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Alvoid Mays Arrested
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:00 am
by Jake
Two Former WVU Football Players Arrested
By Associated Press
Posted October 19 2004, 4:37 AM EDT
GLENVILLE, W.Va. -- Two former West Virginia football players are under arrest for allegedly robbing a supermarket.
Travis Garvin and Alvoid Mays who later played for six seasons in the NFL, were being held Monday in the Central Regional Jail in Flatwoods, each on $200,000 bond, State Police spokesman Sgt. Jay Powers said.
Authorities say one of the men held up two clerks at gunpoint Friday night in Glenville, and demanded money from the store's registers and safe. He was picked up by the other man in a compact car, but they crashed it after they were followed by Glenville police, Powers said.
The men fled into the woods but were ultimately arrested and the recovered money was returned to the store, Powers said.
The 25-year-old Garvin, of Bradenton, Fla., was a wide receiver for the Mountaineers from 2002 to 2003. Mays, 38, of Palmetto, Fla., was a defensive back on West Virginia's 1988 team that played for the national championship in the Fiesta Bowl, then played for the Washington Redskins and Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:11 am
by JansenFan
What a putz.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:13 am
by hailskins666
thats lame. at least he should have come up with something more creative than a freakin grocery store. try a bank, or depositry.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:29 pm
by DieselFan
How long do you have to be in the NFL to get a pension??? I know O.J. collects something like $300K a year...is it based on age/years played? You would think he'd be getting some kind of residual income and wouldn't have to rob a stinkin' grocery store.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:29 pm
by Redskin Stouff
I'll bet he was wearing his old Skins jersey with his name on the back and a mask.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:44 pm
by DieselFan
Redskin Stouff wrote:I'll bet he was wearing his old Skins jersey with his name on the back and a mask.
Funny. But if he's robbing the Piggly Wiggly...chances are he sold it on ebay already.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:55 pm
by tcwest10
Alvoid Mays. There's a name I haven't heard in years.
Sadly, he must've never planned for life after football, or else this type of nonsense would never have the opportunity to happen.
You're only immortal for a couple of years, you know.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:53 pm
by TheMagicThree
DieselFan wrote:How long do you have to be in the NFL to get a pension??? I know O.J. collects something like $300K a year...is it based on age/years played? You would think he'd be getting some kind of residual income and wouldn't have to rob a stinkin' grocery store.
I didn't know NFL players collected a pension? Is this true?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:04 pm
by njskinsfan
Stouff, You are assuming people in WVA can read the name on his jersey.
We are almost getting to the point of being able to put together a prison team to rival the Cowgirls.
Pay-per-view anyone? The longest yard part 2
Yankees suck
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:24 am
by Warmother
[quote="TheMagicThree
I didn't know NFL players collected a pension? Is this true?[/quote]
It's true they get a pension, I think you have to be in the league for 4 years to qualify.
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:48 am
by PhillyHog
I might be mistaken, but your pension increases significantly for each season in which you're active at least 10 or 8 games (something like that). This is supposed to be a big deterent for people like O-gun, McCardell, and McKenzie to hold out for a full season. I'd assume it coresponds to the trade deadline so hold outs can be traded and still meet the required number of games. If anyone knows more I'd be interested to hear it.