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To: Lost1 who wrote (15732)	9/25/2002 11:20:15 AM
From: C	Respond to of 45639

The Moss file from startribune.com <<Moss, who grew up in tiny Rand, W.Va., had his first real brush with the law during his senior year at Du Pont High School. A friend and football teammate of his found a racial epithet with his name on it carved in a desktop. Moss' friend, who is black, beat a white student he believed was responsible. Moss kicked the white student twice. Moss had just turned 18, and he was charged with two felonies. He pleaded guilty to two counts of battery and spent 30 days in jail. Defenders of Moss thought the extent of his prosecution was unfair and was influenced by the racially charged atmosphere in which it occurred. In April 1995, a drug test administered during his first week in jail tested positive for marijuana. Moss was put into solitary confinement for a week, and 60 days were added to his sentence. These were mistakes that followed Moss, at least for a while. He originally signed to play at Notre Dame, then coached by Lou Holtz, who called Moss the best high school player he'd ever seen. But the scholarship offer was rescinded after the fight. Moss was ready to go to Florida State, but the positive test for marijuana prompted that school to rescind its offer as well. He instead went to Marshall University in West Virginia, leading the team to an NCAA Division I-AA national title. In 1998 many believed Moss to be the best prospect in the NFL draft. But on draft day one team after another, afraid of taking a chance, declined to select him. Nineteen teams passed on Moss, including Dallas -- which had indicated it would draft him at No. 8 -- and Cincinnati, twice. He was taken by the Vikings with the 21st pick. Behavior troubles followed Moss to the NFL. He was fined after squirting liquid from a bottle on an official in the waning moments of the Vikings' playoff loss in St. Louis after the 1999 season. During the 2001 season, on the Vikings' trip to Philadelphia, Moss verbally abused corporate sponsors because they were sitting in and around the bus seat he and other players wanted. The team fined him $15,000. Over his career, he's been fined an additional $70,000 by the NFL for various rule infractions.>>