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Dog Days For Vick

Michael Vick may be the most elusive quarterback in football history. Vick is one of the few athletes in the NFL that gets caught only because of HIS mistake.

And it has happened off the field as well. Immaturity has sacked Michael Vick. And the scary part in all of this...chances are there are plenty of NFL players that have participated in dogfighting. Maybe they didn't bankroll a breeding and training operation. But do you honestly believe that Vick is the only NFL star to attend or gamble on a dogfight? And while there is no way to excuse treating any animal in this manner...this plea is not about cruelty to animals. Vick finally decided the last thing he needed was more charges and more investigating. His fear had to be the organization of a gambling ring and ties to even more shady individuals. Can you imagine the NFL's reaction to this? Double whatever suspension he is staring at now.

And rest assured...we have not heard the last of Michael Vick on the football field. Even if he is away for 3 years, you know there are teams that would be willing to take a chance on the most physically gifted athlete in NFL history. If Tim Couch and Jeff George are given looks, you know there will be a market for Vick.

If Jon Gruden was willing to give Denver a conditional pick for a retiring Jake Plummer, and if he is enamored with the speed of a 37-year-old Jeff Garcia, then I'm sure Gruden would chase Vick at any cost.

Bet on it...doggone it.

Al Keck

Published Monday, August 20, 2007 7:59 PM by alkeck

Comments

	Lesley - Clearwater said: Hello Al, As a football fan and a hugh dog lover I personally believe that Mr. Vicks should never be allowed to play professional football again. If the NFL allows him to play again they would be sending the wrong message to our young men in this country. I think Mr. Vick should also be made to work at a local animals shealter and take care of animals that people like him abused. Thank you, for letting me say my peace. Blessings, Lesley August 20, 2007 10:32 PM
	Rob said: Lesley in Clearwater wrote, "If the NFL allows him to play again they would be sending the wrong message to our young men in this country." While I agree with you that Vick should not be allowed back into the NFL, your reason for it is flawed. How is that sending the wrong message to young men in this country? Who is sending the right message to young men in this country? If young men, young women and anyone in general, are basing their life decisions solely or partly on what an athlete does or does not do, they missed the boat on leading a productive life long ago. Kids look up to athletes but there comes an age (usually about 17 or 18) when kids become grown up and should know what to do based on parenting, lessons learned and role models in their communities, not some media-created superstar dog-killing QB or any other celebrity. It's the media who are sending the wrong message to our young people day after day by covering celebrities like they're worth the coverage they get. DUI's, overdoses, assault & battery, murder, rape, divorce, multiple partners, etc., are all horrible examples portrayed to our society by the idiotic coverage the media gives Hollywood and the rest of "celebrity America". August 21, 2007 10:27 AM
	alkeck said: Rob, why blame the media? Did the media make Vick go into dogfighting? Did the media make Barry Bonds take performance enhancers? Obviously not. But there is a huge interest in what these people do. You, as a consumer, demand knowing the latest and you turn to us and other media for that info. if there wasn't an incredible interest, the media wouldn't be in business. Can the media go overboard in covering people to the extreme? Absolutely. But parents should be able to show their kids the right and wrong ways of doing things by citing what they read about these so-called celebrities in the media. I wish all these propblems could be controlled by blaming the media. Al Keck August 21, 2007 4:06 PM