Former Atlanta Falcon quarterback Michael Vick is back playin’ the game he loves in prison. Dog Breeding Football.
According to letters sent by Vick to Falcon’s owner Arthur Blank, the convicted dog-mutilator has been getting his game-on in prison at the Leavenworth federal prison in Kansas. He plays quarterback with the prisoners, trying to keep in shape as he serves his 23-month sentence.
Blank says Vick is playing football at Leavenworth. That’s one way to pass his time and keep his arm loose. He’s likely the first player picked when the inmates are choosing up sides or the guards are choosing up sides for them. Vick’s sprinter speed surely comes in handy just in case a dog-loving inmate thinks it’s cool to sack an NFL quarterback and break his shoulder.
“He is staying in shape,” Blank told The News. “Apparently, there was a prison football team and he played quarterback for both sides.” [link]
This is really good news for….umm….for….err….for….well, I’m not sure? Prisoners who like to pummel spoiled, ungrateful celebrities/athletes gone awry? For PETA who is happy Vick’s rehabilitation seems to be going well? For NFL fan’s who can’t wait to see Vick continue his disappointing career? Or maybe for Adam Sandler’s publicist who still hasn’t mentally recovered from trying to positively spin the worst sports movie of all-time, the 2005 re-make of The Longest Yard.
I’ve been a little sidetracked since the weekend’s playoff festivities and subsequent bamboozling that Ladainian Tomlinson took from “analysts” such as Deion Sanders about his bum knee, his ability to play in the AFC Championship, his character, etc. Per Deion on the overplayed LT situation:
It must be surgery for him to get a pass on this one,” Sanders continued. “I hope we come up with something in the offseason that is not severe but that warrants surgery, because there is no reason not to play, with all the medication in the world today, not to play in this big game that could propel your team into the Super Bowl.” [link]
BUT….keep in mind, this is the same Deion who had this to say about Michael Vick and his dogfighting felony:
I believe Vick had a passion for dogfighting. I know many athletes who share his passion. The allure is the intensity and the challenge of a dog fighting to the death. It’s like ultimate fighting, but the dog doesn’t tap out when he knows he can’t win. [link]
AND….has been a steadfast supporter of the NFL’s most lacking of characters, Terrell Owens….this after Owens went ballistic in 2005 with the Philadelphia Eagles, slept during meetings….and purposely antagonized the coaches into suspending him for four games by parking in coach assigned parking spaces:
“I feel bad for T.O. It’s not right. Just because a guy won’t say he’s sorry, he’s out of the game of football for the season,” Sanders said. “It’s like someone working a job 9 to 5 and they don’t apologize to their boss, they’re fired. There are so many things that I don’t like about it. A man should be able to work and make an honest living and do what he loves to do. [link]
FURTHER….I’m distressed that anyone is even taking heed to this Sanders crap in the first place? You f*ckin’ kidding me?A joke….Sanders….the original baffoon! It’s not even worth LT’s time to respond to a jackass that makes videos such as the one below….
Michael Vick was transferred to Leavenworth federal prison in Kansas today. These will be his luxury accommodations for the next 20+ months, although he may be given a bit of a reprieve if he successfully completes a drug treatment program. The sentence could be reduced to as little as 12-months, as reported by Yahoo Sports.
Frankly, I’m a bit baffled by the “successful completion” designation to this program. How can he not be successful? Right?! It’s not like the guy down the cell block is gonna be passin’ a doobie to Michael Vick, former pro footballer, and thereby jeopardize his ability to complete the program. And I’m sure Mike can just chill, barely coherent/awake through the meetings, and squeeze this one out.
Michael Vick may have cost himself another season on the field by violating rules of his recent arrest by testing positive for marijuana:
The disgraced Atlanta Falcons quarterback tested positive for marijuana earlier this month, a violation of the conditions of his release as he awaits sentencing in federal court on a dogfighting charge that already jeopardizes his freedom and career.
Now he’s incurred the ire of the judge who could sentence him to up to five years in prison in the dogfighting case. On the day of Vick’s guilty plea, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson warned that he wouldn’t be amused by any additional trouble. [LINK TO STORY]
Come on. Can the Man give a brother a break? Dude is unemployed, chillin’ at the pad on a Friday night. What the hell. Jeez. You already took away his murdering/mutilating/electrocuting dogs vice .
I remember the time when I got caught throwing cats in our dryer when I was eight-years-old. Was it wrong? Absolutely. Sure, I got grounded. But at least my Mom let me continue to innocently roll spliffs in the backyard and peddle them to the neighborhood kids.
Michael Vick’s jersey is subbing as a poop-picker-upper.
Apparently the value of Vick’s jersey has officially hit the zip-lock bag level as disenchanted fans have shipped their jerseys to animal shelters, who in-turn are using the cloth to pick up canine excrement.
When the bright red jerseys with the bold No. 7 started arriving in the mail, staffers at the Atlanta Humane Society were a bit surprised.
Today, however, about a dozen Atlanta Falcons football jerseys bearing the name and number of quarterback Michael Vick have been put to good use — as animal bedding or, even more likely, rags to scrub up the mess that dogs leave behind. [SOURCE]
This is eerily similar to the time when Colorado half-way houses for sex offenders started receiving Kobe Bryant jerseys from upset fans after his concierge incident. Number 8 was used indiscriminately as a jerk rag until the overwhemling, toxic aroma of a twizzler factory caused officials to go back to paper tissues.
As events such as the Michael Vick story and his subsequent indictment unfold, opinions are forged and the public perception and sentiment are captured in editorial commentary, water-cooler talk, and by picketers/protesters either for or against him.
I searched the Internet for differing opinions on Vick, without bias, and came across photos from around the country of picketers that seem to highlight America’s diverse stance on a range of Vick related issues.
