Michael Irvin Stabbing Incident
Mal Licious
Cowboy-New England Patriot exhibition game right? Dallas
Cowboy receiver Michael Irvin tried to stab a teammate with
a pair of scissors in a locker room fight earlier in the
week?
Mal Licious
PUSSSYKATT
Associated Press Writer
Saturday, August 15, 1998; 1:19 p.m. EDT
DALLAS (AP) -- In 1996, the villain was Michael Irvin, suspended by the NFL
after a cocaine charge. In 1997, Barry Switzer wore the black hat after his
arrest on a gun charge.
The latest episode has been dubbed ``Scissorgate,'' again starring Irvin but
with a new co-star, Everett McIver.
Welcome to Dallas Cowboys training camp, where the drama is served up thick
with intrigue and the media glare is always white hot.
Unlike past training camps, the Cowboys thus far have managed to keep the lid
on information about a July 29 fight in which McIver, the new starting right
guard, sustained a 2-inch cut on his neck at a Midwestern State University
dormitory.
Coach Chan Gailey has said the fight involved horseplay. Others, including
normally loquacious owner Jerry Jones, have refused any direct comment, calling
it an internal matter.
Several reports, all citing anonymous sources, have said Irvin cut McIver with
a pair of scissors during a scuffle over a haircut.
The Dallas Morning News reported that Jones brokered a deal in which Irvin paid
McIver in the high six figures for his silence on the matter. Jones and Irvin
have strongly denied the report.
Irvin has plenty of motive for keeping McIver quiet. A criminal complaint by
the guard could open a police investigation and put Irvin's probation under
scrutiny.
After Irvin's no-contest plea to a cocaine charge in 1996, Dallas District
Judge Manny Alvarez warned that even the slightest probation violation would
bring a 20-year prison sentence.
McIver, sporting a scar on the right side of his throat, took the field for
competitive action for the first time last Tuesday in a scrimmage against the
New Orleans Saints. He was absent from camp for 11 days after the cut.
Although neither McIver nor Irvin want to discuss the fight with reporters, NFL
investigators might want to talk to them.
League officials have confirmed that they are looking into whether Irvin
violated a new anti-violence rule.
The episode also has revived -- if it ever rested -- the Cowboys' bad-boy
reputation. Even with the arrival of Gailey, whose choirboy image contrasts
sharply with that of former coach Switzer, the team again is being roasted
nationally as a lawless and bumbling bunch.
A Dallas sports radio station is touting its Cowboys coverage as ``a cut above
the rest.''
And the Morning News on Wednesday featured an editorial cartoon depicting ``Dr.
Jones'' stitching McIver's neck wound with dollar signs. ``Sew What!'' the
cartoon Jones says.
But Jones insists that the image problem is mostly a matter of the Cowboys
being who they are -- America's Glamour Team.
Indeed, Dallas is among the most media-scrutinized teams in any sport. Even
events such as Tuesday's meaningless scrimmage in Shreveport, La., brought a
media contingent worthy of a Super Bowl.
``All clubs have incidences,'' Jones said before the scrimmage, essentially a
practice that more than 27,000 people paid to watch.
``One of the things that happened is that the interest factor, the attention
factor, is there, so that I think some of our incidences are more magnified
than maybe some other clubs.''
On that matter, Jones may have a point.
Saints receiver Keith Poole was accused of hitting a Wisconsin man with a golf
club. Broncos backup tight end Dwayne Carswell and the Patriots' Ben Coates
were accused of domestic violence. Bears draft pick Curtis Enis was named in a
sexual assault complaint in Irving. The Redskins' Terry Allen served five days
in jail for trying to outrun police in his Ferrari.
None of those charges has generated much national attention.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Randy Galloway, a longtime Cowboys observer,
agreed with Jones that other franchises might have just as many off-field
problems.
``I would agree on the numbers statement,'' Galloway said. ``But I think that
Jones cannot have it both ways. ... When you have the most highly visible
sports franchise in America, you prosper from it, and, my gosh, has Jones
prospered.''
Jones doesn't deny the reality that the Cowboys have had their problems.
``I don't want to demean at all -- we get it,'' Jones said. ``We know our
responsibility to our fans and we're working real hard. We've done a lot of
things to help our guys make better decisions off the field.''
deadlineusa
Morning News Web site.
RG Everett McIver is now denying anybody paid him for his silence after
suffering a deep gash in his neck after some "horseplay" in the Cowboys
dormitory on July 29. No doubt they tried to keep this quiet, though,
especially since Michael Irvin is still on probation on
cocaine-possession charges. Michael got him with a pair of scissors,
apparently.
Here's the article:
http://football.dallasnews.com/cowboys/cowboys917.htm
Can't wait for the scandal season, I mean football season, to start ...
Jeg7777
There's a coverup here! Ken Starr, where are you when we need you??
--
Joe
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P.S. Anyone know just exactly who was giving whom a haircut?
ishani
means he can do whatever he wants as long as he tackles enough, runs fast
enough or brings in enough fans. Just once I'd like to see a team say "I
don't care how good you are. you ain't worth the grief!"
What can I say? I've always been a dreamer.....