supposedly were riding too low.Griffin objected, and before he knew it he was being thrown out. There was, we're told, no fight. Once on the outside, he tried to explain the situation to a police officer. The officer told him to move on. (Or move out.) The officer eventually concluded that Griffin was too aggressive and/or animated, and so the cop broke out the mace.We're told that, after Griffin was arrested, he promptly called coach Brad Childress.Our sources also tell us that Griffin rarely goes out, and that he was not at the club with an entourage or "making it rain."With all that said, the fact remains that he was arrested. And it's three points in Turd Watch for the Vikings. But given that he got out of jail on bail of only $50, we have a feeling that these charges will likely be dropped.
