We expect certain behavior from certain people. Adam "Pacman" Jones makes it rain every day and night. Tank Johnson always keeps guns close. The Cincinnati Bengals get arrested every Saturday night. Marvin Harrison keeps things in check by being a model citizen.
But I saw something on Comcast SportsNet Chicago that scarred me.
There was a shooting at Harrison's North Philadelphia Bar. Ballistics say that the type of gun that fired the shot was the same as a gun owned by Colts Pro Bowl wide out Marvin Harrison.
Sources say that the victim (who has not been named) walked into the bar in Harrison's hometown in Philly around 5 p.m. He proceeded get into an argument with Harrison, who then followed him to his car.
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Gunfire broke out and the victim was hit by one shot in his hand, an innocent girl also received minor injuries from flying glass off the car window.
Harrison was interviewed by police and admitted to owning a gun that is of the same type that fired the shots, but says that his gun never left his home.
Harrison's agent and police say that, although Harrison was interviewed, he is not a suspect, and that he is not being looked into any further than a witness.
"He was interviewed," Lt. Frank Vanore said Friday. "Why he was interviewed, that is all part of the investigation. No one is a suspect."
However, with all of the recent problems with athletes and other prominent people, I don't believe that the investigation on Harrison is over and done with.
I don't care how good of a person the man is, I have become hardened by people saying one thing and meaning the exact opposite.
I have a feeling that more reports will come out in the following days, and that this story involving a man, who has been the model for a great player in the NFL, will not die, and will ruin his reputation.
I am sad for the sorry state of sports now.
I'm Joe W.
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8 months ago
The sorry state of sports is, I'm sad to say, a reflection on the sorry state of society as a whole. But our sports stars have a light shining on them, and they have to do better.
Marvin Harrison may have given the impression of being an upstanding citizen, but a man who owns a bar is hanging around where trouble brews. You mix that with hand guns and it's twice the trouble (there is nothing wrong with legally owning hand guns, but you have to be responsible about where they end up).
Over the course of a generation, society changed from believing that responsibility and common courtesy were important to believing that the world owes them, and they are not responsible. Only individuals (in any walk of life) with the best possible upbrining and character are immune from that.
Now I'll get off my soap box.
from 8 months ago
Good Lord before you crucify the man let's see what actually comes of this. I think other athletes get a bad wrap because of athletes like Bonds and Clemens. Why do we automatically not believe Marvin Harrison? I'm not ready to write him off as an "I'm above the law" type sports star.
8 months ago
I think we expect too much from sports figures. I am not defending Harrison in any way, because if he was involved in this shooting in any way, he deserves whatever penalty he incurs, whether jailtime, suspension, whatever. However, I think its worth pointing out that we should wait and see how this plays out before we rush to judgment, as I think Marvin has at least earned that right.
8 months ago
I feel he will be exonerated.
Why he chooses to be in that section of Philly at this stage of his life is beyond me
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