Jeff Reed is innocent
February 15, 2009
By Donald Starver
There are certain things in this life that just require action. It would be inhuman to not act under these circumstances.
One such occasion is if another man hits your wife, mom, or sister. If that happens, then it’s on. There is a man law that says that violence is the appropriate response. And if you bust a cap in that man’s @$$, then nobody is really going to blame you.
But there is another crime that is equally as heinous, equally untenable, that is seldom discussed. The mere thought of it makes our blood boil. That’s why it is so seldom spoken of. Yet speak of it we must.
The situation that I am referring to is one that most of us are familiar with. We’ve all been out at 3:00AM driving our cars in a state of semi-intoxication, and stopped at a public restroom to relieve ourselves, only to discover that the lazy, no good, convenience store attendant has failed to refill the paper towels in the restroom. Gasp! The horror!
Pittsburgh Steelers’ kicker Jeff Reed recently found himself in that situation, and he did exactly what any of us would have done. He resorted to violence. He first took out his frustration on the paper towel holder. After all, an empty paper towel dispenser deserves to be destroyed. After that, he proceeded to give the guilty store attendant a verbal bludgeoning. Would any of us have done any less?
Because of the heroic actions of Jeff Reed, I can rest assured that there will be paper towels in the local Sheetz the next time I am heading home from the strip club in the middle of the night.
Way to go, Jeff. You’re both a hero and a role model. NOT!
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Innocent you say! We don’t know all the facts. I’m sure that Clerk told the story just like it happened. NOT!!!!!
P.S. Bet your a browns or Ravens fan
1Doug,
Actually, I’m not a Ravens or Browns fan. I’m a die-hard Steelers fan. But anyone who follows the Steelers knows that Jeff Reed is well known for being a party boy. Just Google his name and wait for the string of drunk pictures to show up.
Just because we are fans of the team doesn’t mean we have to be in denial about the players’ personal weaknesses. Jeff Reed happens to like to party. And get drunk. I don’t expect this to be the last incident that he gets into.
I think most Steelers fans understand this and just accept that that’s what you get from Jeff Reed. It doesn’t change the fact that he’s an amazing kicker.
2The amazing thing about Jeff Reed is that he’s probably the only guy on the team that can get away with all of his super-goofy behavior and not really have to worry.
The Steelers are known for avoiding or letting go guys with “characters issues”, but I think Reed is impervious. This is because:
1. He’s the kicker and everyone knows kickers are a little off.
2. He kicks half his game on the strangest field in the league, where the turf is usually terrible by the second half of the season, and the winds in one end make it unpredictable at best. Yet he consistantly put it through the uprights when called upon.
He ripped a paper towel dispenser off a wall in a Sheetz. What a goofy thing to get a citation for. That Shmuffin must have went right through him.
3Kind of agree with you that this was a big time stooge act.
I think Reed’s pretty much harmless though. It was the wrong thing to do, but he’s no Marshawn Lynch.
Still no excuse for that type of stuff though IMO. Goofy or not.
4This is funny:
http://wineandexcrement.com/steeler-kicker-forced-to-use-terrible-towel-after-soiling-himself-in-convenience-store-restroom/561/
5Update on this story: Jeff Reed plead guilty and was charged a total of ~500 dollars. whoop-de-do
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