[OldDeckHand]

Illegal, no. Distasteful, yes. One would hope that a multi-millionaire NFL QB could find his "companionship" with someone who isn't a 17-year old high school girl. But hey, maybe that's just me.

Considering other recent NFL foibles, I guess we should all be appreciative that we aren't talking about "rape, rape".

[hflynn]

The JETS have a lot of off the field issues. Sanchez now holds sole possession of 3rd place on the list:

1st Place goes to Antonio Cromartie. Elected Father of the Year in the 6 states that he fathered 9 children with 8 different women in a 5 year time span.

2nd Place goes to Coach Rex Ryan. Rex blew a million dollar endorsement when the JETS crashed and burned in the AFC Championship Game. Had the JETS made it to the Super Bowl and won Rex would have received 1 million dollars for his response to the standard Where are you going to go? question after the game. Rex's response would have been, I'm going to Foot Locker!

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

In Ohio it’s illegal - contributing to the delinquency of a minor. I suspect many states have similar laws on the books.

The younger the girl, the higher the crime: Contributing to the Delinqunecy (age 17); Gross Sexual Imposition (age 16); Sexual Assault(age 15); Statutory Rape (age 14 and under) - regardless of consent.

[lacrew]

“...bragged on Facebook about “MARK F—ING SANCHEZ” texting her after they flirted at a hip Manhattan nightclub on New Year’s Eve”

My teenage daughter is not allowed to go to ‘hip nightclubs’ on New Year’s Eve.

Don’t you have to be 18 to get into a nightclub anyway?

....I’m climbing on my soapbox right about now...

[ViLaLuz]

Isn’t that Meagan McCain?

[Hotlanta Mike]

Considering other recent NFL foibles, I guess we should all be appreciative that we aren’t talking about “rape, rape”.

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USC suspends Sanchez after sexual assault arrest

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2423430

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Did he suck her toes?

[mewzilla]

Did Mark Sanchez Make An Honest Woman Out Of His Greenwich High School Friend?

[Darren McCarty]

Mark Sanchez's theme song is Winger's "She's only 17"....

It's barely legal if there's no cameras, although at least in my opinion it ain't right.

You're QB of the Jets. You have the pick of the tri-state area, LA, and Orange County for action. Out of the 25 million people there, you nail a 17 year old? In 17 year old fashion, she posted it all on the internet too. Dummy. Him more than her.

[BobL]

“Illegal, no. Distasteful, yes.”

OBVIOUSLY. He didn’t make it to the Superbowl. Had he made it, it would have been one huge SCORE.

[Rebelbase]

[bt_dooftlook]

I dunno - what’s the legal drinking age in NY? And she is out at a bar on New Year’s Eve? Seems like questionable judgment on the part of her parents...YMMV

[Richard Kimball]

When I was seventeen, I dated several women that were in their mid-twenties. This doesn't seem like that big a deal to me, except for her posting pictures of his bed on Facebook.

24 isn't that old. 17 isn't that young.