ARENAS APOLOGY in the Washington Post

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	The Washington Post gave Gilbert Arenas space on today’s editions (2.2.10) to start making his case for rehabilitation as a very high paid basketball player and star. The published a short and to the point plea from Arenas that amounts to, first, an attempt to admit that he understands fully the mistakes he has made and an appeal to young people in the area to not follow his example:

			I have done a number of things wrong recently. I violated D.C. gun laws and the NBA's ban on firearms on league property, and I damaged the image of the NBA and its players. I reacted badly to the aftermath and made fun of inaccurate media reports, which looked as though I was making light of a serious situation. And I gave Commissioner David Stern good reason to suspend me from the game, which put my teammates in a tough position and let down our fans and Mrs. Irene Pollin, the widow of longtime Wizards owner Abe Pollin.

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