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Cheating and its consequences.
People through the years have asked where I learned to draw. My answer has always been honest, yet embarrassingly so. I learned to draw in algebra class. I’m proud to say, however, while I actually scored single figures on several tests (or pretty darned close to it), I never once cheated.
I love doing these cartoons about how sports effect us in our everyday lives. One of the things I enjoy most about sports are the important lessons we can learn from them. Teamwork. Hard work. Hustle. Persistence. Patience. Honor. Integrity. Rising above Adversity and defeat.
Yet these days, it bothers me a great deal the lessons that are being passed on to our children from people like Mark McGwire, Tiger Woods, Terrell Owens, Michael Vick and Brandon Marshall. And, yes, us. Fans who root for people like this regardless of their conduct and what it means. I feel as though we are not only losing some moral ground here, but skiing right off of it into a perilous abyss.

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In a New York Minute,
everything can change,
In a New York minute,
Life can get a little strange.
-Don Henley-

Choices
We all have choices. With one wrong decision our lives can change in an instant. The lives of those around us can be altered in a heartbeat. Get behind the wheel of a car after too many drinks. Carry a handgun. Take your eyes off the road to text or change the dial on the CD player. One instant, and everything is over.
These kinds of cartoons are hard for me to draw. Not everything I do is intended to be funny. But when the topic turns serious I feel it is my calling in life to point out the teachable moment in it all. I’m sad for Plaxico Burress. I’m sadder for his little girl, without her father for two years. Nobody wins. Nobody.

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Sometimes you have to take a stand
I don’t expect this cartoon will endear me to the fans in Philadelphia any time soon but I had to take a stand on this topic.
Should Vick get a second chance? Sure. I’m all for second chances, but playing professional football while making millions isn’t a a second chance, it’s winning the lottery. I’d like to think playing football for millions is more of a privilege. Vick’s second chance should be something more along the lines of working at the humane society ,for $7.00 an hour, cleaning up after dogs. Dogs, much like the same ones he killed.

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Why Vick will Play.
Money. It’s all about the Money. I did this cartoon last week for NEA (United Features ) my syndicate, in anticipation of what I thought would be a hot topic. Often when I am going out of town I will draw ahead.
I thought this would work better here when I returned. Yesterday after Matty G left a comment about the money I knew the time was right. It’s always about the money.

Question of the Day
Which NFL team do you think is greedy enough to sign Michael Vick?

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