I am sick and tired of athletes getting paid oodles of money and making these types of mistakes.
On December 23, 2004, Micheal Vick signed a 10-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons worth $130 million with a $37m signing bonus, making him the highest paid player in NFL history. Yet he still need to have over 60 pitbulls on his Virginia residence for the purpose of fighting each other to the death, in what must be a lucrative endeavor. The cost to feed them alone would be about 3 grand a month. Think about that. What I really want to know is how much money are you going to bring in to make something like this worth it (I know, I know it's never gonna be worth it because of the cruel nature of the activity. I just want to know how much money is needed for a guy like Mike Vick, obviously set for life, to justify this to himself.)
"I'm never at the house," Vick said, according to ajc.com. "I left the house with my family members and my cousin. They just haven't been doing the right thing."
Most likely he knew all about it and this was just something he backed so that he could create a revenue stream to provide for his friends and family . You're telling me that's the best thing Vick could think of to make money? Try franchising a McDonalds for goodness sake! I know it's only a little less morally appalling but I'm just saying there are literally billions of other ways to make money, without inhumanely killing cute lil' doggies. (I know I've left myself open to questions regarding the inhumane nature of the meat-packing industry but I'll get into the ethics of fast-food in a later post)
This is from deadspin:
Frankly, [if animals on his property are found to have been neglected or used for fighting, releasing him from the team] seems a bit much to us: If athletes aren't going to be kicked off their teams for neglecting their children, you can't exactly kick them off for neglecting their dogs. (For full post click here)
I must disagree deadspin. Unfortunately the neglecting children IS NOT a felony unless deemed so by the courts. When Vick starts beating his children give me a call and I will tell you that his ass should go straight to jail, without passing go and with collecting $200 (like he needs it). Hosting dog fights IS a felony. He is obviously responsible to a certain extent and if Adam "Pacman" Jones and Chris Henry are going to have the book thrown at them by my new favorite commissioner Roger Goodell then I think Vick deserves nothing less. You can find a couple reasons why this won't happen here.
Michael Vick is sitting on the best contract in Football history and he has continually been under the proverbial gun of controversy. Football contracts, by necessity, are always non-guaranteed and Vick is doing his darndest to unguarantee this one. Deadspin.com has kept extremly good tabs on Mike "Ron Mexico" Vick, and to a lesser (although possibly more controversial) extent, little brother Marcus "New Mexico" Vick. I suggest you read through it just to get an idea of what great people the Vicks are. I'm not even going to get into the head case that is the Vicks' second cousin Aaron Brooks...
It says here on Mike Vick's official bio on the Atlanta Falcon's Website that Mike's mother, Brenda Boddie, is a strong positive influence in his life.
Looks like it's time he sat down with is mother and talked things out with her. Seems like he hasn't done that in a long time.
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