Five Falcons fined for displaying Michael Vick messages
Photo by AP Photo/Casey Templeton
Spectators wearing Michael Vick jersey’s wait to get inside Federal Court for the sentencing of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in Richmond, Va., Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. Vick was sentenced to 23 months for his role in a dogfighting conspiracy that involved gambling and killing pit bulls. (AP Photo)
December 18, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) — Roddy White and four other Atlanta Falcons were fined by the NFL for violating uniform regulations with tributes to jailed quarterback Michael Vick during a game last week.
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 the New Orleans Saints that night and lost 34-14.
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.
