Now I'm getting ready to head to work soon and hopped on here to check the bus schedule thinking that I have to be out the door immediately, when I open my internet browser and see a sports headline on my homepage about Mike Vick and his "taunting" of a fan in his game against the Atlanta Falcons. The article was written by Chris Chase, and in the article he says:
"For all the improvements Vick and the various sycophants who blindly defend him say he's made, one thing he hasn't changed is that cocksure braggadocio. Pointing to the scoreboard is hardly a capital offense. It's still juvenile and petty and should be beneath most professional athletes, particularly ones who are in the midst of major career rehabilitation. Plenty of stars get booed and don't point up to the scoreboard like a hotshot high school quarterback."
I'm a little bothered by this. First of all, to refer to the people who support him, who include his family, family, close friends and a large percentage of African Americans across the country as "sycophants" is a bit out of line and unprofessional in my opinion. The dictionary defines the word sycophant as
"a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite." So that's what you think of Mike's fans? Just a bunch of people blindly fawning and admiring Mike, as opposed to a bunch of people who have seen his rise from a phenom at Virginia Tech, watched him take the NFL by storm, as a man who failed his family friends and fans publicly, was given a 2nd chance when no one wanted him and watch him maximize his opportunity? Well tell us how you really feel then Mr. Chase?
Secondly, you decide to take the Skip Bayless route and nitpick at a fan who was heckling him as he's leaving the field because what is a serious head injury and decides to point to the scoreboard to show the fan that he should be concerned about what the Falcons aren't doing as opposed to him going to get medically evaluated. And you call that "juvenile and petty" and say that it should be beneath him? Who died and made you the judge on NFL decorum. You even acknowledged the fact that the action, would nonetheless go unnoticed.
Finally you say that "Plenty of stars get booed and don't point up to the scoreboard like a hotshot high school quarterback." Well Chris, your story make it obvious that in high school, you weren't the hotshot quarterback. You were probably the little guy in school, that spent his spare time dreaming of being the hot shot high school quarterback. Next time find something of more relevance to talk about..
Peace and Love..
