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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject: NFL fines 5 Falcons for Vick tributes |
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NFL fines 5 Falcons for Vick tributes Tue Dec 18, 11:32 AM ET
NEW YORK - 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.
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I can halfway understand some of his teammates giving him support but for White to show "FREE Mike Vick" is going overboard...he committed a felony...Federal at that...he has to do some time!
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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They should have just gave Vick the $$$, he could use it more than the NFL!
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