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I was there at Lambeau Field in Green Bay in 1992 when Packers quarterback Don Majkowski went down with an ankle injury against the Cincinnati Bengals. A young and very
inexperienced Brett Favre came into the game. His performance was very poor in the begining, fumbling the ball four times in the packers first three possesions. He was booed by
the home crowd and many in the crowd chanted for third team quarterback Ty Detmer to replace Favre.

With a little over a minute left in the game and the Packers on their own 8 yard line, down 23-17 something magical happened that day. Brett Favre’s competitive spirit
was infused into that game. Favre threw a 42 yard strike to All Pro Sterling Sharpe to get the Packers out to midfield. Three plays later Favre threw the game winning touchdown to
Kitrick Taylor with 13 seconds left in the game.

The Brett Favre legend and Hall of Fame career was officially born that day. That day back in 1992 I say a tremendous competitor with his back against the wall come
out fighting. Against the Green Bay Packers and 17 years later I saw the same competitive spirit from Brett Favre.

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED!!

Tank Black

There is a lot to be said about the bias of the main stream media on notable sports figures accused, but not convicted of crimes. There are two sides to every story, but you wouldn’t know that if you watch the news when they are covering a story involving a sports star that has been accused of a crime. There seems to be only one side to the story then, and it’s always a negative side. It seems the media wants to see our sports stars to fall so they seem more human. They like to hype stories up to make them a lot worse than they really are and want to convict people before they have even seen a courtroom.

Unfortunately there are quite a few stories to use as an example of the bias of main stream media on notable sports figures accused, but not convicted of crimes. There should be emphasis on the phrase “not convicted”. It brings up two very rational thoughts: either our justice system is full of holes and lets people who are famed away with everything or these people really aren’t guilty and the media is blowing it out of proportion. This doesn’t mean that everyone who isn’t convicted of a crime is innocent. It just means that everyone accused isn’t guilty.

One excellent example of the bias of the main stream media on notable sports figures accused, but not convicted of crimes is the Duke University lacrosse team scandal. In 2006, an exotic dancer accused 3 students of raping her at a party. She was black and the three boys were white, which is basically all the media wanted to tell you. These facts alone were stated by the media to such an extent that news outlets started calling the case a “hate crime”. The media started to tuck their tails and run as the case started falling apart because the accuser changed her story time after time. The prosecuting attorney eventually pulled away from the case and was disbarred for dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation. The case was dropped by the judge but the boys who were accused will never be able to erase the case from their image. And you never heard their side of the story on the news.

If the bias of the main stream media on notable sports figures accused, but not convicted of crimes were a little less convicting and actually told all of the story then maybe we wouldn’t lose so much faith in our sports stars or our justice system. The media wants you to think this kind of thing happens all the time when in actuality it’s a rare occurrence. We should just keep in mind that we need to hear all of the story before we decide to condemn someone for something they may not have done.

There’s more. “Tanked” is also a story of my life. From the back woods of the south during a time when the country was still struggling with civil rights, to my relationship with the most influential and respected person in my life, my grandmother. This is a human interest story. A story of struggle, reaching the top, losing it all.

While on my way to the store I was pulled over, arrested and incarcerated for nearly 8 years on charges that as time would show where the makings of overzealous prosecutors, judges and people who wanted to send a message.

Tanked! – Why it’s important to know the truth

~Tank

This book has been 8 years in the making. It is time to set the record straight. It is time to begin the healing process with family and friends who knew this ordeal was highly suspicious. This is my story and finally the truth.

Tanked! – The Tank Black Story is a firsthand account of how the sports industry, it’s power, greed and influence operates with impunity. The very practices that cost me my freedom are still in play today within the industry.

I am confident that after reading Tanked! – The Tank Black Story, you will be able to draw your own conclusions. It’s all about the facts and nothing but the facts. I have nothing to hide.

Do they?