Vince Young and 5 Other Athletes Never to Impersonate

If you're going to impersonate someone, go big. And certainly don't pick someone that is a backup quarterback with a soiled reputation.

Not everyone follows this advice.

According to a report by Yahoo.com, a man in the Washington D.C. area is impersonating Vince Young.

He is using his resemblance to the quarterback to get free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and making public appearances. Actually, the report said he is making money, and not sandwiches, but how much money can a Vince Young appearance be worth these days? 

He might actually make more money by promising not to show up to places.

The point is—why impersonate Vince Young? That seems like it is just asking for trouble. As would be the case with these next five people, also.

Ron Artest, aka Meta World Peace

Ron Artest has set a precedence for behavior that it would be wise not to venture towards. Not only would I not be able to pull off an Artest act, but I'm not sure my psyche would ever fully recover from trying. 

Impersonating Mr. World Peace would leave you with a day filled with reporters hounding you for unique sound bites, crappy musicians trying to get on your record label and psychiatrists trying to recruit you so they can get free plugs on national TV.  

Tiger Woods

I am definitely not going to be impersonating Tiger Woods any time soon. That's just asking for a 4-iron to the face.

Tiger has had training and time to learn how to avoid swung and flying objects like golf clubs. You don't just step into an activity like this without training or preparation and walk away.

And with a list of mistresses as long as Tiger's, danger is always just around the corner.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather makes enemies everywhere he goes. Case in point, following his knockout of Victor Ortiz 80-year-old boxing analyst Larry Merchant was ready to fight him.

Mayweather is physically blessed with the abilities to handle such threats. Chances are that you are not equipped with the lightning-fast and ultra-smooth dodging of Mayweather.

One day pretending to be Mayweather is long enough to make anyone regret that decision.

Ichiro

Impersonating Ichiro would bring on an onslaught much different than the previous two men, but it is an assault all the same.

Ichiro is like Elvis, the Beatles and the Kardashian sisters all rolled into one in Japan. The Japanese media follows him incessantly. There were even rumors that there was a $2 million bounty offered to any photographer who got a picture of Ichiro naked.  

I don't need a lot of privacy, but I need a lot more than that!

Tiki Barber

Five years ago, impersonating Tiki Barber would have been a pretty sweet gig. Now, you'd be spending all of your time trying to convince people you were Ronde because not too many people are fond of ol' Tiki.

Tiki is generally disliked. Former teammates were quick to bash him when he announced he was going to try and make a comeback, and most women now use his name as a slur after he cheated on his pregnant wife.

Barber then managed to anger large portions of the Jewish community and just about everyone else by comparing himself to Anne Frank as he was being hounded regarding his infidelity.

Impersonate Tiki Barber? No thank you. But if you think you might want to, he is probably accepting applications for the gig.