On the field, athletes are masters of physical prowess and strategy. However, when they are off the field, what do they do? Us fans rarely get a glimpse into the secret life of our favorite sports stars. While many lead normal (albeit wealthy) lives, there is a select few that fail to separate their game behavior from reality. In the game, it's acceptable to act in ways one would never even think of out of the streets yet, it still happens. Hence, we have numerous cases of the criminal athlete. There are plenty of them to go over but for the sake of efficiency, let's just go over the top 7.
7. CRIMINAL ATHLETES: MICHAEL VICK
Michael Vick burst onto the scene with his unique style as a quarterback. He had a cannon for an arm and could outrun …show more content…
Numerous televisions series reminded the world of this criminal athlete and now, we're doing it again. In 1995, O.J. Simpson went on trial for murdering two people but famously got off "clean". Since then, he spent a decade hunting the really "killer" and playing rounds of golf. However, this athlete still founded avoid the law. Simpson is constantly in some sort of trouble like tax issues, road rage, and violent behavior. Now, O.J serves time for an armed robbery. In this tragic tale, Simpson and friends broke into a Las Vegas hotel room to steal a famous piece of sports memorabilia. Oh yeah, he had a gun too. Not many athletes have this kind of track record. It's amazing he's still …show more content…
This totaled more than 4 million in back payments. However, there is a minor loophole. The court's sentence was less than two years and neither Lionel or Jorge has a criminal record. Hence, neither will go to prison. According to the prosecution, the MEssi's used tax havens in Uruguay and Belize to hid their earnings from the image rights. And of course, in typical fashion, Messi claimed to know nothing. Why do celebrities never know anything? Also like other athletes, this will not hurt Messi's football career. The 29-year-old superstar will continue to attend Barcelona's pre-season training.
These disputed tax payments date back to a certain period from 2007-2009. In this time, Messi dominated the game and took Barcelona to a world's top team. While he avoided prison time (for now) Messi will pay 1.7 million Euro in fines for these three counts of tax fraud. Furthermore, his father faces a 1.3 million Euro fine. That just goes to show that athletes, as famous as they may be are not entirely invincible. It seems that more and more are beginning to pay for their criminal actions. However, they are still long ways away from facing real time like the less privileged of this
7. CRIMINAL ATHLETES: MICHAEL VICK
Michael Vick burst onto the scene with his unique style as a quarterback. He had a cannon for an arm and could outrun …show more content…
Numerous televisions series reminded the world of this criminal athlete and now, we're doing it again. In 1995, O.J. Simpson went on trial for murdering two people but famously got off "clean". Since then, he spent a decade hunting the really "killer" and playing rounds of golf. However, this athlete still founded avoid the law. Simpson is constantly in some sort of trouble like tax issues, road rage, and violent behavior. Now, O.J serves time for an armed robbery. In this tragic tale, Simpson and friends broke into a Las Vegas hotel room to steal a famous piece of sports memorabilia. Oh yeah, he had a gun too. Not many athletes have this kind of track record. It's amazing he's still …show more content…
This totaled more than 4 million in back payments. However, there is a minor loophole. The court's sentence was less than two years and neither Lionel or Jorge has a criminal record. Hence, neither will go to prison. According to the prosecution, the MEssi's used tax havens in Uruguay and Belize to hid their earnings from the image rights. And of course, in typical fashion, Messi claimed to know nothing. Why do celebrities never know anything? Also like other athletes, this will not hurt Messi's football career. The 29-year-old superstar will continue to attend Barcelona's pre-season training.
These disputed tax payments date back to a certain period from 2007-2009. In this time, Messi dominated the game and took Barcelona to a world's top team. While he avoided prison time (for now) Messi will pay 1.7 million Euro in fines for these three counts of tax fraud. Furthermore, his father faces a 1.3 million Euro fine. That just goes to show that athletes, as famous as they may be are not entirely invincible. It seems that more and more are beginning to pay for their criminal actions. However, they are still long ways away from facing real time like the less privileged of this