Vince Young is Sorry He Was Photographed Shirtless and Chugging Patron With Shirtless Men at a Bar
NFL, Weak Apologies May 23rd. 2008, 11:15am
Definitely the first time in literary history that the word shirtless has been used twice in a headline. Vince Young was contrite when he spoke to the Tennessean about the photo to your right that surfaced last week; apparently, he is upset that “kids” had to see him like this. Problem is, he invoked the dreaded phrase: “because I am trying to be a role model for them.” An odd choice of words, certainly – what does getting his name tattooed across the top of his back signify? The ego necessary to be a professional athlete?
Didn’t VY see those Charles Barkley commercials back in the day? Striving to be a role model is a fool’s errand – Vince turned 25 a few days ago, his salary was $13 million last year, and most important, he’s an NFL quarterback. He’s in the prime of his life, and attempting to live up to role model status is virtually unattainable. Party like a rock star in the offseason, photographs be dammed. From July-January, he’s ensconced in football 24/7. It’s necessary to unwind. As with the Matt Leinart photos, we have zero issue with this.
(In the future though, just make sure if you’re surrounded by shirtless folks, they’re female. Better for the image.)
Vince Young apologizes to kids for Internet photo (Tennessean)
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May 23rd, 2008 at 11:18 am
Why is he apologizing? I’m confused. He is out having a good time with some friends in the off season. This is a non issue and a non story. He should tell everyone to go f themselves
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:19 am
he should apologize for being gay.
/brady quinn
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 am
I completely understand. No need to apologize. I still wonder why Matt Leinart’s was a massive story – on ESPN and such – and Young’s was swept under the rug. Both were in the offseason, both were partying.
Is it because Leinart’s was at his house, or because the stupid Arizona coaches popped off?
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
The only thing he should apologize for is not having a few females around him.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 am
he should apologize for the shirtless part. who the fuck goes shirtless in the club. unless it’s spring break.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 am
Leinart had underage girls drinking, if I remember correctly.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 am
Leinart had girls under the age of 21 drinking from beer bongs. That’s why his was a story.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 am
Damn you mini pony.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
My guess is that it’s because Leinart’s closer to bust than VY is in the public eye, that Leinart has an established photographic and journalistic history of enjoying his stardom, and because, honestly, people think Leinart’s a douche and that Young’s a good guy.
It’s easier to dismiss the first piece of evidence than the fifth.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 am
@Hef and Pitt: Um, were there ANY legal ramifications from that? No?
Was it just like pretty much every college party ever?
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 am
Probably also because funneling beer has a careless, binge-drinking stigma attached to it that is slightly different (less socially acceptable for professional athletes) than going out to the club and having a drink.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 am
WINNAR
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 am
Cause Young was surrounded by dudes and no one cares about that. Leinart had young, pretty, next-door-type girls in his photos. How dare he?! He’s corrupting America’s youth!
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
I don’t believe that was actually confirmed by anyone, although speculation was rampant.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
Rockabye,
No, but in the court of public opinion, someone feeding alcohol to an underage girl through a beer bong is going to be much more of a news story than some jock crushing alcohol himself
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
is there any difference between bonging a beer and chugging tequila out of the bottle?
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
What about the photo of VY chugging patron straight from the bottle, a la Dana Jacobson?
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
beer bongs are awesome. i wish i could still do beer bongs on a weekly or nightly basis. i would do the same as leinart except i would put a roofie in there…
/did i say that out loud?
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:28 am
Didn’t the girl’s facebook page prove her underage-ness? I steered away from that story
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 am
yeah, i don’t get the need for an apology either. so he was shirtless in a club?
i could sort of understand why there *might* be an issue with leinart’s photos *if* the chicks were underage. again, that’s leaping to conclusions that until proven is unfair to leinart.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 am
only if you do it with a group of shirtless males
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:36 am
Leinart was a football god in LA who’s bagged Paris (who hasn’t). I think it comes down to naughty photos of Leinart sales papers and drives Web Traffic and VY in a steam bath doesn’t.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:36 am
“QB drinks at a bar and takes shirt off”
The lamest non-story ever in the history of everdom!
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
And that’s the story? Are people that clueless. I got news for everyone, that’s what 19 and 20 year old girls do.. drink with guys who are of age.
(Waiting for the correction with respect to the ages..).
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Also, Leinart has had many other embarrassing moments…paris, baby momma alimony drama, stud WRs and TB but he still sucked at QB, etc.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
“Leinart was a football god in LA who’s bagged Paris (who hasn’t). I think it comes down to naughty photos of Leinart sales papers and drives Web Traffic and VY in a steam bath doesn’t.”
Or because Leinart already had a reputation as a guy who wanted to be partyboy/moviestar more than a Pro Bowler. His pics played into that image.
Oh yeah, and the chick was DEFINITELY underage so it was evidence of a fucking crime.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
I think he was really just sending out feelers to the Pips if he can included on their next GEICO commercial.
Take a train to happy town…toot toot!
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
Is someone doing a UFC preview today.. what a big fight night tomorrow.. three matches I actually really, really care about.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
How many blogs and blog commenters does it take saying ‘non-story’ to make it a story? At some point, enough mention is made of it being a non-story that it becomes a story.
/insert Kramer ‘1st and 1st – nexus of universe’ joke
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 am
i like tequila
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
Yup. coming this afternoon. i thought we’d be hurting for readers and posts … but that’s not the case. strong afternoon coming.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
Kudos for VY for doing the right thing. Another reason why VY gets more of a pass than Leinert is because VY has never done the morning-after walk of shame from Paris Hilton’s house.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Who you got, cursed? I’m thinking Sherk, Machida and Jardine – although I really want Ortiz to win, just to see if they give him a post-fight interview.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:47 am
clown…is sherk fighting BJ penn or is that still further away?
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:48 am
I just don’t understand why people think athletes are role models or that they should be role models. They play a game. It requires no moral or philosphical education to make millions at a young age to play a game of football, or basketball, or baseball. Seems like a lot of journalists (middle-aged white guys) want to make these athletes into something they are not. Also I think jealousy plays a huge role and they want these young rich athletes to be held to ridiculous standards.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:48 am
Clown, we’ll pick this up in the fighting section when it’s posted..
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
Clown…i am with you all the way…sherk, machida, and jardine
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
Another reason why VY gets more of a pass than Leinert is because VY has never done the morning-after walk of shame from Paris Hilton’s house to the clinic for a penicillin colonic.
/made more completer
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
/fixed, including the first time in literary history a fix includes a fix and a link.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
VY is the best! He’s a folk hero in places like Houston, Texas and Nasheville, Tennessee whereas Matt Leinart is a hero in Scottsdale, Hollywood, and TMZ. VY comes across as a real person; leinart, a dead-beat dad.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
Spence, I’ve been ordered to wait on that discussion, but yes, it’s Penn vs. Sherk manana.
I hope TBL puts it up soon, because I’m outtie 9000 at 2 CST
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 am
Which is why my first post is at 11:52am. Thursday starts the weekend…
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
You’ve got to be kidding. Old white sportswriters aren’t the ones posting these pictures on the internet and creating the buzz. Get it, Buzz!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:58 am
that’s gold, Groin. Gold!
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
If chugging beer with underage chicks is worse than grooving to show tunes while surrounded by half-naked dudes, then I don’t want to be right.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 pm
If chugging beer with underage chicks is worse than grooving to show tunes while surrounded by half-naked dudes, then I don’t want to be right.
Agreed. Plus, if you can imagine being there in the picture which one of those had an ending that most of us would prefer? 20 year drunk girls at your house…or a hundred shirtless men at the bar?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
How fun was high school party night, cursed?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Totally unrelated, this proves why hockey is the best sport: Check out the hot wives of the Vancouver Canucks.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
sportsgal: good link. the chick back row, far right is what i imagine you to look like. sexy, sassy, with that hint of a smoker’s voice. the one to the left of her? she’s more spencer’s speed.
/now if you’ll excuse me…
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
That looked like a promo shot for The Bachelor. Wonder which one likes to get naked and jump in the pool?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
No problem with athletes blowing off steam. But if athletes wanted to better protect themselves against being photographed and blogged about, don’t act a fool in public.
Or in Leinart’s case, befriend people who don’t take pictures of every little fucking thing that goes on at a party. Just assume if it’s being photographed, your “friend” will pass it to someone and it will get into the hands of people who will judge you (rightly or wrongly).
By the way, why is Roberto Luongo’s mom in that picture of Canuck wives?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
naw…i like the one in the back row, all the way to the left. i really go for that mid-40’s librarian look.
yea, i fucked my principal. yea, she was a nun. so what? is that a sin? fuck no.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
not bad sportsgal. Keep those coming. Check out the chick in the back row with the blue dress. A fucking knuckle biter
good stuff sportsgal
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Sportsgal, which one is you?
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Matty Ohlund’s wife is the winner in this crowd. Maybe he should give some pointers to his countrymen Sedin and Naslund.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Thanks for the apology Vince, I’d just feel a little more comfortable if there was at least one woman…even an ugly one…in the shot. Where were you partying dude, West Hollywood?
Not that there’s anything wrong with it…