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Marcus Vick puts bounty on brother’s teammate over racial slur

Posted at 10:52 AM, Aug 01, 2013
and last updated 2013-08-01 10:54:17-04

Marcus Vick was pretty upset after Philadelphia Eagle Riley Cooper was captured on video using the N-word at a Kenny Chesney concert.

Vick took to Twitter and offered $1,000 to the first opposing player to put a hard hit on his brother’s teammate in a game, according to Philly.com.

Hey I’m putting a bounty on Riley’s head. 1k to the first Free Safety or Strong safety that light his ass up! Wake him up please….. — Marcus Vick (@MVFive)

He then followed with more profanity-filled tweets, all of which have since been deleted, and replaced with this tweet:

Marcus was back on Twitter this morning addressing the controversy:

Read more at Philly.com.