Randy Moss

[gr8ful wes]

He had a bad week, getting an ear full from Culpepper, Pushing the Cop, Marijuana in his car, going to jail, crying on ESPN, and missing 3 touchdown passes against Seattle. Do we forgive him? crucify him?, or not care?

I think it is too bad for him, and for Football. He could be great. Since his mentor Chris Carter retired, Moss has really declined. I hate seeing good talent go to waste.

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

He has to want to excell, nobody can do that for him.

He is like a 8 year old, can't understand why people don't like him, and what he does wrong.

He's the poster boy for "me" sports figures.

 

[Ming]

He's just a complete baby. His whole life, people have handed him whatever he wants because of his sports ability. Well Randy, time to grow up and join the real world. If your multi million dollar contract for playing a game isn't enough for you... cram it you moron.

 

[Flatlander Fox]

Screw him...

This "Thug" attitude that you see from so many athletes these days is moronic.

Newsflash: YOU CANNOT IDENTIFY WITH THE "STREET LIFE" WHEN YOU MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLAY A GAME!

People like this guy just piss me off.

 

[Ming]

The interview on ESPN was simply umbelievable. The excuses he was making were so lame, it just proves that he has been skating by in life with everybody looking the other way.

Well wake up you idiot... those lame excuses that used to work for your high school and college coaches don't work in the real world.

If life is so hard for you, get a real job and see what life is really all about

 

[De Lorimier]

I agree with all of you. I'd just like to point a fact. Basketball and Football don't have minor leagues like in Baseball and Hockey. The boys make the jump from college to professionnal sports. At 18 they're handed tons of money and sometimes they act like fools. Not all Basketball and Football players are bad persons but there's more in those two sports. The lack of minor leagues is sometimes responsible for the behavior of some young superstars who don't know sh*t about life but make millions playing a game. Of course, in Moss's case, he's the one to blame since he's been like this for years...

 

[mad_stork]

De Lorimier: You make a good point, especially for basketball. The thing is, in football, no one enters straight out of high school. So in reality, college football acts as a type of minor league for the NFL (along with CFL, Arena, and NFL Europe).

Regarding Moss, I think the league should fine him a lot and suspend him for at least 3 games for "conduct detrimental to the league"

Also, does anybody else think it's BS that he only got charged with 2 misdemenor (sp?) traffic violations? I garuntee if a normal person pushed around a city employee with a car they would get charged with felony assault!

 

[Stat Kat]

Mad_stork: Any suspension that is handed down by the Vikings or the NFL is subject to appeal on behalf of the players' union and can be reduced or even overturned. So even if the NFL decided to get tough, the precedent probably isn't there for it to stick. Besides, I think the league can only step in if Moss is proven guilty of the charges. The Vikings could have done something, but they let him off with the fines...

I think it perfect normal for athletes to get off easier, they always have. It isn't right, but that's the way the system has always worked.

The Vikings were looking really good for taking Moss with all of his problems. And in the first few years, they looked like geniuses for it. But now, they are getting what they paid for and it comes at a time when they are trying rebuild under Culpepper and it's bad timing for everyone.

 

[Sodak]

Originally posted by mad_stork
Also, does anybody else think it's BS that he only got charged with 2 misdemenor (sp?) traffic violations? I garuntee if a normal person pushed around a city employee with a car they would get charged with felony assault!

No, actually. My best friend is a city attorney here, he says that what happened would have no chance of being successfully prosecuted as a felony.

Also, consider that Moss is, in all likelihood, on somebody else's fantasy football team. They would prosecute the max possible just to win that pool...

Back on topic, he's a big baby. Even without a staff of boot lickers covering up his inanities, he's still not figured out that he needs to behave responsibly. In just a few days he has reduced his stock from 'superstar with hall of fame potential' to 'untradable head case'. If his career goes downhill because of this sort of nonsense, he'll find his just desserts.

Originally posted by Flatlander Fox
This "Thug" attitude that you see from so many athletes these days is moronic.

Newsflash: YOU CANNOT IDENTIFY WITH THE "STREET LIFE" WHEN YOU MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLAY A GAME!

Especially when you grew up in small town West Virginia

 

[Ming]

If Randy was an 18 year old who had just received his first million dollar contract, one "might" at least think, Well, he will grow out of this as he gets older. But he is 25 years old now, and still acts like a self absorbed brat... Maybe someday he will start acting like an adult... but I'm not going to "hold my breath" waiting for that happen

 

[Sodak]

Originally posted by Ming
... Maybe someday he will start acting like an adult...

Not likely until he is penniless and the last person listening to him finally grows tired of his 'glory day' stories.

 

[Ming]

He doesn't have enough "glory day" stories to tell yet.

 

[allan2]

Q: How is a dollar worth more than Randy Moss?
A: You can get four quarters from a dollar.



Anyway, to quote Steely Dan: "the kid will live and learn, as he watches his bridges burn." Or maybe not.

Even as a Viking fan, I still wouldn't mind him getting suspended by the NFL (or by Tice) for a few weeks--might actually do us good, developing other fairly decent weapons like Bennett, Williams, and Kleinsasser. These days, it seems a throw to Randy is one too many....

 

[mad_stork]

Originally posted by Sodak
No, actually. My best friend is a city attorney here, he says that what happened would have no chance of being successfully prosecuted as a felony.

Can you elaborate on this? I really don't understand how pushing someone with a car in front of witnesses wouldn't be prosecutable as assault? Come on, all he got was a couple of traffic violations...

 

[Sodak]

Originally posted by mad_stork
Can you elaborate on this? I really don't understand how pushing someone with a car in front of witnesses wouldn't be prosecutable as assault? Come on, all he got was a couple of traffic violations...

I'm no lawyer, so I don't know the fine print. He tells me that there are plenty of midemeanors that will stick. Apparently, the interpretation of intent is a key factor. Moss could argue that he had no intention other than continuing on (thus admitting to a list of misdemeanor offenses), and actually took care to not harm the officer. Or some such.

Another factor is that successfully charging misdemeanors would be almost guaranteed; failure to pin a felony on him would result in no charges at all. In other words, he would walk away as if it didn't happen.