Another pro athlete gets into trouble. Why can't some professional athletes stay out of trouble?

Can someone help me out w this one? You can read the article about Plaxico Burress here.

You won the Superbowl last year. You make millions of dollars. Why cant you just stay out of trouble? Is this too much to ask?

In all fairness, Plaxico Burress did say he was accidentally shot in the leg. What I wonder is how you exactly get into a situation that would even allow you to have a remote probability of actually getting shot.

For all the money and talent professional athletes have, some of them act so foolish. You would think they would be smart enough to do whatever they needed to do to stay out of trouble.

Then you hear of another pro athelete getting into trouble.