Thursday, September 27, 2007
Smoking The Reefer...
Michael Vick, how can you go from having the world to facing criminal charges? To me it doesn't make much sense but who am I to judge? A little less then a month ago all star quarterback Michael Vick was accused of staging dog fighting events at a property he owned in Smithsfield, Virginia. This may seem like a shocker because the first thing that runs through your mind would be "why is a millionaire quarterback going to go and do something so stupid?". According to http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/sports/usvick71707ind.html Vick payed roughly 34,000 dollars for this property were he trained, bred, and fought dogs for entertainment and for money purposes. If I were him I would have spent that money on a nice new car instead of a place to fight dogs but that's just me. After being charged Vick was suspended by the NFL until further notice (although it doesn't look like he will be back anytime soon). Now get this, Vick made a little bit of money here and there but I'm sure for him it was more for entertainment purposes but I bet if you ask him now he would agree that this entertainment was not worth losing $22 million of his signing bonus from the 10-year, $130 million contract he signed in 2004, this according to http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/24/michael.vick/index.html?eref=rss_topstories. So after all this, after the dog fighting charges, being suspended from the NFL and potentially never playing again, and most importantly losing so much money he decides to go and test positive for marijuana. According to http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3037175 Vick is confined to his home from 10am to 6pm daily and must take random drug testing to make sure he is not using illegal substances...OOPS!! Vick must also were a ankle bracelet so the police force knows were he is at all times, so basically he is on house arrest. Since he failed the drug test the judge can now take that into consideration in Vick's trial which is set for December 10Th. What it all comes down to is that Vick had blown it all, once a great quarterback and now a criminal.
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Michael Vick surely isn't helping his case out at all. I have heard reports that due to Vick testing positive for marijuana it could push back his playing days in the NFL to 2010, that's if the ruling goes in his favor. It is very sad to say that Vick is simply throwing away his football career. Not only is he facing dog fighting charges that could potentially cost him his professional football career, but then he adds more controversy and further punishment to his case by another dumb decision. I don't understand his thinking. Why would he take that risk after knowing his current situation. This just shows me that maybe Vick doesn't want to get back in the NFL as badly as we think he does.
With testing positive for marijuana Michael Vick’s playing days in the NFL are over for playing quarterback. With the resent issue he'll most likely not be back till 2010 or 2011 and by that time what team will want him as a quarterback. I can possibly see Vick as a wide receiver or a Josh Cribbs like role for a team if a team signs him to a contract. Also what was he thinking he was already in enough trouble with the law as it was so now he might get a tougher sentence than what was thought before. In the end Michael Vick should just stay away form the lime light and just get his life in order.
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