Why Vince Young is Stupid and Lucky Following His Strip Club Fight
Vince Young now says that he regrets his ill-advised fight in a Dallas strip club. Well, of course, he does. He also claims that he has magically "matured" in the hours following the incident. Young must think we are all stupid.
When a new player comes into the NFL, he is warned not to engage in behavior that will make him a easy target for lawsuits, bad press, and You Tube. Vince has accomplished all that in one ridiculous move. He has been charged with a minor misdemeanor (penalty up to $500) and the fight was caught on video.
More troubling, however, is Young's inability to engage in "mature" judgment when faced with a simple situation. Apparently, at the "Club Onyx", a person showed Young a downward facing Texas Longhorn sign, this is deemed to be disrespectful. Instead of doing nothing (not to mention realizing he was in a strip club at 3:30 in the morning where nothing good can happen), he flew into a rage and attacked the other individual. Obviously, disregarding the choice to leave before anything bad occured.
Although Vince likely never considered the ramifications of his conduct, he better change his ways. If a NFL QB, in top athletic condition, connects in the right way with a punch on some loser in a strip club, the result can be a one-punch homicide. If you don't think that can happen, you're wrong. I have seen it my work as a NYC prosecutor and the result is a manslaughter charge.
At a minimum, Young may be out $500 and facing an NFL suspension for this incident. Next time, if there is one, he luck may run out.
My name is Christopher Fusco. I am the managing partner of Callahan & Fusco, LLC with offices in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.