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Five Falcons Fined for Faith in Felon

Posted: December 18, 2007, 5:52 pm
by Fash
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1
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. The fines were confirmed Tuesday by NFL spokesman Randall Liu.

Hall also had a poster of Vick on the field during pre-game introductions.


The Falcons lost the game 34-14.
Idiots.... How about focusing on playing football?

edit: try saying that title 5 times fast!!

Re: 5 Falcons Fined for Vick Tribute

Posted: December 18, 2007, 6:20 pm
by Winnow
Keep on fining them.

Jake Plummer got fined for trying to pay tribute to Pat Tillman so these retards shouldn't be surprised to be fined for paying tribute to a convict.

Re: Five Falcons Fined for Faith in Felon

Posted: December 18, 2007, 8:03 pm
by Canelek
Exactly! Despite having been done in good taste to honor a close friend in Tillman, Plummer got in trouble with the league.

The 'free mike vick' thing is fucking retarded.

Re: Five Falcons Fined for Faith in Felon

Posted: December 18, 2007, 10:35 pm
by noel
I love that they want to free him for a crime that he himself admitted to. If you confess and become imprisoned, it's a bit difficult to take the position that you're falsely imprisoned.

Re: Five Falcons Fined for Faith in Felon

Posted: December 19, 2007, 3:09 am
by Trek
Im sure they where fined based on some race thing, just ask em