Comments on: Michael Irvin Arrested on Drug Charges

By: C English

C English — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:54:45 +0000

Face it people! Michael Irvin is guilty as hell on this. Isn't his excuse what everybody says who gets caught with any type of drug or drug paraphernalia. Give me a break. Michael Irvin has not nor will ever change.....good career or not.

By: A. J. Everett

A. J. Everett — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:06:21 +0000

I think that Michael Irvin is an idiot and I don't know why ESPN would want to keep him after his latest drug arrest. I thought that his defense of T.O. recently was ridiculous but in defense of T.O. at least his was an attitude problem and not anywhere near as bad at Irvin. FIRE HIM!! Let him smoke his pot and go to his hotel room with his prostitues.

By: RInhto

RInhto — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:20:48 +0000

A drug test, especially if itâs pot, would have cleared up any doubt.

Frankie, This is where it is screwed up--Irvin was not accused of using ANY drugs at all. He is charged simply for possessing "drug paraphernalia." So a drug test isn't merited here.

By: frankr

frankr — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:00:54 +0000

A drug test, especially if it's pot, would have cleared up any doubt. If I were Irwin, and I was innocent, I would have insisted on taking a blood or hair analysis test. Unless he's lying, that is. Then it would have implicated him.

By: Rinhto

Rinhto — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:47:28 +0000

I'm a bit dubious that someone with Irvin's past "forgot" that he was driving around with a crack pipe, given the implications of having it discovered.

Why do say its a crack pipe? You can use pipes for all sorts of other drugs. Could it have been for pot? I am not trying to be an apologist for the guy--my contempt for the Cowboys is strong and I believe that Irvin is certainly an idiot for talking about the case with the press (a competent lawyer would have stopped such shenanegans). However, if anything this incident should show how stupid Texas drug laws are. A misdemenor and a 10,000 fine for having "drug paraphenalia" is stupid. The next thing you know Irvin will be sent to Guantanamo for "aiding terrorists" since the evidence of the pipe suggests he has ties to the FARC in Columbia.

By: ICallMasICM

ICallMasICM — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:32:03 +0000

'Irvin charged in Texas; says pipe belonged to friend'

and the dog ate my homework too!

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:31:00 +0000

ESPN appears to be buying it for now; I wonder if they'd be as credulous if some random baseball player turned up with syringes in his car.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 04:16:27 +0000

Now I am not a big Irvin apologist, but here is his side of the story:

"Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin said Sunday night that a drug pipe police found in his car belonged to a longtime friend whom he's trying to help recover from an addiction.

Irvin

Irvin, an ESPN studio analyst and semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia after police searched his vehicle during a traffic stop Friday.

Irvin told The Associated Press late Sunday the pipe belonged to a friend of 17 years who left a Houston rehab center and came to Irvin's house in Carrollton for Thanksgiving. Irvin wouldn't reveal his friend's name."

(http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2238758)

Let hope he is telling the truth....

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:59:25 +0000

That's a shame. He really did seem to have gotten his act together. Hopefully there is an innocent explanation, but with his prior record one tends to assume the worst.