When I heard that Chris Rix, quarterback for Florida State, was ticketed for parking in a handicapped spot when in a hurry to get to class, I was shocked. I mean, really: there are athletes who actually go to class? Who’da thought it?
If Rix is a little paranoid about missing class, he’s got a reason to be. After sleeping through a final exam, Rix missed playing in the Sugar Bowl, potentially costing FSU a championship. While parking in a handicapped spot is pretty low down, I suppose I can’t blame the kid for not wanting to miss a class.
On the other hand, maybe I’m giving him too much credit. He COULD be just another jock who thinks he can get away with anything. Lord knows there are plenty of those to go around – at any university, not just at FSU. What do the mt.net readers think?
Not just any handicapped spot, but one reserved for patients at the school’s regional rehabilitation center.
If stupidity was a legal handicap, the non-handicapped spaces would be few in number and marked with signs….