My boy Jimmie Frantz changed his picture on the book to this rookie card of Cade McNown. For those of you who don't know who Cade is, he was the 12th overall pick in the supposedly Quarterback rich 1999 NFL draft. Cade was the fifth quarterback drafted after Tim Couch (1), DONOVAN MCNABB (2), Akili Smith (3), and Daunte Culpepper (11). Daunte's career blossomed in Minnesota with Randy Moss but has been a wash ever since. Couch, Smith, and McNown went on to each have about a two year career. DONOVAN MCNABB IS THE MAN. (had to get that out)
Smith, Couch, and McNown lost out mostly to horrific coaching which crushed their careers. They were immediately put into the limelight for teams that rested their hopes on them and ultimately failed. But Cade found another claim to fame. Absolute athlete riciduclousness.
Athletes since the beginning of professional sports have been known to fuck up. And fuck up big time. I'm not even going to mention Michael Vick right now. Donte Stallworth served a 30 day sentence for not only a DUI but KILLING SOMEONE while doing it. Athletes like that literally got away with murder which is no laughing matter. But here are some who are.
CADE MCNOWN (straight jacked from wikipedia):
"McNown was charged in September 1999 with the illegal possession of a handicapped parking pass while playing football at UCLA in 1996, to which he pled no contest. Other players charged included Skip Hicks, Larry Atkins, and Brendon Ayanbadejo
Other controversies stemmed from McNown's relationship with a number of Playboy Playmates. The first was Miss January 1998 and 1999 Playmate of the Year Heather Kozar, who was dating Cleveland Browns quarterback Tim Couch when McNown began pursuing her; McNown bought her a Porsche and the two dated for a while before Kozar returned to Couch.
Not long afterward, McNown was "banned" from The Playboy Mansion after taking Brande Roderick, Miss April 2000 and Playmate of the Year for 2001, on a getaway to Mexico. Roderick was dating Playboy founder Hugh Hefner at the time."The parking pass thing is just funny. Any college prankster would attempt something like that. But he fucked Tim Couch's wife and bought her a Porsche! What a great way to say you might have been drafted number 1 but I'm really number one biatch!
The next guy I'm going to shout out is my favorite fuck up of all time. Former Seattle Supersonics star and Cleveland Cavaliers disappointment Shaaaaaaaaaawn Kemp. Kemp, alongside Gary Payton, was the heart and soul of the mid 90's Sonics who along with the Jazz just could never beat daaa Bulls. After the 96-97 season Kemp threatened a contract holdout and was traded in a three way blockbuster to the Cavs. He immediately started getting chunky despite a new found cocaine habit, and stopped giving it anywhere close to his all.
What's funny about this is that Kemp by the time of the trade had 7 illegitimate kids with 6 different women giving a new meaning to a certain Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie. He tried to get back in shape throughout the 2000's scheduling workouts with several NBA teams and European teams but failed to show up to 90% of them. Maybe this is why...
"On April 4, 2005 Shawn Kemp was arrested in Shoreline, Washington for an investigation of drug possession. Kemp along with another man were found with cocaine, about 60 grams of marijuana and a semiautomatic pistol, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. On April 29 Kemp was formally charged with drug possession and pleaded guilty. Kemp was again arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession in Houston, Texas on July 21, 2006."
I'll point out a couple more of these guys when I follow up with round two in a couple weeks. If anyone knows where I can get a 90's Sonics Kemp jersey keep me posted because I'd be very interested.
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