bleachereport.com wonders “Brett Favre, Michael Vick, Plaxico Burress: What’s Wrong with Today’s Athletes?” Too much money and fame would be my guess. I think it’s writer Bryce Hammons’ conclusion as well, but he’s more poetic than I am and he’s got an entire column to fill (as do I). “Have we created demi-gods, incapable of rational thinking, bolstered by our cheers, beholden upon our affection, walking amongst us, having to look down upon all the little people, and not having to play by the same rules as us normals?”
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Michael Vick: Marcus Vick Waved Gun At Taunting Teens
Celebrity gun news. No. I’m not going to start another website to cover star firepower. I’m not even going to create a new category. But exploring gun culture is part of TTAG’s mission statement. So when an ex-con / NFL QB by the name of Michael Vick told Black Entertainment Television that his brother and fellow felon Marcus Vick was telling porky pies (lies) when he denied waving a “small black handgun” around at a Suffolk (CT) McDonald’s parking lot (in response to teenage taunting), we’re in. First, flashback. “I don’t carry guns,” Marcus Vick dissembled at the time (2006), claiming witnesses mistook his cell phone for a firearm (easily done). “I don’t affiliate with people that have guns,” Mikey revealed. “They’re dangerous and could go off at any time and hit anybody.” Now there’s the voice of a knowledgeable gun owner. Anyway . . .
