Reply With QuoteThis just means I'll be able to draft him in the 7th round instead of the 5th.
From nfl.com:
RICHMOND, Va. (July 17, 2007) -- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to illegal dogfighting.
Vick and three others are charged with competitive dogfighting, procuring and training pit bulls for fighting and conducting the enterprise across state lines.
The dogfighting operation was named "Bad Newz Kennels," according to the indictment, and the dogs were housed, trained and fought at a Surry County, Virginia property owned by Vick.
The indictment alleges that the 27-year-old Vick and his co-defendants began a grisly dogfighting operation in early 2001 in which dogs fought to the death -- or close. Losing dogs were sometimes killed by electrocution, drowning, hanging or gunshots.
If convicted, Vick and the others -- Purnell A. Peace, Quanis L. Phillips and Tony Taylor -- could face up to six years in prison, $350,000 ($254,000) in fines and restitution.
Telephone messages left at the offices and home of Vick's attorney, Larry Woodward, were not immediately returned. A woman who answered the phone at the home of Vick's mother said the family knew nothing about the charges.
"We are disappointed that Michael Vick has put himself in a position where a federal grand jury has returned an indictment against him," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.
"The activities alleged are cruel, degrading and illegal. Michael Vick's guilt has not yet been proven, and we believe that all concerned should allow the legal process to determine the facts."
After an initial raid in April, Vick said he was rarely at the house, had no idea it may have been used in a criminal enterprise and blamed family members for taking advantage of his generosity.
On Vick's Web site, he lists his birthplace as Newport News, "a.k.a. BadNews."
The four men were accused of "knowingly sponsoring and exhibiting an animal fighting venture" and conducting a business enterprise involving gambling, as well as buying, transporting and receiving dogs for the purposes of an animal fighting venture.
Purses for the fights ranged from hundreds of dollars (euros) to the thousands, and participants and spectators placed side bets, the document said.
About eight young dogs were put to death after they were found not ready to fight in April 2007. They were killed "by hanging, drowning and/or slamming at least one dog's body to the ground," according to the indictment.
The FBI and local authorities have been investigating the allegations since an April 25 drug raid at the property Vick owned.
Authorities seized 66 dogs, including 55 pit bulls, and equipment commonly used in dogfighting. About half the dogs were tethered to car axles with heavy chains that allowed the dogs to get close to each other, but not to have contact -- an arrangement typical for fighting dogs, according to the search warrant affidavit.
The indictment said dogfights were held at the Virginia property and dog owners brought animals from six states, including New York and Texas.
In a search warrant executed on July 7, the government said the fights usually occurred late at night or in the early morning and would last several hours.
Before fights, participating dogs of the same sex would be weighed and bathed, according to the filings. Opposing dogs would be washed to remove any poison or narcotic placed on the dog's coat that could affect the other dog's performance.
Sometimes, dogs weren't fed to "make it more hungry for the other dog," it said.
So what would you like to see our Jamestown Native Commissioner, Roger Goodell do to Vick?
I personally think he should be suspended for the season. In fact, I think Goodell almost has to based on what he did to Pacman Jones.
Thoughts?
This just means I'll be able to draft him in the 7th round instead of the 5th.
Speaking of which, are we having a SUWNY fantasy football group this year?Originally Posted by PaulJonson
~WnyresidentBut your being a dick
Yeah - I never really understood the hype about Ron Mexico...errrr Michael Vick. You can put any running back at the quarterback position and get the same results - with a few less INTs.
That'd be great. I'd love to play.
Yeah, count me in as well.
You can take Michael Vick out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of him.
Frank,
I think you will finish up where you always did in your career.... on the bench! Haha you second-string hero you. I look forward to beating you in Fantasy Football.
Just because he is black doesnt been he is from the ghetto. What he did was sickly wrong, but to label him ghetto because he is black is a little inappropriate.You can take Michael Vick out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of him.
That's right - didn't someone bash me in another thread saying I sit on the bench counting first downs? haha.
You know what I love about the entire Atlanta/Vick problem is that earlier this year Atlanta traded their promising backup QB, Schuab (sp?), to Houston.
Whoops....
For your information he DID grow up in the GHETTO in Newport News Virginia.
Please enlighten me as to where or how I indicated his skin color had anything to do with the FACT that he grew up in the ghetto.
I think that was because Mikey swore to the Commissioner that he had never been involved in dog fighting!!! LOL! I smell suspension just for that -- nobody likes to be lied to.That's right - didn't someone bash me in another thread saying I sit on the bench counting first downs? haha.
You know what I love about the entire Atlanta/Vick problem is that earlier this year Atlanta traded their promising backup QB, Schuab (sp?), to Houston.
Whoops....
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Anyone up for an undergroung dog fighting league instead?
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I don't think so. Bowling team perhaps...
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I can already see where this thread is goingI agree surfing I did not see anywhere that you said anything about his skin color.
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