Vick's name keeps popping up for bad things

[plantsman]

Sure, the piece of crap is guilty. Deny it all you want, but he's a thug, will always be a thug. Pure gutter trash. A shame that he represents our land grant university.

[gcdevil22]

haha guilty of what?

[plantsman]

Guilty of being a low life piece of crap.

[gcdevil22]

because he did what?

[plantsman]

Good God, man...you're in college...must everything still be spoon fed to you? any idea about a good role model vs. a bad one? You that blindly allegiant to VT?

[R0cketer]

I'm going to semi-defend Vick here.

The thing he missed in DC was for helping kids have after school activities.

The problem is, completely just or not, he keeps having his name brought up in 'bad ways'.

Now you can say that it's not his fault, he looks after relative, cousins or what not that he doesn't associate with but he keeps showing up.

Now I don't think the entire world is just out to get him. You don't see LT showing up in negative legal lights regularly. Didn't see Tiki Barber's name brought up regularly, don't see Marvin Harrison brought up all the time, etc. etc.

Now additional comments about the Vick situation


John Goodwin, who handles dog-fighting issues for The Humane Society of America, was skeptical that Vick was unaware of such a large operation -- especially when police were led to the property as part of a drug investigation after arresting the quarterback's 26-year-old cousin, Davon Boddie.

Goodwin said authorities found 66 dogs on the property, mostly pit bulls who appeared to be involved in organized fighting. He estimated it would cost up to $100 a day just to feed that number of animals, not to mention other hefty expenses.

"Who's paying to feed all those dogs?" Goodwin asked. "Who has the money to feed 66 pit bulls that's in some way, shape or form related to that property?"

He said The Humane Society has heard for several years that Vick was personally involved in the brutal, clandestine activity, which is banned nationwide and a felony in 48 states, including Virginia and Georgia. A conviction in Virginia carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $2,500 fine.

"We get a lot of calls, and people were always kind of kicking his name around," Goodwin said. "But it was always difficult to put together a complete case on the guy. The word is that he has multiple layers of protection. When the search warrant was executed and they found all the things they found, it really came as no surprise."

Falcons spokesman Reggie Roberts said the team would not comment until it got more details on the investigation. Vick's attorney, Larry Woodward, did not return a telephone message seeking comment for the second day in a row.

"The search warrant was issued in a matter unrelated to the property owner, Mr. Michael Vick," Surry County Sheriff Harold D. Brown said.

Goodwin, who has worked with authorities on numerous dog-fighting cases, said he was told that officers also found bloody strips of carpeting, commonly used in dog-fighting pits, and "breaking sticks" -- hammer-like devices used to pry open an animal's jaw after a fight.

[plantsman]

I don't understand...how are you "semi-defending" him?

[R0cketer]

Well he does do some good things, after school programs and such. That's why he was going to DC. He did donate money to VT after the shooting.

I don't actually think Vick is that bad, I think he just has very poor decision skills.

[imported_GC_Quincy]

This "dog fighting" thing that was brought up is just sick, if it's true. I dunno why the National Head of the Humane Society would bring it up if it wasn't. If it IS true, he should be kicked out of the NFL. If it's not true, then the Head needs to go.

[gcdevil22]

in case you missed it, they're not investigating Vick for any of the dog fighting

so apparently we should kick a guy out of the NFL for something he had no involvement in...i heard tom brady's gardener had an abortion, all a bunch of thugs i tell ya