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by
jayflemma.thegolfspace.com
January 9th, 2006
Last week, two ESPN radio jockeys were debating how
embarrassed the Vick family must be after Marcus stomped on an opposing
players defenseless calf with his cleated size 16. Vick was kicked off
the football team, permanently dumped after the Gator Bowl. The ESPN
apologists (all bow down to the Holy Church of the Professional
Athlete), simpered that compared to Billy Carter and Roger Clinton, Vick
wasn’t all that bad.
Boy, what do they think now? Probably nothing. They’re
ESPN. They don’t have to apologize when they are wrong. It never
happened. Just lose those tapes in the archives and fast!
Surpassing even his brother’s famous Ronald Mexico
footsteps, Marcus Vick has this time made himself a felony charge
defendant and faces three years and a $75,000 fine.
Here’s the facts, courtesy of the AP wire. You be the Judge
of this guy:
“Former Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick, booted from
the team last week for his behavior on and off the field, was charged
Monday with pulling a gun on three teenagers during an altercation in a
restaurant parking lot.
The 21-year-old Vick was charged with three misdemeanor
counts of brandishing a firearm, and was released on $10,000 bond.
Police said the parents of a 17-year-old boy reported that
Vick pointed a weapon at their son and two others during an altercation
at a McDonald’s in Suffolk, a southeastern Virginia city where Vick’s
mother lives, Sunday night.
If convicted of all three counts, Vick could be sentenced
to up to three years in jail and a $7,500 fine, police spokeswoman Lt.
Debbie George said in a statement.
On Friday, Virginia Tech kicked Vick off the team, citing
the cumulative effects of numerous legal problems and his
unsportsmanlike conduct in the Gator Bowl, where he was caught on tape
stomping on the left calf of Louisville All-American Elvis Dumervil.
He also received a speeding ticket and a ticket for driving
on a suspended license in Hampton on Dec. 17 while under a “zero
tolerance” policy from Virginia Tech.
The policy was implemented when Vick was suspended in 2004
because of several legal problems. He later came under further scrutiny
because of replays of his actions against Dumervil.
Vick claimed it was accidental, but hurt his cause by
claiming to have apologized to Dumervil, the NCAA sacks leader. Dumervil
said he received no such apology.
Saturday, Vick announced he had decided to turn pro.”
Funny … a Va. Tech spokesman refused comment other than to
note Vick’s conduct “speaks for itself.”
As my buddy Steve Czaban always writes, NFL players
frequently call what we label as debauchery and anti-social behavior
“Tuesday.” See the “Wont you take me on a sea cruise” Minnesota Vikings.
I for one am glad they fired that mindless chump that masqueraded as a
coach. He makes Neanderthals look civilized by comparison. Gotta love it
when an owner gets “doing the right thing” so fast that an hour after
finishing the season you here a thud, a door slam and a gratuitous “And
stay out!”
Start the clock on Vick Va. Tech expulsion hearing. . and
well deserved.
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