Professor Elam

Gilbert Arenas was suspended by the NBA for bringing a gun into the locker room. 

Fox News Sunday reports that just four years ago, Arenas was their Person of the Week!  Arenas was then distinguishing himself by taking care of a young boy who was the only family survivor of a fire. 

Socionomics holds that public opinion is not nearly as tolerant of bad behavior in a bear market. This is what has happened to Arenas. In addition there was so much bad behavior by NBA players (google NBA arrests to see what I mean, one book alleges that half the NBA has been convicted of a crime) that he has been arguably made an example.