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NFL Prohibits Fans From Ordering Mike Vick Jersey With "Mexico" Name on Back
NFL Prohibits Fans From Ordering Mike Vick Jersey With "Mexico" Name on Back
04/19/2005
ATLANTA - The NFL doesn't want Ron Mexico to play for the Falcons.
Since that name was listed as an alias for Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick in a lawsuit filed last month, people have gone to the NFL's online store to order Vick's No. 7 replica jersey with a personalized ''MEXICO'' on the back.
But fans trying to order the customized jersey now get this message: ''The personalization entered cannot be accepted.''
The alias was printed in court documents in a civil lawsuit filed March 14 that alleges Vick infected a woman with herpes. Vick has said he will fight the charges.
Among the parties listed in the lawsuit is ''Ron Mexico,'' which the plaintiff's attorneys claim Vick has used as a pseudonym. Vick's attorney, Lawrence Woodward, did not immediately return repeated calls to his office this week.
The NFL told its online shop to add the pseudonym to its list of banned names, along with obscenities and others deemed improper, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.
''The jerseys are intended for fans who want to have their name on a jersey,'' he said. ''Obviously, this was in direct reference to recent events. We decided it's inappropriate to sell jerseys with that particular name on it.''
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