Atlanta Falcons' Michael Vick Indicted for Dog Fighting

Michael Vick is the Atlanta Falcons' star quarterback. He was the number one draft pick in 2001 and became one of the highest paid players in the NFL after signing a 10-year $130 million contract in 2004. He is worth big bucks and is largely responsible for the Falcon’s 51 consecutive sellouts.

Mike has also been indicted on federal felony charges for sponsoring an illegal dog-fighting ring since 2001. His Bad Newz Kennels was apparently a front for the extracurricular activities of the football star and his pals.

For fun, they would pit one dog against another in a fight to the death or until one dog was so seriously injured that it could not go on. Losing dogs were put to death in a variety of exciting ways -- by drowning, strangulation, hanging, gunshot, electrocution, or by body slamming them to the ground. Sounds like a great way to spend a weekend, right?

Mike was appalled at these allegations. A dog-fighting ring on my property? Say it isn’t so! However, a search revealed 54 pit bulls, bloody carpeting, and numerous graves. Apparently, Mike didn’t spend much time looking out his back window.



The indictment includes the following details:

1. March 2003, after a pit bull lost in a fight, Mike ordered the execution of the dog by electrocution.

2. During the same month, after his dogs lost their fights, Mike paid the winner a $23,000 purse.

3. During the fall of 2003, Michael Vick went off on one of the spectators when the individual shouted Mike’s name during a fight.

Mike’s looking at $350,000 in fines, which is a drop in the bucket compared to his current paycheck. However, he could also face up to six years in prison. The possibility exists that he could accept a plea bargain in return for helping bring down the dog-fighting ring, which is said to cover seven states.

If there’s any decency in the world, we won’t see Michael Vick in a Falcon’s uniform again, but like we said, he’s the star quarterback and worth big money on the field. We can only hope that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell does the right thing.


Sack Vick!