Friday, Oct 08 2010 09:01 PM
Kemp is first player released
By Condors Talk
When John Kemp failed to show up for practice Friday morning in Las Vegas, his fate was sealed. Condors coach Marty Raymond released the aspiring first-year pro from Arcadia and sent him packing.
Not exactly the way one wants to start a pro career. Perhaps Kemp, who was struggling in practices, saw the writing on the wall. And being in Las Vegas, well, there are temptations.
But the last thing Raymond wanted was players to make his decisions on cuts easy.
This one was way too easy.
The Condors, who beat the Las Vegas Wranglers 5-2 in a preseason game on Thursday night in Vegas, host the Wranglers Saturday night at Rabobank Arena.
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