Michael Vick - Page 1

According to news wires, the co-defendents have agreed to testify against Vick. Vick has agreed to plead guilty and accept hard time in order to avoid gambling charges.

The reason, he can't make a come back in football if he is convicted of gambling charges, but the NFL will forgive his animal cruelty.

well maybe mr. vick, will be doing some fighting of his own if convicted !

I just went on a rant about his last night.  The NFL is making me sick.  I'm tired of their "welcome back from jail, we were having a losing season" attitude.  It's not just Vick and really not just the NFL.  It's all the professional sport organizations and the rest of the hoodlums they have running around the playing field.  Rape, murder, wife abuse?  They must of been asking for it and he really is a sweet guy deep down.  He mugged and stabbed someone?  "He feels badly but he has a drug problem that must be resolved and it's really not his fault.  The team will hold an intervention right after the playoffs".

Phooey on the whole lot of them.

The NFL needs to rethink their regulations.  I can think of much worse things then gambling on "sports".  Assult, abuse, robbery, battery, animal cruelty, manslaughter....... 

Wouldn't want to lose that contract would we Mike?  You ass!!!

Now I hate to sound like the guy who wants to start an argument, but do you guys follow the NFL?  They have a new commissioner that I think is going in the right direction.  At least he has a policy, which was missing just a year ago.  Michael Vick has not been with his team.  The commissioner sat him out of all spring practice activities.  Yes, some of this has to do with keeping the press out of the NFL arena, but at least he is not avoiding the situation.  Pac Man Jones, of the Tennessee Titans, has never really been convicted of anything.  Yet he is suspended for the entire season.  Tank Johnson, of the Chicago Bears, was suspended for miltiple games for having firearms in his home.  There are countless players that have been suspended for minor infractions. 

What more can you ask of the NFL?  We are talking about a business.  The players are union employees.  Some of these guys come from hard backgrounds, from very rough neighborhoods.  They are not from golf communities or gated neighborhoods.  Give a thug 10 million a year and you are bound to find a few that get into trouble.  Every year the NFL has a rookie's convention.  Here they learn how to invest their money, how to stay out of trouble, and what bumps may come up in the road ahead.  The NFL knows there is a problem.  They are trying to deal with it.  These are grown men.  You can't hold their hand every minute.

What would happen to your job if you were alleged, not convicted of a felony?  Would they fire you, suspend you, or say it is personal?  would you be suspended for a DUI?  probably not.  Your boss would probably never even know about it.  You don't have the media following your every move like these guys do.

Sometimes athletes are an easy target.  They have a target on their backs.  I can't stand Kobe Bryant.   I hate his attitude and arrogance.  He is by far a selfish player.  A few years back he was being charged with rape in Colorado.  The accuser was an employee of the hotel of his stay.  Did the guy have sex with her?  Sure.  Did he rape her? No.  It turns out that the girl had two or three other "DNA samples" in her panties that night.  Sounds like that hotel has some good "service".  I think Kobe is an adulterer and a shmuck, but that doesn't mean he is a felon.  This girl fabricated a story because he was a star athelete.  Why didn't she cry rape with the first few guys? 

I hate to hear people say that these guys should be a role model.  These guys are simply athletic freaks.  Nothing more.  Why do we put them up on a pedistal and expect more out of them than the general public?  Nobody cries out that Actors are role models every time one is convicted.  If you want your kid to look up to someone, point them in the direction of somebody that actually contributes to the world other than batting .300 with 550 homeruns.

Sigh.......I didn't hear that yet, it's not on the net, just that his legal staff is negotiating a plea bargain. What a suprise his homies are turning against him. No honor among thieves, is there?

IMO Vick is done playing in the NFL even if he only serves 6 months in prison.  He has become the poster boy for NFL players behaving badly. Time will tell what will happen with him, but I'll be surprised if many pro teams will want to deal with PETA and the other AR extremists protesting at every game. He's damaged goods.  The poor-sweet- innocent-kid- gone- bad facade isn't working with most of America.   I stopped looking to the sports world for heros when OJ was indicted. I agree with Don, kids need to be steered in a different direction away from the world of sports and spoiled rich celebrities. 

It's a good idea Don but first you'd have to get through to the parents who live and die by the sports their kids play.  Look how many incidents of "Parents Gone Wild" we've had on the playing field.   What happened to teaching kids how to be a good sport?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePtTZZkaVqA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinLVEOjkKc

Don, I guess I gave you too much credit. When people are talking "negotiating a plea" and they have the money and status of a Michael Vick, it is 99 and 44/100% sure that they are guilty of a felony. Do the Math.

Secondly, of the three NFL players you mentioned, which ones are considered star quality, impact players? You're talking apples and oranges when you compare Vick to Johnson or Jones.

For the rest of you; anyone who thinks this is only prevelant in pro sports needs to look at most of the major collegiate sports programs in this country. Nebraska and Oklahoma, two of the most successful football programs ever, have openly recruited and protected thugs and convicts for years.

Good point, MI GSD.  Seems the term "good sportsmanship" is becoming obsolete in the US. Bad sports are found in every competition I think.