Falcons Fined For Flashing “Free Michael Vick” T-Shirt At Cameras After TD
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.
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No, how about we “Free Ramos and Compean” …
not some idiot that sends Robert KK-fking-K Byrd into a torturous tizzy on the Senate floor …
December 18th, 2007 at 5:24 pmwhen are the people of this country going to say enough. these athletes think they should be above the law and the owners don’t care as long as the money continues to come in. this attitude, not only in sports, but all through our society, will bring us down.
December 18th, 2007 at 7:28 pm