Vick 'Em!!!!
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by Jerrytierney
The Texas Tech / Texas A&M rivalvry has been as bitter as any in college sports over the last 10 years.
Did it reach a new level of unacceptable tastelessness this week?
Texas Tech has banned the sale of a T-shirt bearing the likeness of Michael Vick hanging the dog mascot of rival Texas A&M. The red and black shirts, with text that says "VICK 'EM" to the Aggies' slogan "Gig 'em," was created by a Tech student who was trying to sell them before Saturday's game in Lubbock. The back of the shirt shows a football player wearing the No. 7 Vick jersey holding a rope with an image of the mascot Reveille at the end of a noose.
"You can't make light of a situation like that," Tech media relations spokesman Chris Cook said. "That is in poor taste and poor judgment."
Disciplinary actions are pending against the creator of the shirts , and his fraternity who sponsored and produced them.
Poor judgement? sure
Poor taste? probably
Funny? I think so....
I say let the college kids enjoy their rivalry. As long as they are not actually going out and acting out whats on the t-shirts, its a funny social satire, not only does it add to the rivalvry these two schools have, it pokes fun at one of society and sports' true idiots, Ronny Mexico
what does everyone think about these t-shirts, as well as the reaction from the Texas Tech administration?
