Fowler, NFL

The following appeared in the Baltimore Sun:


Vikings bidder's claims don't square with facts
By Jay Weiner
Minneapolis Star Tribune
February 17, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS - In a biographical fact sheet, Reggie Fowler - who earlier this week announced he had signed an agreement to buy the Minnesota Vikings - declared that he'd played in the Little League World Series, implied he'd earned a business administration degree from the University of Wyoming and said he played for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals and the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders. Apparently, none of those claims is accurate.

What is going on with this guy? Sounds like he has some major character defect(s). If he is not accurate on his bio-sketch, where else is he inaccurate? His personal financial statement? Could you imagine negotiating a contract with this guy?

I am sure that there are more qualified black suitors out there that the NFL could court. I sure hope that the NFL won't come out and defend this guy. My guess is that the league knows it has a tiger by the tail. If they promote Reggie Fowler, they know that there will be big trouble in the future. If they push Fowler aside, the black mis-leaders will scream and cry and make headlines. Let's hope that the NFL does not cave in.

As an aside, Tedy Bruschi did not have a minor stroke; there is no such thing. Every stroke is a major event. "Minor" strokes happen in persons other than the individual who is declaring it a "minor" stroke. In other words, a "minor" stroke happens in the other guy.