As it is a well known story by now, Michael Vick ended up receiving 23 months in jail due the the dog fighting charges he faced, the hearing was on December 10th, the same night the Falcons played at home against The Saints.
Rodney White along with tight end Alge Crumpler and cornerbacks DeAngelo Hall, Chris Houston and Joe Horn decided to play a tribute to the ex-Falcon, they all wore black eye stripes with messages in a tribute to Vick, the NFL decided that this was “an unauthorized personal message” and a violation to uniform regulations and fined the 5 players for such reason.
White scored a touchdown and immediately displayed a black shirt with the phrase “Free Mike Vick” and Hall had a poster of Vick on the field during pre-game introductions.
White, Hall, Houston and Crumpler each have to pay $10,000 while Horn was hit with $7,500 for a total of $47,500 in fines.
Is it that this really has to do with any violations at all or is it that the Falcons just wants to distance themselves from the image of the suspended Pro Bowl quarterback? Well, remember Sean Taylor? A couple of weeks ago, Redskins runner back Clinton Portis wore a shirt in his memory and he wasn’t fined, and I’m not saying he had to be fined, I just think the NFL is contradicting themselves with this type of actions,
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