Marcus Vick dismissed from the team

[grantsrc]

And now "brandishing a firearm" at a McDonald's no less. I really hope that this guy doesn't go pro. He doesn't deserve one cent from an NFL.

Why can't pro, even college, athletes get it thru their heads that they are role models and need to behave accordingly?

[bluezebra]

Sept. 2, 2003 — Suspended for one game by coach Frank Beamer for undisclosed reason.
Feb. 17, 2004 — Arrested without incident and charged with four misdemeanors - three for allegedly allowing the underage girls to have alcohol and one for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old at a January party. Released on $2,500 bond.

May 14, 2004 — Convicted of three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $2,250. Found innocent of having sex with the 15-year-old.

July 3, 2004 — Charged with reckless driving and possession of marijuana after a traffic stop about 25 miles east of Richmond at 2:30 a.m. Police said he was clocked at 86 mph, 21 mph above the speed limit, and that the vehicle stunk of marijuana.

July 6, 2004 — Indefinitely suspended from football team for off-field problems.

Aug. 3, 2004 — Suspended from the university for the 2004 season on same day he pleads guilty to reckless driving and no contest to marijuana possession in New Kent. Is fined $300, has driver's license suspended for 60 days and is placed in a first offender program on the marijuana charge, requiring that he perform 24 hours of community service, undergo drug counseling and random drug tests, and give up his driver's license for six months.

Sept. 13, 2004 — In plea deal, pleads no contest to one misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Receives 30-day suspended jail sentence, is fined $100, ordered to perform 24 hours of community service and stay away from the teenage girls.

Jan. 17, 2005 — Cleared to rejoin football team and re-enroll at Virginia Tech.

Oct. 1, 2005 — Leads No. 3 Hokies to 34-20 victory at West Virginia, and makes obscene gesture to fans who have been calling him names related to past problems throughout the game. He apologized a day later.

Dec. 17, 2005 — Pulled over by police in Hampton for driving 38 mph in a 25 mph zone and driving with a suspended license.

Jan. 2, 2006 — Leads Virginia Tech to a 35-24 win over Louisville in Gator Bowl. In the game, he stomped on the left calf of Cardinals All-American defensive end Elvis Dumervil, the NCAA sacks leader. Claims the incident was accidental and that he apologized to Dumervil, who denies ever receiving apology.

Jan. 6, 2006 — Is kicked off team at Virginia Tech for legal trouble and unsportsmanlike conduct in Gator Bowl.

Jan. 9, 2006 — Turns himself in to police, is charged with pulling a gun on three teenagers during an altercation in a restaurant parking lot.

If ANY pro football team, ANYWHERE, drafts this goon, they should be given psychiatric evaluation.

Bob

[RefNVa]

Ugh, Marcus was arrested in Suffolk, VA today on 3 counts of Brandishing a Firearm @ 17 year old @ a Mickey Ds. This kid is sinking fast, what a waste, hope he somehow wakes up!

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by bluezebra

Sept. 2, 2003 — Suspended for one game by coach Frank Beamer for undisclosed reason.
Feb. 17, 2004 — Arrested without incident and charged with four misdemeanors - three for allegedly allowing the underage girls to have alcohol and one for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old at a January party. Released on $2,500 bond.

May 14, 2004 — Convicted of three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $2,250. Found innocent of having sex with the 15-year-old.

July 3, 2004 — Charged with reckless driving and possession of marijuana after a traffic stop about 25 miles east of Richmond at 2:30 a.m. Police said he was clocked at 86 mph, 21 mph above the speed limit, and that the vehicle stunk of marijuana.

July 6, 2004 — Indefinitely suspended from football team for off-field problems.

Aug. 3, 2004 — Suspended from the university for the 2004 season on same day he pleads guilty to reckless driving and no contest to marijuana possession in New Kent. Is fined $300, has driver's license suspended for 60 days and is placed in a first offender program on the marijuana charge, requiring that he perform 24 hours of community service, undergo drug counseling and random drug tests, and give up his driver's license for six months.

Sept. 13, 2004 — In plea deal, pleads no contest to one misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Receives 30-day suspended jail sentence, is fined $100, ordered to perform 24 hours of community service and stay away from the teenage girls.

Jan. 17, 2005 — Cleared to rejoin football team and re-enroll at Virginia Tech.

Oct. 1, 2005 — Leads No. 3 Hokies to 34-20 victory at West Virginia, and makes obscene gesture to fans who have been calling him names related to past problems throughout the game. He apologized a day later.

Dec. 17, 2005 — Pulled over by police in Hampton for driving 38 mph in a 25 mph zone and driving with a suspended license.

Jan. 2, 2006 — Leads Virginia Tech to a 35-24 win over Louisville in Gator Bowl. In the game, he stomped on the left calf of Cardinals All-American defensive end Elvis Dumervil, the NCAA sacks leader. Claims the incident was accidental and that he apologized to Dumervil, who denies ever receiving apology.

Jan. 6, 2006 — Is kicked off team at Virginia Tech for legal trouble and unsportsmanlike conduct in Gator Bowl.

Jan. 9, 2006 — Turns himself in to police, is charged with pulling a gun on three teenagers during an altercation in a restaurant parking lot.

If ANY pro football team, ANYWHERE, drafts this goon, they should be given psychiatric evaluation.

But he's not a monster...yet.

[NoTrumpKing]

Social & emotional disorders characteristicly appear when youngsters become 20-somethings instead of teenagers. Psychiatrists hesitate, nay refuse, to diagnose schiz & paran before the patient is 21. This for a reason. The extent of social necrosis isn't observable until the patient is outside the family's protection.
My late brother was exactly like M.Vick, even did some similar things on the field, I think it was to some guy playing for Houston. But everyone made excuses for him, even the Criminal Justice System, and he was bounced around until it was too late to fix anything.
This is such a complex and interwoven problem that it is impossible for me, with 40 years of hindsight, 20+ years of education, 12 or 14 years of playing and 12 years of officiating to follow any of these threds of extra-curicular violence to its cause.
Someone out there with more money and motivation than good sense is going to try to fix this guy with money and it ain't going to work.
Instead he needs to be subjected to a complete psychiatric intake reviewm hospitalized until a program to address his social necrosis is in place, treatment has proceeded and a successful prognosis is the consensus of the treatment team.
Now ... who's gonna pay for it?
Who is both socially and financially responcible for his being this way. The family that birthed him; the school system that passed him along or the society in general that over-arches both of the microcosms.

[NoTrumpKing]

Oh did I not sat it:
Good ridance. Society & sport do not need this type of person nor this kind of behavior.

[jxt127]

I can't see why schizophrenia was brought into this at all.

But regardless of that it is certainly diagnosed in people before the age of 20. It's known to occur in children younger than 10 as well.

[mplagrow]

Too bad Jimmy Johnson's not still coaching in Miami. He could pick up MV to go along with Lawrence Philips, Cecil Collins, and Demitrius Underwood.

[schwinn]

Marcus Vick proves the theory that there just aren't enough people these days getting lobotomies.