Jim McMahon's days as a spokesperson for responsible drinking are over in Illinois.
Posters featuring the former Chicago Bears quarterback and the slogan "Don't Be a Punk and Get Drunk: Our Servers Serve Responsibly" are displayed in thousands of establishments serving alcoholic beverages in the state. The posters have become an embarrassment to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission in the wake of McMahon being charged Sunday with drunken driving in Navarre, Fla. His blood-alcohol level tested at 0.261% and 0.258%, police said. The level for DUI in Florida is 0.08%.
The McMahon poster, introduced in December as part of an ILCC program to prevent overserving of alcohol and underage drinking, is no longer in the ILCC's future plans, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday. McMahon, a college star at Brigham Young, was the Bears' quarterback in their 1986 Super Bowl win against New England.
Attempts to reach the ILCC on Tuesday were unsuccessful because of Veterans Day.
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