by Michael Stephens
Former Virginia Tech star Marcus Vick is fast. He also drives that way.
In any case, the quarterback pleaded guilty Monday to traffic charges that contributed to his dismissal from the team earlier this year. Vick owes a whopping $236 in fines and court costs for driving 38 m.p.h. in a 25 m.p.h. zone without a valid license on December 17.
“It’s just a traffic situation,‿ Vick, who made himself eligible for the NFL draft in April, said.
He was booted off the team at Virginia Tech on January 6 after a chain of events left the school no choice. Vick stomped on the calf of a defensive player during the Gator Bowl, then, a few days later, he was arrested for pulling a gun on three teenagers during an altercation in a restaurant parking lot. Awesome work. He faces three misdemeanor counts of brandishing a firearm.
The younger brother of Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was also convicted of serving alcohol to underage girls in 2003. Despite warranted comparisons to Maurice Clarett, the younger Vick will probably be selected in the NFL Draft and given a chance to succeed in the pros. The Sporting News has him going in the third round, and calls him “a steal” if someone can set him straight.
Good luck. Maybe getting paid will keep Vick out of trouble, although I wouldn’t bet on it. This guy is just plain Hokie! Sorry. Not that you will have the chance to pick him up in your fantasy league, but if you do, don’t. If that makes sense.
Besides the bigoted remarks about Mr. Vick on FOX News, I heard a woman scream across the radio at a caller that was defending the issue of abortion. This poor man had a pre-pubesant son, born with a congential disese that robbed the boy of any cognition of his world except what he might experience from digestive tract proprioceptors. The description, or at least what was allowed by this abusive female commentator, reminded me of at very least 'microcephalic' children.
The statement by this man was that he would have aborted this child if this profound disorder was known to him before the child was born. He has that right to those feelings. The commentator told him he was a 'sick' man and how dare he say he feels that way with a child alive. He simply stated, "You don't know what it's like to have a child that has no connection with the real world and receives no enjoyment. He is in chronic pain all the time. This is not a just life for any child." She continued to scream, scream and I do mean scream at this man whom voluntarily called to speak to her, about HER judgemental morality about his child and his life.
At no time did that woman commentator offer compassion or the opportunity to refer him to an agency that might give him some insight. Never did she offer her vast connectedness to a listening audience to perhaps come to understand his issues and bring more that have experienced those same issues and call in support of his circumstances and perhaps a kind word toward his plight and reassurance he was not alone in the world.
Children with such severe congenital disease often have parents with little support and respit from their responsibilities. The entire focus of the female commentator was toxic to the circumstances and only served to ridicule a man that opposed her views on religious righteousness.
It was not the man caller that was sick, it was the female commentator whom passed judgement with wild abandon to serve a political purpose. It was amazing to hear.
