According to the Palladium-Item, former Notre Dame standout Vagas Ferguson has been arrested on battery charges after a scuffle with a 34 year old woman at Crestdale Elementary school in Richmond, Indiana. Not exactly O.J., but for some reason I remembered that Sports Illustrated cover from 1979.
Ferguson is Richmond Community Schools “attendance liason.” The article said he was confronted by the woman who was upset by the use of “foul language” during a basketball game at the school. The article goes on to say that he confronted her (lots of confrontation apparently) and was trying to get her out of the building. He ended up pushing her down and dragging her by the feet. The injuries were reportedly minor but she went to the hospital for minor injuries. Betcha those head injuries aren’t so minor once the complaint gets filed. Cha-CHING! Former NFL star acting within the scope of employment of the local school corporation. Much better, from a personal injury perspective, to get shoved by a person like that than to get in a wreck with an uninsured drunk .
I’m not sure that Vagas is all that loaded, otherwise why return to Richmond and work for the school system? Not saying he is poor, but his net worth may not be all that high, either.
I’ve heard from someone who claims to be “in the know” that the woman involved is not credible, but I don’t know who she is. Also don’t know Vagas well enough to hazard a guess as to whether he’d do something that stupid.
I do have an idea on how to get more comments on posts that have few or no comments. Simply put DST in in the heading, whether or not DST has anything to do with. “Justice O’Connor Blasts DST” “Vagas Ferguson’s Thoughts on DST” You are probably too honest and upstanding to do that. :)