Surprise, Surprise: Another Athlete Gets Into Trouble At The Strip Club!
Over the course of the last year, just about everything has gone right for NFL quarterback Vince Young.
After his Tennessee Titans started last season a dismal 0-6 with Young on the bench, Titans coach Jeff Fisher put him in the starting lineup and he led the team to a respectable 8-8 record, earning his second Pro Bowl nod in the process. Earlier this year, Young’s hometown of Houston, Texas declared January 10 “Vince Young Day” to honor him for his stellar character both on and off the football field. And, most recently, Young appeared on the cover of ESPN The Magazine and was a subject of ESPN’s show E:60. Not a bad year, right? Especially when you consider that, just two years ago, reports surfaced saying that Young was depressed and suicidal after a September 2008 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
But, after the events that went down this weekend, it’s safe to say that not everything has gone right for him in the last year. Over the weekend, Young allegedly got into a fight at a strip club called Club Onyx in Dallas. The fight, which was caught on video by the club’s surveillance cameras, reportedly began after a patron at the club taunted the former University of Texas QB by throwing the trademark “Longhorns” hand signal at Young upside-down and making several disrespectful remarks to him. Young allegedly responded by attacking the man. On Sunday, Young was issued a misdemeanor assault citation and could face a fine of up to $500.
The incident raises a familiar question: Why are athletes still putting themselves at risk by hanging around strip clubs? After seeing what happened to Adam “Pacman” Jones during NBA All-Star Weekend 2007, you would think athletes would have learned their lesson. If you’re rich and famous and you’re throwing money around in a strip club, you automatically make yourself a target for trouble. Even if you’re not throwing money around and you’re not being particularly flashy, you’re placing yourself in an environment that has the potential to turn volatile.
Most of all, you’re putting yourself in the position to hurt your public perception. For much of the last year, Vince Young has done everything to make himself look like one of the NFL’s good guys. He’s taken former NFL star Steve McNair‘s two sons under his wing and helped them work through the fact their father was tragically murdered last summer. He’s helped raise money for those hit hardest by last month’s Nashville floods by selling autographed pictures of himself and donating the proceeds to charity. He’s come a long way and grown a lot since entering the NFL in 2006.
But now, that’s all gone. And, for what? To prove himself—at the strip club? To defend the honor of his alma mater—at the strip club? To show how tough he is—at the strip club?
The truth is that Vince Young’s infraction isn’t that bad in the grand scheme of things. He didn’t hurt anyone permanently. He didn’t get slapped with criminal charges that could impede his career. And he didn’t injure himself in the fracas. But it’s bad enough to change the way people look at him, despite the success he’s enjoyed this year. And, hopefully, it’s bad enough to deter another athlete from doing the same thing anytime soon.
Because Vince Young just proved that it takes a lot of hard work for everything to go right. But it only takes one wrong step for it all to go wrong.
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“… Vince Young just proved that it takes a lot of hard work for everything to go right. But it only takes one wrong step for it all to go wrong.”
Truer words have never been written.
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They need a course in how to handle dumbass hater. Truth is he could’ve been anywhere where they were serving alchi or not and hell might have popped off. The same thing happened to mark henry, a professional wrestler at a signing.
FANS/HATERS need to stop being so damn pro active or being held accountable for their actions. Ie they should’ve let the dude get his asswhipped and then tell him “next time stfu and watch the show.”
As for defending his alma marter etc… Uhmm was he supposed to do it in the octagon etc. Clearly the dude wasn’t going to stop because the first time it didn’t work. There are some hater that are looking for a place to shine/money/bragging rights etc. As for defending his alma marter, as silly as it may sound, maybe, just maybe it or people representing it helped shaped him into a person who gives back, who looks out for people etc. Maybe people from there looked out for him.
I say this because I was in the nav and while I will trade ribbing with other people from other branches. Honestly we earned the right. One time one of my former best friends, his brother and a former acquaintance tried to disrespect it via FB. Keep in mind he’s never served a day in his life, but he’s a military cock rider. Oh and I’ve backed his scurred ass several times etc. Yeah I lit them all up. Truth is if it was face to face it would’ve been on.
Point is if someone is insulting something that help mold you, help you find your way you’re going to be pissed. Especially when you have no room to.
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Good points, RL. The VY thing is an unfortunate incident and hopefully it blows over. Ironically, I think the fact that Chris Johnson is probably going to hold out of Titans training camp will help this thing with VY blow over, provided he comes out and helps become the leader of that team….All of that said, if VY gets into a fight with someone anywhere else but a strip club, this isn’t as big a story to me. But the fact that athletes (and NFL players, specifically) keep getting into trouble at strip clubs is a bad look for the league. Curious to see if the NFL commish hands down any punishment for this…
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Yeah, It’s a high surprise.
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