No More NFL ’till Vick Gets a Kick
Another professional athlete was found to have performance-enhancing drugs on his property. But the culprit - NFL Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick - has not been banned, or even suspended, from his sport.
Vick was indicted this week for hosting dogfighting events at his Virginia property under the name “Bad Newz Kennels.” Upwards of 60 dogs (reports vary), a treadmill, a blood-stained fighting pit, and a “rape stand” for forced breeding were found and seized along with the performance-enhancing drugs on April 25. The indictment states that 27-year-old Vick housed, trained, fought the dogs on property that he owned.
Dogfights pit one trained-to-be-super-mean, starved-to-be-extra-hungry dog against another, allowing ignorant human beings to watch and place bets on who will win: the “winner” being the one that doesn’t die. And should both dogs live, the one that can no longer move loses, and is then put to death by drowning, strangulation, slamming against the ground, hanging, gun shot, electrocution, etc.
One of Vick’s co-defendants was included in an example story during the trial (according to the indictment), consulting with Vick about a losing female pit bull, then wetting the dog down and electrocuting her.
Why has the NFL not taken action against the sadistic Vick? They cannot deny that they know about it; the NFL wire wrote a news story on it. Their PR office is no longer answering their phone calls and has disconnected the answering machine.
Vick has only been indicted, not yet convicted. But you can still contact the NFL via e-mail and let them know what you think. In fact, the Humane Society - who has been there from the start for the rescued dogs - has set up an online form where all you have to do is provide your personal information (i.e. name, e-mail, address).
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July 19th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
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July 19th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
[...] Posted by reeeeeen on July 19th, 2007 How horrible is this? [...]
July 24th, 2007 at 10:53 am
[...] Vick claims that he was allowing family members to reside at his Virginia property, and that they - without his knowledge - were running the infamous dogfights. [...]
September 27th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
[...] previously talked about the Michael Vick dogfighting scandal: first about the initial situation and cruel “sport” in general on July 19, and then a follow-up on July 24 about the NFL’s initial reaction and Vick’s [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
[...] Sally Andersen In an effort to spread the compassion, and in light of recent dog fighting events (Michael Vick ring a bell?), the Humane Society of the U.S. has started up a new anti-dog fighting [...]
January 9th, 2009 at 11:51 am
[...] Andersen Sports Illustrated not only wrote an amazing follow up story about the dogs that survived Michael Vick’s dog fighting ring, but it was the cover article, which means feature article [...]
April 4th, 2009 at 11:34 am
You are a very smart person!