Here’s a little of what I wrote in my 19 July commentary on the indictment of NFL quarterback Michael Vick for funding and participating in a dogfighting gambling ring:
Frankly, it is incomprehensible to me, and I truly regret, that the adrenaline rush from playing football (and making millions no less) was not enough for Michael Vick. But maybe he can finally exorcise his animalistic fetish by betting on, and participating in, dawgfights in the federal pen.
Well, it seems Vick will soon have that opportunity to exorcise his fetish. Because yesterday he agreed to plead guilty to related federal charges, and will probably be heading right off to a federal pen (for a reported 12 to 18 months) after he’s sentenced on Monday.
But I think 3 to 6 months in prison and a $250,000 fine would be a fair sentence for his crimes, which include “executing under-performing dogs”. After all, if Vick does any time, he’ll forfeit at least one season’s pay on his NFL contract, which will be tantamount to an additional $10 million fine. Then add to that millions more in lost endorsements, and only then will you get a true assessment of Vick’s punishment.
Nevertheless, I hope Vick spends his time rehabilitating his mind and reforming his soul. Because prisons are notorious for merely cultivating vices that got inmates arrested in the first place. And it would be a shame if he returns to the NFL as nothing more than a more hardened thug.
(Perhaps he should seek out an Imam and convert to Islam. After all, a similar prison conversion turned Mike Tyson from a menacing pugilistic into an endearing pussycat; never mind that it also ruined his career…. But Vick plays the cerebral position in football; therefore, becoming an endearing pussycat might make him more agile and, hence, not only a better player, but also a better person.)
Indeed, apropos the NFL, let me hasten to disabuse you of any doubt about Vick’s football career. Because the only question is: which team will offer him the most lucrative contract once he pays his debt to society…?
Therefore ignore all of the politically-correct talk from the NFL commissioner about suspending or expelling Vick for violating the league’s “morals” clause. After all, if the NFL has no moral qualms about employing men -like Larry Johnson of the Kansas City Chiefs – who routinely abuse women, then it should have no reservation at all about employing a “reformed” man – like Vick – who routinely abused dogs.
Moreover, here’s how I concluded that 19 July commentary:
I wish that some of this public outcry against Vick for abusing dogs would be heaped upon other professional athletes for routinely abusing women….
NOTE: Yesterday, within hours of Vick’s lawyers announcing his plea agreement with the feds, a good-ole-boy prosecutor in Virginia vowed to indict him on similar state charges that could keep him in the pokey for up to 40 years.
And, all bets are off if this prosecutor makes a career for himself by making good on his vow. Because, as a Virginia Hokie himself, Vick probably knows better than most black men in America that this dog will hunt.
Therefore, stay tuned fans; because this legal game is about to go into overtime….
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