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dog bites Vick
Aug 20, 2007 | 8:08 PM
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I dont know what people are thinking when they break a law. Okay I've been over the speed limit a time or two or three in my life. I guess the Office pool is illegal in most states. But gambling while two animals try to kill each other? Never crossed my mind or the mind of anyone I know. Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Michael Vick has agreed to plead guilty to the charges against him. Namely his involvement in dogfighting.
Dogs are pretty amazing animals. They protect. They provide therapy for the sick and the elderly. They guide the blind. They even save lives. Who hasn't seen the work these animals do at disaster sites. So I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would harm a dog. For some reason Michael and the knuckleheads he calls friends found entertainment in seeing dogs fight to the death. Maybe even executed them later if the loser didn't die in the act.
Imagine if they did that to a quarterback at the end of a bad season.
For all his accomplishments, and I'm still not entirely sure what they are, Vick has been more unimpressive as a quarterback than impressive. In his six seasons Vick has only thrown 19 more touchdowns than interceptions. In his best season (2004) his quarterback rating was 78.1. Last season, 17 quarterbacks with a similar number of games played had better ratings than Vick. Peyton Manning for example had a Q.B. rating over 100. Drew Brees completed almost 11 percent more passes than Vick. In fact nine quarterbacks who like Vick threw more than 300 passes completed a higher percentage of them. Still the Atlanta Falcons gave Vick a $130 million dollar contract in 2004.
The guy can run. No doubt about it. He can run like a running back. Except he's not as sturdy. Slashes like a wide receiver except we don't know if he can catch. Finds open spaces like a punt returner except we don't how well he'll take a hit when 11 guys running at full speed take a crack at him. You see, if the Falcons really looked at Vick's performances much like those dogs he and his buddies were fighting, I'm not sure he'd get a second fight. People have already asked me if he'll get a second chance in the NFL . Of course he will. Everybody loves a good come back story. He's a great athlete. I'm just not sure he's a great football player. He's certainly not a great quarterback!
    I don't have an opinion on how much time he deserves. If he serves any, and I think he will, I figure that's payback for the innocent animals he may have destroyed when they weren't performing up to par.
Sort of like Michael.

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nosy4 read my blog
Aug 21, 2007 | 6:58 AM

HELL YEA HANG VICK &THE VICKETTS,BY THE COLLAR AND WHEN THEY DONT PERFORM SHOOTEM,now before this turns into a rase card Im BLACK,I dont like lyinchin hangin is different,just kidding yea they need jail time turn off the lights at the football game for a while take time to ponder what ya did.
ddain read my blog view my photos
Aug 21, 2007 | 10:44 AM

Great assessment, Rick. He really isn't that great of a QB, and he's never led the Falcons to the Super Bowl, even though he has gone through his share of coaches, running backs, and wide receivers over the years.

You think San Diego is glad they traded the rights to him for Drew Brees and LT? I think they would make that trade again.

If he's not banned for life, expect his comeback to come in a Raiders uniform, if Al Davis is still alive by then. He's a perfect Raider.
beepbeep read my blog view my photos
Aug 21, 2007 | 12:27 PM

Making dogs fight and killing them like that is a sociopath behavior.

I know one serial killer, who as a child, tied two cats by the tail to a clothes line...and what a noise they made.
craftyguy read my blog
Aug 21, 2007 | 3:35 PM

the falcons last year had already said VICK was not going to be there much longer he was a horrible passer your right though he was like a extra running back this fiasco only sped-up what was going too happen anyway..
Shans-Deb read my blog view my photos
Aug 22, 2007 | 10:55 AM

If the NFL doesn't ban Vick for life, we should all give up watching the game in protest... whats next?... a football player getting away with murder?... oh wait, errr, uh, never mind. Vick needs jail time just to think about what he has done with his twisted sence of entertainment. If he could squeeze the life out of a dog, how does he treat the people around him? Not very well, I suppose.
Shans-Deb read my blog view my photos
Aug 22, 2007 | 2:56 PM

Rick,
Did you grow up here in L.A.? What High School did you go to?
Al_Kaplan read my blog
Aug 23, 2007 | 12:37 AM

I infer from your essay that Vick is not a good quarterback. tonight on the newscast, i heard the story of a sheriff's deputy who was convicted of murdering his wife. whether or not the deputy was a good one, is not especially relavent to whether he killed his wife except that a deputy is employed in law enforcement. Vick has been a bad boy off the field ugly story. i wonder what star jones has to say about it! i would not be surprised if Vick was unaware that sponsoring dog fights is a crime. maybe i am naive!
voodoodog read my blog view my photos
Aug 23, 2007 | 4:19 PM

With any luck, by the time this dirtball gets out of the joint he will be too old to play pro ball. If not, let the public decide if he is worth the money to see him play. I wouldn't cross the street to see this idiot do anything but pick up trash off the freeway for the rest of his life. Good riddance!
waterboy read my blog
Aug 25, 2007 | 9:26 PM

Al_Kaplan, where have you been the past 20 years, our children look up to XXXXXXX's like this they want to grow up to be just like them. Movie stars, sports players, cub scout leaders and Poloticians all live in the media spotlight. They chose that life, they have a responsibility as a role model, as a mentor in some cases to put forth a good front. I know that all mankind is inherently flawed, (that is to say let the one who has not sinned throw the first stone) but don't stand in front of the cameras and lie to our faces. Thus teaching our little ones that this type of behavior is tolerated. Let me rephrase that last part INCOURAGED AND REWARDED. I say that persons that destroy the public trust dont deserve to live in the public eye.
TheCreditFixer
Aug 28, 2007 | 8:58 AM

I think Vick's apology is a slap in the face for people who are animal lovers. His apology was only to safe his BUTT from the NFL. I never heard him apology to the animals he killed and the people who love them. I think he should be set as an example that we are not going to allow idiots to harm any kind of animals. Just thinking of Vick upsets my stomach. He should be put away for a long time and be to Tortured like he tortured those poor dogs!!!
MoveOn
Sep 6, 2007 | 3:51 PM

Not everyone who loves dog fighting is a psychopath. There was a time when dogfighting was not illegal and plenty of people in this country participated and thoroghly enjoyed it. Vick needs to pay for what he has done because it is against the law. That said, I am sick and tired of all this outrage. The man will pay for what he has done but to put an animal above a human being who has broken the law is sad and pathetic. DID EVERYONE HEAR ME? VICK MUST PAY FOR HIS CRIME. I have heard commits like Vick should be killed or after he pays his debt to society, he should never be able to play football again. What is wrong with this country? People seem to be full of hate, rage and revenge. The one that really bothered me was the vick doll chew toy that was advertised on this website. Just because Vick may be going to jail does not mean he can't sue and he should sue. I wonder how many of these outraged animal lovers have abandoned a pet by releasing it into some strange neigberhood hoping someone will take it in or dropping it off in the country somewhere? These poor animals if captured end up being put to sleep. I believe your outrage to be put to better use than this. Remember, in other countries, they believe what we are doing to cows is worst than what Vick has done but we won't stop killing cows now will we?
Shans-Deb read my blog view my photos
Sep 7, 2007 | 5:59 PM

The NFL has a code of conduct that vick agreed to live by in order to play football in THEIR league. His chosen conduct is contrary to the NFL requirements... therefore he should lose his football career, aside from the jail time that he also deserves.
And by the way, yes, everyone that loves dog fighting IS a psychopath. And those of us who do care about animals and are "outraged animal lovers" have never, ever "abandoned a pet by releasing it into some strange neighborhood hoping someone will take it in or dropping it off in the country somewhere?". The people who have done such horrible things to those "poor animals" are not by any means an "animal lover"! I have never taken on the responsibility of an animal without making a LIFE TIME COMMITMENT to that animal. I would no sooner abandon my pet than I would my children in any situation. I have had many pets throughout my life and have treated them all with the respect and dignity that they all deserve. I respect the innocence they possess and would never do anything to taint that in any animal. I have rescued cats and dogs, I either gave them a home or found one for them myself, and I have even taught a few injured pigeons how to fly, after caring for them so that they could recover, and be released back to the life they were meant to have. I have held several my furry babies in my arms when it was their time to pass so that they knew I was with them till the end, and I would never want to be a person who would handle them any other way. If you can not have the highest regard for the furry friends that we share this pla
Shans-Deb read my blog view my photos
Sep 7, 2007 | 6:00 PM

*continued*
share this planet with, then just leave them alone. Whatever you do, DO NOT pit them against each other in a fight for their survival, just for your amusement, that would be psychotic! Get a grip on reality!
Aside from vicks actions being against the law and the NFL code of conduct, how about some basic human compassion and dignity, there is no room for leniency in his case or any case like it. "MoveOn" I hope you have learned something here... you don’t deserve to ever have any pets. If you are ever tempted to get a pet, don't, do the animal a favor and just move on.
Shans-Deb read my blog view my photos
Sep 7, 2007 | 6:03 PM

and by the way... cows are not fighting each other to the death for human amusement... cows are killed for food... when was the last time you ate a dog?
Shans-Deb read my blog view my photos
Oct 9, 2007 | 6:09 PM

Did MoveOn... move on? long time no post.
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Rick Garcia is the sports anchor for the top-rated Fox 11 10 O'clock News, seen weekdays at 10pm. He also anchors My13 News at 11pm.

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