Officials investigate alleged sex party on boats

[stillupfront]

Where is the problem?

[T_Section224]

my biggest problem with this is that i was not invited.

[Mad-Lad]

there's nothing wrong with having a boat sex party, but they should arrange in with their own crew.  Dragging employees who aren't expecting that kind of situation into it is a bit farged up.  Can you imagine your kid going to work and having a bunch of rowdy, drunk-assed guys propositioning them?

I'd be a bit pissed.

[cyberstorm]

people are still having sex

[General_Failure]

On the boat?

[archer]

To quote Snoop Dogg, Smoot is just trying to keep his "pimp hand way strong", it's not easy being a P I M P

[PhillyGirl]

Some people never learn
Vikings hit new low with allegations of sex cruises
Posted: Thursday October 13, 2005 4:53PM; Updated: Thursday October 13, 2005 4:53PM

It's only a guess, but after the news that 17 Minnesota Vikings were aboard two charter boats on which sex parties allegedly were held on Oct. 6, I'm assuming no more United Way spots for the Vikings for the time being.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more embarrassing for the team that gave us Onterrio Smith and "The Original Whizzinator'' and the Mike Tice Super Bowl-ticket-scalping affair, the Vikings may have hit a new high for lows.

I've heard of team bonding excursions, but never one in which almost one-third of the roster potentially had to post bond. But then, these are the Vikings, and they are adept at making the wrong kind of news off the field. In August, Minnesota All-Pro defensive tackle Kevin Williams was charged with domestic assault against his wife. (He has pled not guilty to the fifth-degree misdemeanor charge and has a mid-Oct. court date). In September, Vikings offensive linemen Bryant McKinnie and rookie guard Marcus Johnson were arrested in connection with a late-night fight at a Twin Cities-area gas station. (Both have pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct and obstructing the legal process; preliminary hearings are scheduled for Nov. 4)

Even if the current allegations of prostitution and lewd behavior on Lake Minnetonka don't result in indictments, the controversy-plagued Vikings might still see their bid for a new stadium derailed by the avalanche of bad publicity. How's that for bottom-line impact?

"If the allegations are true, it's awful,'' Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said Wednesday. "We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state.''

Look, there are nearly 1,700 players on the 32 active rosters in the NFL, and a small fraction of them, from time to time, have legal trouble. If you listen to the league's spin, the ratio of good and bad is no worse than society as a whole.

Yes, there's plenty of good being done out there by players, club officials and others who take part in each team's community service work. But there's also a steady stream of bad news, and it, of course, draws more attention than players taking part in reading programs at area schools.

As Gov. Pawlenty pointed out, we can save the tired "athletes are role models'' debate. There's no way to make somebody who doesn't want to be a role model behave as if they are one. But why does it seem that some players can't grasp the concept that while they may not be role models, they do have an obligation to not embarrass the organization that is paying them hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars? Signing your name on that contract means you accept the fame and riches that come with being an NFL player. And the scrutiny. And that means behaving like a professional and representing the organization wherever you go.

Last Wednesday, new Vikings owner Zygi Wilf concluded a two-day team leadership retreat in the Twin Cities, part of which was devoted to hashing out the framework for a franchise-wide code of personal conduct. I wonder who got the privilege of interrupting those proceedings to deliver to Wilf the news about the charter boat party?

For the life of me, I can't even understand what the Vikings players would have to party about these days. Picked by some to go to the Super Bowl, Minnesota stumbled to a 1-3 start after a host of offseason defensive changes. Its once potent offense has looked anemic.

Just last week, Wilf felt the need to confirm that Tice won't lose his job this season. Now, on top of everything else the team has to overcome, it has a sex scandal to deal with.

Embarrassed on the field, embarrassed off it. In a runaway, the Vikings lead the league in all the wrong categories.

[Eagles 3x]

I bet Randy is really Po'd that he missed this!

This will be the ruination of the Vikings!
There has to be 36 players in the locker room looking at the other 17 players with complete disdain.

All 36 have got to be wondering, "Why wasn't I invited?"

[PhillyPhreak54]

More details

Crew members told Hennepin County Sheriff's detectives that they saw passengers photographing at least two separate sex acts as other partygoers watched and cheered during a Vikings party on Oct. 6, said Stephen Doyle, the charter company's lawyer.

"[The crew members] talk in fairly extensive detail about ... a couple of different acts - one specifically in front of the bar that involved at one point a male and female, and another point in time, two females and some sex toys," Doyle said. "People were standing around and photographing that, and photographing it fairly closely," Doyle said. "There was cheering from the passengers on the boat and there were people shouting directions as to what things they wanted to see."

Crew members described players having public sex, drinking heavily and aggressively propositioning female crew members to perform sex acts. A resident of the lake community of Mound said several players urinated on her lawn.

Doyle said several factors explained the delay. After the boats returned to dock and guests departed, the crew had to clean the boat, he said, finding "used rubbers, K-Y Jelly, Handi Wipes, wrappers for sex toys - it was just incredible how it was left."

[MDS]

Whats the big deal? Obviously its bad PR for the Vikings and the NFL, but the players went out and had a go old-fashioned farg party on the boat. This is why America was made. Freedom baby.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The only probelm with it was that they did it in public and propositioned crew members. If you're looking to keep that stuff out of the press..how about going to one of the players mansions and banging hookers?

I have no problem with having a good old fashioned farg party. Hell, that seems like almost every party I went to in high school was like that in one way or another.

It was stupid to do that in public.

Could you imagine if this was the Eagles? I think Andy Reid would have a heart attack.

[MDS]

I would be proud if it was the Eagles. Our boys like to go out and watch hookers and various skanks have some double sided dildo fun (yea, you saw Requim for a Dream).

Obviously getting out in public bad, and the thought process behind it wasnt really smart. But no one should get in trouble for going to or participating in a sex party.

[Diomedes]

The only probelm with it was that they did it in public and propositioned crew members.

What's so wrong with seeing people sucking c*ck at a party?  Is that gonna scar you for life?  What's so wrong with asking someone to farg you?

[Eagles 3x]

Tice should be happy. Some of his team figured out a way to score.

[JTrotter Fan]

I'm trying to figure out which team is/was more corrupt-  The 90's Cowboys or the New Millenium Vikings

It's really a toss up.  I mean with the Pukes, it was drugs.  With the Vikes...it's drugs, sex, scalping, WR's running bitches over with cars...what the hell?!

Straight Cash Homey!