Hall of Fail: Golden Tate Stealing Doughnuts at 3am? Seriously?

Posted by By Sports Session at 9 June, at 14 : 47 PM Print

Seattle Seahawks rookie wide receiver Golden Tate apologized Tuesday and said he was “very embarrassed” after police in suburban Seattle gave him a warning for trespassing into a gourmet doughnut shop at 3 a.m. last weekend.

Apparently Tate lives above the Top Pot doughnuts shop, and is very impressed with the product.  Tate said that he made the mistake of, but then said changed to a buddy made the mistake going in grabbing a couple of doughnuts.  They apparently at the sugary treats in a blissful stupor at 3am, the former Notre Dame star said he felt this was the wrong type of publicity to bring to the organization (oh wow really?).

Mark Klebeck, co-founder of Top Pot Doughnuts, told Seattle’s KJR radio that a baker must have gone to the restroom and left a door unattended or unsecured. He said that during that time Tate and another person must have entered the bakery through a back door or freight elevator that connects the store to the residences in which Tate lives.

He said the baker followed proper company protocol and immediately called police. While officers were dispatched, Klebeck told KJR, the baker recognized Tate as a resident of the building.  That diffused the situation before it escalated into something more dramatic.

Tate said police gave him a warning. “They just kind of said ‘don’t do it again,’ which I won’t.”  “But,” he added, “if you ever want maple bars, that’s the place to go.”

Top Pot recently signed an agreement with the Seahawks’ stadium, Qwest Field, to sell doughnuts and coffee during NFL and Major League Soccer games.  Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll had this to say about the incident, “No, I’m not disappointed at a guy being at a doughnut shop at 3 in the morning when they got maple bars like Top Pot has,” Carroll deadpanned.

“However, under the circumstances, I think they were closed or something like that, trying to close, or whatever,” the coach said. “That’s definitely wrong. We’ve talked about it, addressed it. He’s remorseful and all that. I do understand the lure of the maple bars.”

“Must be some good Maple Bars!” Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck posted on his Twitter page.

Tate said he understands he could have learned a lot tougher lesson than getting some bad publicity off a warning.  “I’d rather learn on this … than on something on me being arrested or cited, something bigger,” he said. “Next time I will have the buddy go in and buy them instead.”

Why is Golden Tate stealing doughnuts at 3:00 am, a supposed elite athlete eating sugar laden treats?  How is that going to get him ready to get ready for the rigors of the NFL, the first time Tate runs across the middle and is lit up a by a linebacker all I cam going to be able to think of is those Doughnuts and Maple Bars in his Belly.  Golden welcome to the Hall!!

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