Vick case thread....please behave

[outofplace]

Ok...this is too big of a story right now not to have a thread.

Can we try this again without the bull****?

 

[slappy4428]

I'm good with it.

 

[expendable]

Here's hoping that this ends well. 8)

 

[outofplace]

(shaking head)

 

[expendable]

Okay, hope is lost.

 

[Mayfly]

There goes the neighborhood. [/channeling what the neighbors said when Vick bought the house]

 

[Ace]

I took it down, boys. But if you really want the thread to take off, you gotta start with something other than a wish.

 

[slappy4428]

OK, back on track so the troublemakers have to go to PMs....

Does an encouraged "leave of absence" for Vick help all parties involved? Keeps him out of the spotlight which helps his image and the NFL's?

 

[outofplace]

I took it down, boys. But if you really want the thread to take off, you gotta start with something other than a wish.

I didn't think we needed much to get this topic going....just a request to keep it civil and on target.

A leave of absence might help, but why would Vick agree to it?

 

[alleyallen]

Whether it's the right thing or not, you'd think the best thing for Vick might very well be to take a leave of absence. With a fast-track prosecution like they're shooting for, Vick would lose, at most, one season, right? Not saying that's a good thing, but taking the time off to focus on the legal issues (and innocence) is better than losing and going to the clink.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

I took it down, boys. But if you really want the thread to take off, you gotta start with something other than a wish.

I didn't think we needed much to get this topic going....just a request to keep it civil and on target.

A leave of absence might help, but why would Vick agree to it?

He could concentrate on his legal defense, try to repair his image, avoid football stadiums full of people who would be booing him (including, probably his own) and collect a paycheck.

 

[outofplace]

I took it down, boys. But if you really want the thread to take off, you gotta start with something other than a wish.

I didn't think we needed much to get this topic going....just a request to keep it civil and on target.

A leave of absence might help, but why would Vick agree to it?

He could concentrate on his legal defense, try to repair his image, avoid football stadiums full of people who would be booing him (including, probably his own) and collect a paycheck.

That was going to be my next question....if it would be a paid absence. If so, then that makes some sense.

 

[Ace]

I took it down, boys. But if you really want the thread to take off, you gotta start with something other than a wish.

I didn't think we needed much to get this topic going....just a request to keep it civil and on target.

A leave of absence might help, but why would Vick agree to it?

He could concentrate on his legal defense, try to repair his image, avoid football stadiums full of people who would be booing him (including, probably his own) and collect a paycheck.

Seriously, how much help is Michael Vick gonna be on his legal defense?

And repairing his image doesn't seem to be a priority.

He should resurface as the amazing Ron Mexico and start anew.

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

I'm out in Calgary for the CFL game tomorrow between the Stampeders and Toronto.

The Argonauts have a CFL rookie (he played for Kansas City and Dallas in the NFL) named Willie Pile, who came to Virginia Tech in the same recruiting class as Vick. (Pile played free safety.)

Naturally, I asked him this morning about the charges. Pile said Vick owned pit bulls back in college, and wasn't shy about bringing them around. But, Pile added that Vick showed none of the brutality towards the dogs that is alleged in the document.

It was an interesting conversation.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I'm out in Calgary for the CFL game tomorrow between the Stampeders and Toronto.

The Argonauts have a CFL rookie (he played for Kansas City and Dallas in the NFL) named Willie Pile, who came to Virginia Tech in the same recruiting class as Vick. (Pile played free safety.)

Naturally, I asked him this morning about the charges. Pile said Vick owned pit bulls back in college, and wasn't shy about bringing them around. But, Pile added that Vick showed none of the brutality towards the dogs that is alleged in the document.

It was an interesting conversation.

should be an interesting sidebar to the gamer.

Any AP story on the PETA protest at the NFL headquarters today? Buncha people show? 15 slaps with bulhorns and signs? One in a "Free Ookie" T-shirt? I can't believe for a minute that the news media didnt cover this.

 

[boots]

Blank is right not to make a decision until a court date has been set. Once it has been set, if it is not during the season, you let the guy play. You almost have to because of the loot that you are paying him. At least get something out of the deal.

 

[heyabbott]

The following people are in Vick's corner:
Pacman Jones
Joe Horn

 

[Starman]

Dan Reeves jumps to the support of Ron Dogkiller.

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=242306

Former Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves told Michael Vick several weeks ago he would help the troubled quarterback in any possible way.

That offer still stands, even though Vick is now under federal indictment for hosting dogfights and brutally killing pit bulls.

"Sure, I'd do anything I could to help Mike," Reeves said Friday. "I think he's basically a good person. Unfortunately it just seems like he's made some bad choices over the years with the company he keeps."

Boo ****ing hoo. Once again, as in about 99.87% of all these ******* sob stories, we have the codeword "troubled" thrown in, as if this is some random cruel affliction thrown on the poor innocent good-hearted athlete by the heartless forces of fickle fate.

Reeves, or any civilized person, should tell Vick: "You go to court, and utterly prove beyond any conceivable doubt whatsoever, that this was all a complete fabrication, a complete frameup concocted by evil forces determined to take you down, and that you never ever ever had anything to do whatsoever with any of these activities, THEN you have my support.

"If not, go **** yourself. Something you should have told your 'crew' some time ago."

 

[Precious Roy]

I just read the indictment, and Vick seems pretty well doomed there.
If I were indicted, and the feds had a witness that I gave money to after a fight, I think I'd be looking to deal.

 

[boots]

I just read the indictment, and Vick seems pretty well doomed there.
If I were indicted, and the feds had a witness that I gave money to after a fight, I think I'd be looking to deal.

I know Vick is circling the wagons. He's hoping, if he's guilty, that no one sings.