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Vick indicted

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The best part of it all was that he signed a 10-year contract for $130M with a $37M signing bonus, one of the highest paid players ever and still does this.

He had far more money from throwing a ball around then we will ever see, and yet he still gets involved in this kind of activity. F'ing hilarious.

Evidently you can take him out of the housing projects but you can't take the housing projects out of him.
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: jhu
killing cows and other animals is not necessary for our sustenance.
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Killing innocent plants isn't, either.
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plants don't have a central nervous system. besides, plants definitely do want us to eat them. take fruits for example.
 
I don't understand the method of killing. Why not put them down with a bullet to the brain? As for the killing of the dogs, maybe I'm too de-sensitized, but I don't really care. I can't get really worked up about animals. He just seems a little twisted in the way he went about it.
 
Originally posted by: Yreka
FPMITA or Paris Prison ?


One would assume Paris, but he is a tough guy right ? Maybe he wants to "Keep in Gangsta"
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Yeah, he likely has to "put in work" and shiv some guy to keep his street rep now. Especially after his own crew "snitched" on him :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: preslove
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: preslove
The ironic thing is that pit bulls only exist because of dog fighting. Pit bulls were bred for dog fighting. Not that I condone the act, but it is kind of weird that it is illegal use an animal for the very act for which it was created.
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I have a World War II Japanese sword in my garage. Should it be legal for me to kill a few people with it, since that's what it was created for?
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Dude, I just find it interesting that this animal was created for this very brutal act by Englishmen & ghetto blacks continue to practice it underground. Hell, I think pit bulls shouldn't be allowed in urban areas. That's why I said I don't condone it.
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I didn't think you would condone such a thing. My point was merely that there's nothing weird at all about it now being illegal. Here's another one: it's now illegal to ride a horse on the road in many areas, particularly highways. But, originally, the main purpose of horses was transportation.
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Well, yeah, but people still ride horses 😛 It's still legal to use them, but it just isn't legal in certain areas. Also, regarding your comment about the Japanese sword, people still use the swords for sparring & drills. Pit bulls are in a rare situation of their entire reason for their existence, brutal dog fighting, is illegal.
 
He killed his dogs by drowning and hanging.
Holding a dog under water to drown it, is sick.
Same for hanging.

He will never play ball again.
At this point the only way I can see him even having a life is if he started some anti-dog fighting organization, saying he learned the error of his ways, etc.
 
The ironic thing is that pit bulls only exist because of dog fighting. Pit bulls were bred for dog fighting. Not that I condone the act, but it is kind of weird that it is illegal use an animal for the very act for which it was created.
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
The big question is, of course, the money. Will the NFL give the Falcons a special exception over this.
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I doubt it. The league is trying to clean up its image, and granting special exceptions to the salary cap for players lost due to non-football-related issues seems counterproductive to that goal. This will serve as a lesson to the rest of the league about being very careful when you dedicate that much cap space to a single player.

The Falcons are hurting at QB right now. Harrington as a starter with Chris Redmond as the backup...after being out of football for two years? They lost their third-string QB for the year in the preseason game on Friday night.
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Hey, Trent Dilfer has won a championship, so the Falcons might be able to pry him from the 9ers for the right price! 😀
 
Originally posted by: waggy
smart move. he was going to get fucked hard if he didn't.
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Yep, no way would he be able to win in court with so many of his friends testifying against him. He should have hired the same attorney for all of them and kept them in the fold from the start if he were going to fight it.
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
About time. I wonder when he'll start serving his time. I assume he's done with football atleast untill 2009. I doubt any NFL team will want him after that.

Hopefully the Falcons can recoup some of the money. What a waste.
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It's still a drawn out process. Vick will enter his plea today in court. The judge will then set another date for sentencing. Could be another month or two.

The big question is, of course, the money. Will the NFL give the Falcons a special exception over this. The Falcons are hurting at QB right now. Harrington as a starter with Chris Redmond as the backup...after being out of football for two years? They lost their third-string QB for the year in the preseason game on Friday night.

The best that the Falcons can hope for is a crappy season that results in a high enough draft pick to get a hopefully healthy Brian Brohm out of Louisville.
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Falcons traded their good backup QB - Matt Schaub. Granted they didn't know about Vick, but they had someone in place and let him go. It's the nature of the business.

Titans lost Pacman jones for the season. Do they deserve a special exception? What about the Bungles losing their WR? I can't see the NFL doing anything about it. It wouldn't be fair to the other teams.
 
Originally posted by: jhu
i agree it's a pretty stupid thing to do, especially when you're such a high-profile person. on the other hand, i don't understand what the big deal is. so he breeds dogs and has them fight, and the he kills them if they don't win. you know, we do much worse things to millions of other animals. we have assembly-line efficiency in cow, sheep, pig, et cetera killing. where's the public uproar over this?
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cause we actually use them after they are killed... not that difficult to understand.
 
Originally posted by: preslove
The ironic thing is that pit bulls only exist because of dog fighting. Pit bulls were bred for dog fighting. Not that I condone the act, but it is kind of weird that it is illegal use an animal for the very act for which it was created.
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I have a World War II Japanese sword in my garage. Should it be legal for me to kill a few people with it, since that's what it was created for?

Originally posted by: jhu
i agree it's a pretty stupid thing to do, especially when you're such a high-profile person. on the other hand, i don't understand what the big deal is. so he breeds dogs and has them fight, and the he kills them if they don't win. you know, we do much worse things to millions of other animals. we have assembly-line efficiency in cow, sheep, pig, et cetera killing. where's the public uproar over this?
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We'd like to think that as a civilization, we've grown past the barbaric stage. Torturing animals for our amusement is so 1600's.
 
Originally posted by: preslove
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: preslove
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: preslove
The ironic thing is that pit bulls only exist because of dog fighting. Pit bulls were bred for dog fighting. Not that I condone the act, but it is kind of weird that it is illegal use an animal for the very act for which it was created.
Click to expand...

I have a World War II Japanese sword in my garage. Should it be legal for me to kill a few people with it, since that's what it was created for?
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Dude, I just find it interesting that this animal was created for this very brutal act by Englishmen & ghetto blacks continue to practice it underground. Hell, I think pit bulls shouldn't be allowed in urban areas. That's why I said I don't condone it.
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I didn't think you would condone such a thing. My point was merely that there's nothing weird at all about it now being illegal. Here's another one: it's now illegal to ride a horse on the road in many areas, particularly highways. But, originally, the main purpose of horses was transportation.
Click to expand...

Well, yeah, but people still ride horses 😛 It's still legal to use them, but it just isn't legal in certain areas. Also, regarding your comment about the Japanese sword, people still use the swords for sparring & drills. Pit bulls are in a rare situation of their entire reason for their existence, brutal dog fighting, is illegal.
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My dog is a Rhodesian Ridgeback who's sole purpose was to herd lions away from villages and camps in Africa. I don't see my dog doing that on a daily basis any more.
 
He's fvcked (and absolutely deserves to be. :|)

One of the more significant (and disturbing) mighty falls from grace in the world of sports.
 
i agree it's a pretty stupid thing to do, especially when you're such a high-profile person. on the other hand, i don't understand what the big deal is. so he breeds dogs and has them fight, and the he kills them if they don't win. you know, we do much worse things to millions of other animals. we have assembly-line efficiency in cow, sheep, pig, et cetera killing. where's the public uproar over this?
 
Don't teams put anything in the contract so that they can void it if the player is convicted of a felony charge? It certainly seems like it would be a good addition in this day and age.
 
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