The Hilarious Case of Marcus Vick

Sports Central ^ | January 12, 2006 | Kevin Beane

[Zechariah11]

At what point does a tragic study become a ridiculous study? At what point do gravity's forces become humorous rather than grave?

Wherever that point is, we will have to call it the Vick Point. Marcus Vick was a tragic figure at first — argued by some to have more raw natural talent than his brother, he had a couple of scrapes with team policy and the law, and we wondered whether he'd be able to fulfill his promise, or become another after-school special.

It would've been tragic if he simply would've gone down the second path. But the fact that he's running down the second path, laughing madly and urinating on the first path is why fewer and fewer people are shaking their heads at his plight. He makes Maurice Clarett look like Kurt Warner.

To recap just the last month in the life of "New Mexico," as a much cleverer writer than myself has dubbed him, he has:

* Got busted for going 38 mph in a 25 zone ... on a suspended license.

* Stomped on Elvis Dumervil's calf in the Gator Bowl, and then lied about having apologized to Dumervil (unless Dumervil is the one lying, but ... c'mon.)

* Gets kicked off the Virginia Tech team for these transgressions, after already being on a sort of final warning for his myriad legal and team-rules problems leading up to the Gator Bowl.

Then came his real piece de resistance. According to the police charges, some teenagers were cracking on him in the parking lot of a Mickey D's ... so he did what we would do in that situation, and showed the kids he was packing.

[skaterboy]

You can have all the talent in the world but if you don't have the brains then it does not matter

[martin_fierro]

EDSBS QUIZ: ARE YOU MARCUS VICK?

[martin_fierro]

To recap just the last month in the life of "New Mexico"

WTFIIWNM?

[SunkenCiv]

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