Charles “Bust” Rogers Owes Lions $6.1 Milli Part Deux
Help This Man Jason
Damn I don’t know how many times I have to post and repost about former Detroit Lions Charles Rogers being in the news, this being the sixth time since July 4th. But here we are once again to post how a federal judge says Rogers must repay $6.1 million to the Lions.
Rogers was suspended for substance abuse in 2005 and was released by the Lions the next year. The team has been trying to recoup two-thirds of his $9.1 million signing bonus. U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook said the money must be repaid. An NFL arbitrator made the same conclusion in 2008.
Rogers was the second pick in the 2003 NFL draft. In January, the former Michigan State star was sentenced to 93 days in jail for violating a court order to stay sober.
It’s for sure about damn time his agent, Jason Fletcher, find his client a job.
Former Dallas Cowboy Rocket Ismail Now Bull Rider Announcer
"it's just my job five days a week, a rocket man, a rocket man"
Ever wonder what happened to former CFL and Dallas Cowboys receiver Rocket Ismail? Turns out the his last job as a coach in the trampoline basketball league didn’t quite provide as much of excitement as say bull riding.
That’s where you can find the Rocket Man these days, not on top of a bull but rather announcing bull riding, where his newest job is that of television announcer for the sport. The Rocket will serve as a correspondent for the Professional Bull Riders telecasts on cable channel Versus. He became interested in the sport when he took part in “Ty Murray’s Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge” on CMT. Ismail will interview riders about their lives outside of competition, making his debut tomorrow’s broadcast from Fresno, California.
The former projected first overall selection back in the 1991 NFL Draft decided to bypass the fame of the NFL and signed a record contract with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. The Argonauts made the Rocket an offer unheard of back in 1991 for $18.2 million over four years. Ismail in 1993 decided to return to the states and played with the Los Angeles Raiders who owned his draft rights from ’91 when they selected him in the fourth round and the 100th pick overall. He finished his playing days with the Cowboys back in 2001 after signing in 1999, never living up to the hype that surrounded him as a collegiate player, so in your face Tim Tebow.
The former Notre Dame star played nine seasons in the NFL, making 363 catches for 5,295 yards and 28 touchdowns.
Charles “Bust” Rogers Owes Lions $6.1 Milli
Pay Up Punk
Agent Jason Fletcher better find his client Charles Rogers a former first round pick of the Detroit Lions a job soon.The Lions sued Rogers for $6.1 million, a portion of his signing bonus, and an arbitrator ruled last year that Rogers must repay the Lions because he defaulted on his contract when he served a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy in 2005. Rogers was recently in the news after getting rejected by the CFL because he’s still under suspension from the NFL.
Rogers has admitted having drug problems and has been in and out of legal trouble since the Lions cut him in 2006. He was suspended for drug abuse in 2005.
Rogers was arrested a year ago for an incident involving a woman. He was charged with assault and battery and later pleaded no contest to a trespassing charge, receiving a deferred sentence. He was entered into a 30-day treatment program but was late returning from an authorized trip to a family friend’s funeral. In a subsequent test for drugs and alcohol, Rogers tested positive for Vicodin, for which he did not have a prescription.
That’s your client Fletcher show the world you can do you job and get this man work.
Warren Moon Goes All Tony Soprano
Talk About Greats Betta Talk Bout Me
Like an episode right out of the Sopranos Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon would wait until the end of the day before sneaking into the back entrance twice each week to a psychologist office, where a Minneapolis psychologist scheduled Moon with the last appointment so it was not to be known the NFL quarterback was in therapy.
“I’d go Tuesday and Fridays, and I’d always go at the end of the day so no one would see me in the stairway,” Moon recalled during a recent interview. “Confidentiality was a big thing with me, but once I got past that, I was able to open up and talk about myself.”
As many find out once in therapy they have many suppressed issues and Moon was no different.
“When my dad passed away, I took a lot of responsibility and probably matured a lot faster because I was so caught up with being the ‘man of the house’ with my sisters and my mom,” said Moon. “Football was a way for me to make it in order to take care of my family. I never really paid any attention to me, except for the kind of football player I wanted to be.”
Moon’s autobiography, “Never Give Up on Your Dream: My Journey,” details his experiences during a lifetime of personal and professional challenges.
“One of the things I learned from this whole experience is that you need to deal with yourself first,” said Moon. “If you do that, you’ll be a better person to be around for others…”Address your feelings. Address your emotions. It will be a much more freeing experience in life, which will help you to be better to others around you.”
From being one of the top quarterbacks in the nation at the University of Washington to going undrafted by the NFL, Moon had to overcome stereotypes at every level. He is one of two people to be enshrined in both the to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame where he won five Grey Cups for the Edmonton Eskimos. He is also the first, and currently only, African-American quarterback elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Moon wound up playing for 17 NFL seasons for the Oilers, Seahawks, Vikings and Chiefs and passing a over 49,325 yards, 291 touchdown passes.
Moon’s message to others: Live the dream.
1-2-3 On Charles Roger’s Career
it's friday you aint got no job
What was looking like a promising week for agent Jason Fletcher quickly turned into a question of does this guy know what he’s doing. Fletcher was able to get two of his most troubled clients jobs in the CFL with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers or so we thought. First the Blue Bombers put the brakes on Adam “Pacman” Jones and now they’ll the same can be said for former Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers. Rogers was looking for any job since being the No. 2 in the 2003 NFL draft and only playing a total of 15 games in his career.
Rogers, is currently under suspension south of the border and thus ineligible to play in the CFL. Officials at the CFL head office confirmed Rogers’ suspension meaning he can’t sign with any league team until being formally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger “Godfather” Goodell. The CFL adopted this policy following the ’06 season when running back Ricky Williams played for the Toronto Argonauts while under NFL suspension for violating the substance abuse policy
Rogers was arrested in September 2008 and charged with assault and battery of a female acquaintance and in December 2008 Rogers was sentenced to attend sobriety court or face jail time after violating his probation. In March, he was jailed for violating probation.
If your going to extend your hand north you would assume that you would do your homework about your clients future employment, hell do your homework on your client to know he’s still under suspension for his substance abuse. Are you Jason Fletcher in the right line of work?
1-2-3 On Pacman’s Career
Wrestling Here I Come
Former Dallas Cowboy Adam “Pacman” Jones won’t be playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers after all. The CFL team announced it has ended its pursuit of the controversial ex-NFL cornerback.
“We will pursue athletes that we believe will contribute to our organization on and off the field. We have completed our assessment and due diligence and at this time we will not be pursuing the services of Adam Jones,” head coach Mike Kelly said in a statement.
Jones who has twice been suspended by the NFL for off-field incidents, including for the entire 2007 season by Commissioner Roger “Godfather” Goodell, and was released in February by the Dallas Cowboys. Before coming to Dallas, Jones was arrested six times and involved in 12 instances requiring police intervention after Tennessee Titans drafted him in 2005.
Could it be he was unable to obtain the proper legal documentation to work in Canada due to all his previous arrests or was it a marketing scheme employed by the Blue Bombers all along? One thing for sure is Pacman still doesn’t have a job.
Charles Rogers Rides Shotgun With Pacman To Winnipeg
"smoke weed everyday"
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Foot ball League added another NFL castoff to their roster today when they signed former Detroit Lions washout wide receiver and noted marijuana enthusiast Charles Rogers. This comes a day after they signed former Dallas Cowboy corner back Adam Pacman Jones. Oddly they have similar off the field problems but are represented by the same agent Jason Fletcher.
According to the Globe and Mail, attorneys are working to find ways to get immigration documents squared away for the two legally challenged players. Both of the players were top-10 draft picks who could help the Blue Bombers in their quest for their first Grey Cup since 1990, the team’s director of player personnel was honest enough to admit that there’s another reason for the signings.
“And at the same time it’s a business decision as well as football decision. “From a marketing standpoint, a business standpoint and a football standpoint, I could go to 100 NFL training camps and every preseason game and more people will hear and know about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the next two weeks from the coverage we’ll receive, than in the last 10 years, said Jon Murphy “
How true that is,the Blue Bombers are getting a ton of free publicity while, potentially, helping themselves on the field at the same time. But I still think they will be an on the field bust, it’s their job to prove me wrong.
4TH AND LONG Finale
4th And Long Winner - Jesse Holley
When first hearing that SpikeTV would be broadcasting an eleven episode reality television series hosted by Michael Irvin, I knew all of sudden I would be paying watching to a channel that is not in normal rotation as I’m just naturally entertained by the man. Then came the news the winner would earn a spot at training camp on my favorite NFL team the Dallas Cowboys made for “Must See TV”. The show pitted six wide receivers against six defensive backs that have varying backgrounds, including national champions, CFL players, arena league veterans, semi-pro players, but have failed to make an NFL rosters.
Some viewed the show as a joke before even an episode aired. The least that was happening was earning a spot on the 80 man training camp roster with no guarantees of a making the final 53 man roster or hours of used tape for SpikeTV. Personally I watched the show for what it was, entertainment, the only objection was being a Time Warner Customer and SpikeTV is not offered in High-definition.
Early on, there was no picking out a particular player to root for or call my shot on who would be the last man standing and allowed some of the weaker contestants be removed for me. After watching episode after episode it was not till about 7 contestants remained that I started to be drawn in to Ahmaad Smith a 25 year old 6’0 defensive back out of Tennessee State. Recognizing that the contestants where under unique circumstances of sheer desire and no backing of player representatives or a union like their counterparts in the NFL, 4th And Long aired its best episode Great Sacrifices, Great Reward. The players where put through a grueling series of drills for 5 hours, including running the stadium stairs, until at least one of them broke mentally and decided to quit and turn in his jersey, none of them choose to do so.
In the tonight’s finale 25 year old 6’3 wide receiver Jesse Holley from the University of North Carolina stole the show with 7 receptions for 131 yards and 2 touchdown and gained some of the highest praise from former Cowboys special teams coach Joe Avezzano when Avezzano said
Holley is a flat-out solid receiver and can be better than some of the backups the Cowboys have right now.
Holley in turn was anointed the winner of 4th And Long with the prize of being the 80th man in Cowboys camp here in San Antonio July 28. He will now have to prove himself all over again to a whole new set of coaches as he will be the 11th wide receiver in San Antonio.
4th And Long Winner - Jesse Holley
