Five Falcons fined for displaying Vick messages

 

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By AP, 20 Dec 2007 AP is a Roar Pro

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Roddy White and four other Atlanta Falcons have been 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 dog-fighting charges on the morning of December 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 $US10,000 ($A11,703) each.

Crumpler, Hall and Houston all wore black eye strips with written tributes to Vick, which the league called “displaying an unauthorised personal message”.

Wide receiver Joe Horn was fined $US7,500 ($A8,777) for pulling up White’s jersey to show the black T-shirt with handwritten white lettering.

© 2007 The Associated Press

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