You can’t be pissing on elderly women mid-flight these days. Not on Delta Airlines. If this were Spirit Airlines, then this might be a different discussion. I champion Spirit Airlines as much as anyone. They always get me where I need to go on time. But when you fly Spirit, you have to understand that there’s a reasonable chance you arrive at your destination covered in piss. But that doesn’t fly on Delta. When you pay extra for a Delta flight, you’re well within your right to expect to not have a 6-foot-6, 280 pound ex-NFL offensive lineman empty his bladder for 20 seconds right in your face
If you’re a Boston College fan, you probably remember Gosder Cherilus from his days protecting Matt Ryan’s blindside. From there, Cherilus went on to have a solid career. He played his first 5 seasons with the Lions. He then signed a $35-million deal with the Colts, which at the time made him the highest paid right tackle in the league. He played his final couple seasons with Tampa Bay before retiring in 2017. Nowadays, he pre-games his Dublin vacations by getting drunk at the airport and peeing on (or at least near) old ladies mid-flight. Unfortunately for Gosder, I have to think the latter will ultimately be what he goes down in the history books for. At least in my mind. That’s the tough thing about having a career on the O-line. Not enough memorable plays. Had he made a few highlight reel catches, or jaw dropping runs, then maybe those highlights would stick out above the pissing incident. But when you’re an O-lineman, and the best highlight you have on the internet is a supercut of your first half snaps in Week 1 of 2011, it only takes 1 public urination on an airplane for that to be your lasting legacy.
Also, this incident is yet another reason why we need to have security cameras on airplanes. I have no idea how that isn’t a thing yet. You’d think with all the safety measures taken after 9/11, adding cameras to planes would have been one of them. But nope. They just don’t exist. And if they do, I’ve never seen them. Which is a real shame, because I’d sure love to see how this went down.
Court documents said the passengers and crew on the flight were in complete shock and feared for their safety. The flight crew attempted to stop Cherilus, but they said he became unruly and aggressive.
On his way back to his seat, he allegedly hit an elderly man with his right hand, according to the report.
Cherilus is 6-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs about 280 pounds. State Police said troopers had to use “two sets of handcuffs to restrain him” when he was arrested because of his size.
Because the incident happened during the flight over Canadian waters there is also a federal investigation underway.
He just had to do it over Canadian waters too. Now they’re gonna have to get Mounties involved.
Cherilus isn’t going down without a fight though. He’s plead not guilty to the charges of interfering with the operation of an aircraft, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. Which again… if there were cameras on the flight… that would really help clear things up in a situation like this. Anytime there’s an incident on an airplane, it just turns into a he-said, she-said between passengers and flight attendants. Unless someone is on the ball enough to whip out their phone and take a video. Which honestly, shame on the rest of the passengers for not filming this. I’m sure they were scared shitless. But you gotta be more aware than to just sit there cowering in your seat with your eyes closed praying a golden shower from the dick of the largest man you’ve ever seen doesn’t rain down upon you. Companies like Barstool Sports rely on plane freakout videos to stay in business. They’re the reason half of us have jobs. We need that god damn video.
Gosder has since provided an explanation for his behavior. His explanation is actually something I think about every time I see an airplane freakout video.
— Gosder Cherilus (@GosderCherilus) August 19, 2024
Whenever someone loses their mind on an airplane, I always wonder what type of “make my flight easier” drug they took ahead of time. But even if we give Cherilus the benefit of the doubt here, and concede that his erratic behavior was due to this new drug, you can’t be taking a brand new sleeping drug for the first time ahead of a 6+ hour flight. You gotta test that out at home first. A 6+ hour flight to Dublin is way too much of an unfamiliar/trapped situation to be experimenting with new drugs. Especially if he drank with it. Also, Boston to Dublin is a long enough flight that you could probably wait until your plane is actually taking off before taking the drug. And as far as I know, “Sorry I did that judge. But you have to understand I was on drugs”, is not an excuse that holds up in court.
Tough times for the Cherilus family I’m sure. But if it helps, here are some of his pass protection highlights back in college vs Wake Forest to help remember the good times.
