Posted on 02/02/2005 8:41:48 PM PST by mhking
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Daunte Culpepper showed off his scrambling ability Wednesday -- in a crowded convention center ballroom.
The Minnesota Vikings quarterback presented a paralyzed high school football player two diamond necklaces worth about $75,000 during an NFL awards ceremony, but then awkwardly asked for them back after it was finished.
The apparent gift prompted a mother to cry, a father to think about buying a safe to store it and Culpepper to find a way out of the mess.
"I'll get him something else," Culpepper said sheepishly.
The confusion began at the FedEx ground and air player of the year honors, where finalists Culpepper, Peyton Manning, Shaun Alexander and Curtis Martin were on stage for the announcement.
When the master of ceremonies opened the floor for questions, Jerry Townsend spoke up from his wheelchair in the front row.
"Hey Daunte, can I get some of that ice?" he said in a low voice, referring to the two sparkling necklaces hanging around Culpepper's neck.
Culpepper jumped up, pulled them off and brought them over to Townsend, a senior defensive back at Jacksonville Episcopal High School who was paralyzed from the neck down while making a tackle in October.
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Trying to steal some of that great publicity Moss has been getting.
Not cool!
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that Bling.
Classy......NOT.
That's why Brett Favre is still the best!
You mean the guy who asked for free diamonds?
He shouldn't have given it to him in the first place instead of showing off for the cameras.
He used to be okay. He's actually getting stupider as time goes on.
He's protected by liberal sportswriters up here for reasons enunciated by Rush Limbaugh on ESPN.
Probably comes from being on the same team as Randy Moss.
I think you all are reading this wrong. A kid asks, "Can I get some of that ice," and Culpepper lets him wear them for a while. That's a generous thing to do in my opinion. To assume that he should be able to keep them is an arrogant assumption on anyone's part. I think the sportswriter's allusion's in this article are completely atrocious. He could just as easily written about how Culpepper was generous and let a paralyzed kid wear his bling-bling for awhile when the kid asked. Nothing wrong with that.
Exactly.
"Not this ice, dude, but I got a freezer-full...I'll set you up."
You aren't seriously attacking Favre for his old vicodin addiction, are you?
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