5 Falcons fined for displaying Michael Vick messages
December 18, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) -- Roddy White and four other Atlanta Falcons were fined by the NFL for violating uniform regulations with tributes to Michael Vick during last week's Monday night game.
Vick, Atlanta's suspended Pro Bowl quarterback, was sentenced to 23 months in prison on federal dogfighting charges the morning of Dec. 10. The Falcons played at home against New Orleans that night.
After scoring a touchdown, White displayed a "Free Mike Vick" T-shirt under his jersey.
He, along with tight end Alge Crumpler and cornerbacks DeAngelo Hall and Chris Houston, were fined $10,000 each. Crumpler, Hall and Houston all wore black eye strips with written tributes to Vick, which the league called "displaying an unauthorized personal message."
Wide receiver Joe Horn was fined $7,500 for pulling up White's jersey to show the black T-shirt with handwritten white lettering.
All I can say is...Tragic. Just Tragic.
2007-12-18 03:53:44 · 7 answers · asked by The TDB 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
My only thought was "what took him so long"? It took him nearly a full season to figure out that Blank was a snake oil salesman and the inmates were running the asylum.
2007-12-18 05:26:20 · answer #1 · answered by stan l 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bobby Petrino became the villain leaving the Falcons,but every sports commentator that has trashed him would not have stayed with that team trying to win with a bunch of morons
2007-12-18 07:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i thought deangelo had been the biggest petrino hater from earlier in the season when petrino sent his buddy away for being a bad attitude.
no shock that the league finally figured out they needed to fine those morons though.
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2007-12-18 03:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by BulldogBlitz 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Petrino is a hero! Who wants to stay in a city that glorifies thug, criminal behavior? Atlanta didn't deserve to be burned in 1864, but it may qualify now.
2007-12-18 03:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
I dont care how aweful the players behavior, He should of left in a more dignified way. He is a coward and Arkansas is not getting a jewel. Far from it.
2007-12-18 04:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by jamienpatrick 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You just named some of the biggest losers in the NFL. Who wants to coach a bunch of scum bags?
2007-12-18 04:01:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
i am glad he left he never received the respect of the team,and it all goes back to the owner***
2007-12-18 04:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by rebshel 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋