Seahawks Fan Rejects $20K For NFC Title Ball, Wants To Attend Super Bowl The Day Before His Jail Term Begins
When Jermaine Kearse scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime against the Packers to clinch the Seahawks’ second consecutive NFC Championship, he did something that he immediately regretted. In the emotion of the moment, Kearse launched the ball he had just caught for the touchdown into the stands at CenturyLink field. Kearse literally threw away what is already one of the most important pieces of memorabilia in Seattle’s football history.
Here is the 12th Man member who managed to catch the ball:
#Seahawks fan rejects $20K, plans to give famous football back to Kearse http://t.co/JYHfJqhrLM pic.twitter.com/EYlTqOspzg
— KOMO News (@komonews) January 20, 2015
His name is Scott Shelton, and, of course, he’s an unemployed father of two who is also a convicted felon set to begin a prison sentence the day after the Super Bowl, because that’s exactly how karma works.
Shelton, who has already rejected an offer of $20,000 for the ball from a Washington sports memorabilia dealer, seems like kind of a stand-up guy in one respect at least, saying he wants to see the ball returned to its rightful owner, Number 15.
The NY Daily News reports that Kearse got in touch with Shelton on Monday morning after the game to see if they could work out a deal.
On the Monday morning after Kearse caught the dramatic 35-yard title-winning pass, the wide receiver called Shelton and asked about getting the ball back.
“He told me he wanted to trade his game helmet signed by the team, and his jersey, for the ball,” Shelton told KOMO-TV.
“And then he asked me what (else) I wanted for the ball. And I said ‘Honestly, it would be nice to go see you guys whip New England in the Super Bowl.’”
The game is set for Glendale, Ariz., leaving Shelton with a short turnaround for his date with detention back home in Washington state. He is scheduled to turn himself in at 2 p.m. the next day. His mother told local reporters he has to serve “several months” behind bars.
You honestly have to admire this guy’s brazen audacity here in asking for Super Bowl XLIX tickets. A team-signed, game-worn helmet and a jersey clearly aren’t a fair trade for a guy who’s going to prison the day after the big game. You can’t take that stuff to the slammer with you! There’s no mantle or display case in there for you to show off your collection! Memories, however, will last a lifetime, and that’s what Shelton understands. There’s just no way you become the bottom bitch in the jailhouse if you’re telling stories about how the Seattle Seahawks gave you Super Bowl tickets. Shelton totally gets the concept of supply and demand, and he knows he has the upper hand in the bargaining. There will only ever be one ball caught by Jermaine Kearse to win the 2015 NFC Championship; there are about 63,400 seats in the University of Phoenix Stadium. You do the math. Sounds to me like Shelton should already have his bags packed for Glendale, and then for, well, prison right after that.
For the record, Shelton will serve time stemming from nine counts of unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with the sale of an AK-47 on Craigslist. This would be perfectly fine under usual circumstances — if he hadn’t already been barred from possessing any firearms because of a prior felony conviction.
And he’s going to the Super Bowl. Karma is a bitch..
[via NY Daily News]
Image via KOMO News
11 years ago at 11:51 amYeah, I heard Dorn was pretty worried about getting butt raped when he was in jail. He didn’t take a shower for a year, because he was busy getting raped.
11 years ago at 12:42 pmC’mon big guy, if you’re gonna steal a joke, at least get the punchline right.
11 years ago at 1:24 pmI couldn’t care less who wins the Super Bowl this year. I hate both teams
11 years ago at 11:58 amCool
11 years ago at 12:08 pmDrinking enough until you like both teams. TFM.
11 years ago at 1:18 pmGo Broncos
11 years ago at 1:42 pmCaleb, nobody gives a fuck whether or not you care who wins the SB.
11 years ago at 12:26 amI have two thoughts:
11 years ago at 12:11 pm1. He would be better off selling it and invest the money and use it to help support his kids while he is locked up and not earning any money.
2. It pains me how we so casually accept an American citizen ‘losing’ his right to bear arms because of a conviction for anything. All of the amendments are supposed to be equally important.
Imagine if a conviction barred you from the right to own a bible, or to ever have a right to a lawyer, or to ever practice your freedom of speech?
I was going to bring this up but you beat me to it. I blame the fear run politics of the liberal media and the jackholes who run Washington. In a government that is so quick to offer free hand outs and ruin what so many hard workings Americans and immigrants strive for, it’s amazing we can still function. What happened to the ‘American Dream?’ What happened to working for your dreams and making something of yourself? I’ll stop here before I write a whole column on why Obama’s SOTU was complete horseshit.
11 years ago at 12:26 pmI feel your argument would hold more water if you didn’t try to sell a AK-47 on goddamn Craigslist.
11 years ago at 1:02 pmIf you truly, truly, deep down in your heart believe in the United States constitution, selling an AK-47 on Craigslist should be no different than selling a Russian language bible on Craigslist.
11 years ago at 1:19 pmAnd if you have any fucking common sense, you’d realize you’re comparing apples to oranges, dip shit.
11 years ago at 1:21 pmSo you are saying a conviction for any offense warrants the loss of the right to own a firearm? The Founders considered all the Bill of Rights equally important, yet the 2nd Amendment is the only one that is lost.
11 years ago at 1:27 pmI think being found guilty of felony gun charges should take away your right to bear arms.
11 years ago at 1:42 pmWhat you don’t realize is that even if you are convicted of a ‘Frat’ crime like the Wolf of Wall Street, you are legally helpless if someone breaks in to your home with the intention of robbing you and raping your wife.
11 years ago at 1:49 pmIt’s not just thug gang bangers who lose the right, it is people like Martha Stewart, who allegedly sold stock based on insider information.
If you say there should be a distinction between different types of felonies and that Martha Stewart should be allowed to posses firearms then that is reasonable. But someone who has been convicted of felony gun charges should quite simply not be allowed to posses firearms because they have proven themselves to not be responsible enough to do so. Also, felon is not a different race, but unlike races, there is a fucking difference between felons and non-felons and the rights they should be allowed to have.
11 years ago at 2:45 pmYou are putting the cart before the horse. A felony gun conviction only comes about after a person had a felony. Imagine ten years from now the Wolf of Wall Street is out in the woods teaching his son responsible firearm use. Along comes a Fish & Game warden. Runs a check and determines The Wolf is a felon. The Wolf is now guilty of a felony gun charge and is sent back to prison for five years and 10 years of post supervision.
11 years ago at 2:54 pmA released ‘felon’ has the same rights you do. He can remain silent, he can hire a lawyer, he had the freedom to assemble, the right to speak his mind, the right to a jury, the right to due process, the right to worship, and he doesn’t have to quarter soldiers. The only right he loses is the gun right.
11 years ago at 3:01 pmHere is something that makes this law even more ridiculous. A felon is allowed to own an antique firearm (pre1898) or a replica of an antique.
So, the Wolf of Wall Street can still own a .45 caliber black powder revolver, but if he even thinks about touching a .22caliber modern revolver, he is now a felon guilty of a gun charge.
#BlackballConrad2015
11 years ago at 4:37 pmLet’s look at your proposal objectively. The TFM demographic target audience are males who enjoy hunting, love guns, freedom, the military, and America. Dorn’s IRL Facebook page has a picture of him holding a shotgun. Rowdy Gent sells tshirts with guns on them. And…..you want to BlackBall the TFM commenter who supports a strict interpretation of the Constitution and supports the 2nd Amendment and lives America?
11 years ago at 4:45 pmFelons have proven to be irresponsible, and arguably less intelligent than the law abiding citizen. Why trust him with a gun, when one lapse of judgement could possibly lead to him shooting someone? And about the whole black powder thing, who really cares? I mean, if I wanted to kill someone I would probably be better off with a knife anyways, or even a baseball bat. Point being, you can’t strip a man of every possible weapon, but it’s in everyone’s best interest to not let the fucking felon own a firearm.
11 years ago at 8:35 pmYou are assuming every felon in America has low intelligence and has hair trigger anger issues. About 4 in 10 American men are felons. Every year tens of thousands of men and women are convicted for things like tax evasion, mortgage fraud, or any of the other 13,000 punishable offenses on the books.
11 years ago at 9:44 pmFormer House Speaker Tom Delay is a Felon. Many people who refuse to comply with Obama care will soon be charges. It is a felony to refuse participation.
The point you are not getting is that once you allow one Right to be taken away the others will follow.
Why should I trust you with a gun? I don’t know if you are short tempered, on psychotropic meds, or have anger issues against women. How do I know if you haven’t done something illegal but were not caught?
11 years ago at 9:46 pmNow you see the fallacy– you admit you cannot with certainty trust an average citizen with a firearm. You sure as hell won’t trust a convicted felon with one either. So instead of abolishing the 2nd Amendment outright, why not for the sake of public safety restrict firearms from irresponsible felons? I’ll take my chances with losing that right if I’m convicted of a felony than to have my unalienable rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” taken as a law-abiding citizen at the hands of a convicted felon with a firearm.
11 years ago at 4:23 amNot the point I was making. Look around you at all if the new law the govt is trying to pass such as limiting your free speech, surveillance, forcing you to pay an Obamacare tax, and in Illinois kids have to give school officials their social media passwords or face criminal charges. The only thing keeping the govt from going full dictator is that they know the people are armed. On thevsamecnote, why should I trust you with a car, which you can use to rub down people? Or why should I trust you to exercise freedom of speech, which you can use to incite hate?
11 years ago at 8:08 amI hope you realize that without the 2nd amendment there is no life ,liberty and happiness. If you are willing to give up you 2nd, are you willing to give up your 1st, and and also allow the police to search your house any time without a warrant?
You proved my point. You said if you were ‘ convicted of a felony’ and then called yourself’a law abiding citizen’. Just because someone is convicted at some point in their life of something does not mean that they are forever after a criminal minded thug. The vast majority do their time and move on, one again becoming ‘law abiding productive citizens’.
11 years ago at 8:13 amNot exactly what I said but I see your point about rehabilitated felons. However, how often are convicted felons rehabilitated? Sure some are, but not all. And if we are to extend the 2nd amendment to convicted felons, who is to decide which ones? Sure the insider trading felon doesn’t need his or her 2nd revoked as much as the serial rapist. But I can only imagine the shitshow on Capitol Hill that will come about if they try to draw the line between which felon keeps their 2nd amendment and which doesn’t. Hell, they barely got their shit together to keep the government from shutting down.
11 years ago at 11:09 amWell that wouldn’t be too bad, lets face it Capitol Hill is already a shitshow. I would support dictating which type of felons do and don’t have their second amendment rights revoked.
11 years ago at 11:57 amI see your point but dictating which ones retain the right is Constitutionally impossible. The Equal Protection Clause dictates that everyone receives the equal protection of the law. If you allow The Wolf of Wall Street to retain the right, the rapist-mugger must also retain the right under the law as you cannot treat him differently, as much as you want to.
11 years ago at 12:12 pmSo, as long as society is ok with taking away the second amendment right from undesirables, every Fratstar is just one insider trading conviction away from losing his hunting rifles. If you get caught with blow on campus an the DA convicts you, say goodbye to your gun rights.
“legally helpless”? You do realize there are other ways of protecting yourself other than a gun, right? You can still legally buy other weaponry such as bows and knives. These are also good substitutes for hunting. It’s your fault if you fuck up. You shouldn’t be blaming other people and whining to have your rights back; you lose those rights when you committed a crime and put other people in danger. Now you may say those people weren’t in danger because the crimes committed vary, but as the law is written, crimes deemed “violent” take away that privilege. To be completely honest, it isn’t a right, it’s a privilege to be able to use firearms. Grow up.
11 years ago at 3:38 pmI would agree with you 100% if the Founding Fathers had named the first ten amendments The Bill of Privileges .
11 years ago at 3:44 pmIs the right to worship a privilege?
Is the right to be free of Searches and Seizures a privilege?
You watch a few too many movies, bud. Settle down now.
11 years ago at 2:05 amFirst off, the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 14th aren’t doing great. Second, yes, if you convicted of a violent offense, you should not own a gun. If you are convicted of stealing a pack of gum, or a DUI, yes, you should be able to continue to own a gun.
11 years ago at 3:02 pmSee, this is why we need forums.
11 years ago at 4:25 amConrad, you’re a fucking idiot and so is this guy. It’s not just the fact that he was selling it on Craigslist, he already wasn’t supposed to have the gun because of a prior conviction. You’re a proponent of felons having guns? If you can’t obey the law, then I think it’s completely fine to take away that right. And then you compare selling an AK-47 to a “Russian bible?” Owning a gun and a bible are two completely different things. Let me guess, you’re an 18 year old poly-sci major that’s wearing a Reagan-Bush ’84 t-shirt right now? I fucking hate people like you.
11 years ago at 1:43 pmYou say ‘Felon’ as if it is a separate race of people. Yes I am a proponent of citizens with a prior felony conviction retaking all of inalienable rights endowed by their Creator upon their release from confinement.
11 years ago at 1:58 pmYou’re are just awful.
11 years ago at 2:05 pmI really need to get a better autocorrect.
11 years ago at 2:11 pmThe Equal Protection Clause?! Come on, you’re not even trying anymore.
11 years ago at 2:45 pmEh, I kinda rescind my comment. I can kind of see how it could be applied. You’re still an idiot, though.
11 years ago at 2:51 pmNo, I don’t say “felon” as if it’s a separate race. Are you implying that there are some races that don’t deserve all of their rights? Every American citizen, no matter what race, legally has the same rights. I thought you would know that by now after countless hours of jerking off to the constitution. I don’t necessarily think someone should lose their right to bear arms for a crime such as insider trading as you mentioned below, but for a gun-related crime, you have proven that you don’t deserve that right anymore.
11 years ago at 2:10 pmYou can’t pick and choose. The 1968 law that started taking away gun rights makes no distinction between insider trading and robbery/assault or rape. The only criteria is if you receive a sentence of one year or longer, even if it is a year of probation. By default, the federal law considers any offense over one year to be a ‘violent’
11 years ago at 2:34 pmOffense. That pesky Equal Protection Clause would stand in the way of your opinion to allow insider trading felons to retain their gun rights but not robbers.
Even if you are caught with a .22 bullet in your car and have a felony, that is considered a ‘gun charge’.
So let’s say you insider trade, get out of prison and then decide to sell your grandpa’s old AK-47 from Vietnam to help you support your family. Guess what? You are now a two time loser felon who needs to go back to prison for a felon in possession Gun Charge and may you rot in your cage.
And for all the people here who talk about blow and shit, what happens to them when/if they get caught? Minor shit like that can get your firearms privileges taken away, and that’s not exactly a violent crime. But hey, you also probably think this nation was founded under God…
11 years ago at 2:48 pmAlso, the Equal Protection Clause says the government can’t take away rights without due process. If you’re a *convicted* felon, you’ve had your fucking due process.
11 years ago at 3:00 pmBut the Founders considered the right to bear arms as a negative right, meaning the government did not give is this right, it was given to us by God. Due Process means you can’t be convicted and sentenced without it. If you allow the 2nd to be taken away, it is a slippery slope. Why not take away someone’s freedom to worship or disallow them from owning a bible? Or you could say that a felon no longer has 4th amendment rights and his house can be searched anytime of day without a warrant.
11 years ago at 3:12 pmLet’s say some guy does rob a store with a gun. He gets 10 years. While confined he realizes he was a dumb shot and turns his life around. He gets a good job and starts a family.
He pays his taxes and is kind to his neighbors. He obeys the law.
He is disallowed from owning a modern firearm to protect his family or teaching his son how to hunt because he was an “irresponsible thug who used a gun to commit a crime”.
I’m as pro-gun as they come. So were the men who wrote the Second Amendment. But all of us agree that convicted felons shouldn’t have guns. Sam Adams, one of the ideological fathers of the Revolution, while defending the right to keep and bear arms, stated that it applied to peaceable citizens. Peaceable is 18th century for law abiding.
11 years ago at 2:58 pmLast time I checked the 2nd Amendment ends with “shall not be infringed” not “only to peaceable citizens”.
11 years ago at 3:23 pmA man who once commited a felony can still be a Peaceable Citizen after he gets out of prison. A man with a felony who is now living in his community as a law abiding citizen is Peaceable.. Yes, he broke a law in the past, but in the present he is law abiding. Do you know who else recently lost his gun rights? Dinesh D’souza. He lost his gun right for campaign contribution violations. If you allow the 2nd to be taken away, a future congress might say that Dinesh should not be allowed to exercise his 1st amendment right to make docementarirs critical of the government.
What the fuck does it matter where it was sold? A gun show, a shop or craigslist? Why does the government need to track my firearms anyways? So when I go to a doctor and say I’m having sleep problems, cops can come say I’m a disgruntled vet and take them away? Fuck you if support that shit.
11 years ago at 1:24 pmNo, I just don’t want some Mexican drug lord gunning down innocents with American guns.
11 years ago at 1:32 pmAn AK-47 is just a semi automatic rifle. No more, no less. Please explain to me how taking away the right to own a gun protects you from Mexican drug lords. You know that governor in Virginia who was recently convicted for taking kickbacks? His gun rights are gone. How is he supposed to protect his family when he gets out?
11 years ago at 1:42 pmCall the cops. I guess I’m supposed to rely on those assclowns to protect me.
11 years ago at 2:13 pmYou degenerate retard, shut the fuck up already.
11 years ago at 12:49 amAddressed to that dipshit Conrad
11 years ago at 12:50 amNot to be a stickler, but an AK-47 is a Russian gun, not an American gun. Coincidentally enough, that’ll be changing soon though.
11 years ago at 2:57 pmAll i have to say for this article is fuck tom brady go phins.
11 years ago at 12:11 pmShut up Meg.
11 years ago at 12:25 pmUnemployed father spends money on conference championship tickets and declines large sum of money to help his family when he’s in jail. Real great guy
11 years ago at 1:03 pmI’d go hungry before my kids went without food, clothes and roof over their head.
11 years ago at 1:32 pmNot surprising given your choice of career would indicate a pattern of putting others ahead of yourself. Unfortunately, shit heads who are the opposite of you exist.
11 years ago at 3:03 pmThis is TFM, not youtube, take your 4 page arguments elsewhere
11 years ago at 3:32 pmSounds like a stand up guy. Knows what he wants
11 years ago at 3:45 pmThe worst part of the article is that he’s a Seahawks fan
11 years ago at 4:14 pmU mad bro?
11 years ago at 7:29 pmYeesh it was just a quote. Laps taken…
11 years ago at 5:50 pmToo many commas. Also, your diction is that of a third grader. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
11 years ago at 8:09 pmYour grammar seems off too slugger. You’ll get ’em next time.
11 years ago at 2:02 amHoly shit. This guy’s going to jail? He’s white, you guys!!!!
11 years ago at 1:03 am