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End of the Line for Michael Vick?

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Jun 29, 2010 4:39 PM
HOLY SHIT DISTRIBUTING MARIJUANA!

better lock his ass up. wouldnt want little kids getting the munchies.
Jun 29, 2010 4:39pm
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Jun 29, 2010 4:40 PM
I Wear Pants;405466 wrote:This "once a criminal always a criminal" attitude is what keeps people constantly in lives of crime.

I want to be sure I understand this. Are you saying that the reason criminals continue to be criminals is because everyone else has that attitude?
Jun 29, 2010 4:40pm
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Jun 29, 2010 5:10 PM
Not entirely.

But if we as a society decide that people who have been in jail/committed crimes aren't fit to hold jobs/don't deserve them even after they've served their sentences or paid their fines then we're sort of encouraging the continuance of those behaviors.

That isn't to say that it's right for them to continue down a path of crime or that we have to hand hold them back into society and give them a shot above people who didn't commit crimes. I don't know if this is coming out right and I'm sure someone will try to twist it into "Pants hates law abiding citizens" or something. But that's not what I'm saying.

I think the best way to say it is that if we get caught up in the "well they're getting what they deserve" or "they don't deserve anything after x" mantra we might put people who have already showed they can make poor decisions into a position where it's very easy to make a poor decision.
Jun 29, 2010 5:10pm
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Jun 29, 2010 5:22 PM
Mike Vick knows what he should and shouldn't be doing. Hell, he's probably more aware of it than the average person because I'm sure he has coaches and agent is contently preaching it to him. But when you continue to hang around the type of people that are toting guns in clubs history you're not doing yourself any favors. I can't really say how big of an idiot he is until all the details come out but his image was already on very, very thin ice and this isn't helping.
Jun 29, 2010 5:22pm
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Jun 29, 2010 5:33 PM
I Wear Pants;405466 wrote:He deserves to be treated like any other individual in this circumstance. If you think that this would be enough to kick anyone out of the NFL then I respect your opinion. But punishing the dude for his past is extremely stupid since he's already served his time. This "once a criminal always a criminal" attitude is what keeps people constantly in lives of crime.
You have to be kidding me. Vick is lucky he was allowed back in the league, the fact is he ISN'T any other individual because of his past. It isn't extremely stupid its 100% accurate. Surely you understand how parole and conditional reinstatement works, right? Seriously, do you understand how that works?

If I'm Michael Vick, I'm not touching alcohol or even begin thinking about hanging out at a club, even if he had nothing to do with the incident.
Jun 29, 2010 5:33pm
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Jun 29, 2010 5:55 PM
Why is he lucky he was allowed back in the league again? If a team wanted him to play for them and he performed at a level that they deemed okay he should be fine.

He is an idiot for hanging around alcohol and exposing himself to unsavory people again though. With that I agree with you. Especially if part of his agreement with the NFL was that he'd avoid those things. If that's the case then he obviously needs whatever the appropriate punishment is.

Surely you understand that the NFL is not a parole officer, right? Seriously, do you understand that? :P

I just hate how people act like he's the worst person on the planet (granted, he probably isn't a very good person but I don't know him so I'm not gonna judge) and should be eternally punished. Never to find work again.
Jun 29, 2010 5:55pm
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Jun 29, 2010 6:17 PM
The guy was in prison (and in a federal pound me in the ass prison in Leavenworth, not the local county drunk tank), the NFL has MORE power than a parole officer, they, like any other employer (or more accurately a collection of employers) can dictate who works for them or not. Pac-Man Jones may be a bigger jerk, but at least he doesn't have the prison record.

Vick IMO was given a good deal considering his past, and it isn't as if his performance on the field was that stellar this past year. If I'm him and I need the money (which he does given his bankruptcy) I'm holing myself in a monastery.
Jun 29, 2010 6:17pm
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Jun 29, 2010 6:23 PM
Please stop using Michael Vick's name and Brett Favre's name in the same sentence. Brett is a football icon....Vick is a piece of shit. Plain and simple.
Jun 29, 2010 6:23pm
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Jun 29, 2010 7:26 PM
skank;405579 wrote:Please stop using Michael Vick's name and Brett Favre's name in the same sentence. Brett is a football icon....Vick is a piece of shit. Plain and simple.
Vick was unstoppable in that one year of Madden though. :D
Jun 29, 2010 7:26pm
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Jun 29, 2010 7:52 PM
ccrunner609;405609 wrote:Nobody has ever been shot at any birthday party I have been to. He is a complete piece of shit that just happened to be able to throw a football.
He would be a career criminal (even more then he is now) if he didnt play football.

The funny thing is, he's not that great of a passer....Great running QB, but as a passer....nope.
Jun 29, 2010 7:52pm
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Jun 29, 2010 9:56 PM
skank;405579 wrote:Please stop using Michael Vick's name and Brett Favre's name in the same sentence. Brett is a football icon....Vick is a piece of shit. Plain and simple.

the comparison was valid. Favre is being just as arrogant in years past making it all about him and making teams wait til the last minute for his prima dona shit
Jun 29, 2010 9:56pm
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Jun 29, 2010 9:57 PM
I Wear Pants;405622 wrote:Vick was unstoppable in that one year of Madden though. :D

Goaline...qb sneak run around the edge..touchdown haha
Jun 29, 2010 9:57pm
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Jun 29, 2010 11:22 PM
I'm not talking strictly about the way a guy dresses, and if he uses slang. I'm saying you can spot a jackass like Vick by his arrogant, vain, too cool for the moral standard because of his status bullshit. I know plenty of guys who dress and talk street who are moral characters. But I can tell the difference between those dudes and some cocky asshole. Vick is and was easily visible as the latter.
Jun 29, 2010 11:22pm
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Jun 29, 2010 11:31 PM
ccrunner609;405609 wrote:Nobody has ever been shot at any birthday party I have been to. He is a complete piece of shit that just happened to be able to throw a football.

He would be a career criminal (even more then he is now) if he didnt play football.
Bingo. I like to drink, drug, and party as much as the next guy. But no one has ever been shot at a party I've been to. It's not b/c people don't get shot where I live though. I know exactly where to hang out if I want to increase the chances of seeing someone get shot at the place I'm hanging out. But I'm wise enough to avoid them. Obviously the same can't be said of Vick. mix alcohol with thugs and someone gets shot outside the party. So what's Vick do??? Mixes alcohol w/ thugs.

This probably will not be the last time Mike Vick will be involved in a questionable situation and he has millions riding on it. Book it. Dude is a vain and dumb as a brick.
Jun 29, 2010 11:31pm
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Jun 30, 2010 1:10 AM
ccrunner609;405609 wrote:Nobody has ever been shot at any birthday party I have been to. He is a complete piece of shit that just happened to be able to throw a football.

He would be a career criminal (even more then he is now) if he didnt play football.
Have you ever been invited to a birthday party?

:D
Jun 30, 2010 1:10am
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Jun 30, 2010 5:49 AM
Wow, Strapping Young Lad and Tiernan have joined CCrunner, Al Capone and GoChiefs as the dumbest pieces of shit on this site. Congrats idiots :)
Jun 30, 2010 5:49am
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Jun 30, 2010 8:19 AM
^^^
Yea...we're dumb POS' becuz we called...no... make that verified a gangsta thug as a gangsta thug (which some might call a spade as a spade, but that would be politicially incorrect)
Jun 30, 2010 8:19am
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Jun 30, 2010 8:28 AM
I guess my only reaction to Vick at this point is, when do we hold him responsible for demonstrating behavior that suggests that he is cognizant of the poor choices he has made and the need to clean up his act? I do not believe that we should continually give more rope to a man who is determined to hang himself by flaunting his inappropriate behavior and continuing associations with the very people that caused his fall from grace the first time.
Jun 30, 2010 8:28am
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Jun 30, 2010 2:43 PM
Ender Wiggin;406120 wrote:Wow, Strapping Young Lad and Tiernan have joined CCrunner, Al Capone and GoChiefs as the dumbest pieces of shit on this site. Congrats idiots :)
Fuck you, you dumb fuckin' cunt. Take your Al Sharpton bullshit somewhere else. Michael Vick is a heinous fuckin' asshole and he acts like an arrogant prick and always has. Exactly the type of dude who does heinous crimes thinking he's above the law cuz he's a superstar.

Answer this. If Mike Vick is such a standup guy then why the fuck does he need a fuckin' team of people helping him with his fuckin' image???? And even though he has all these people steering him in the right direction he's still a fuck-up. That's b/c he's a wise, good-hearted person, right???

If Vick is a good guy, why didn't they just say hey Mike go out there and be yourself and the American public will forgive you and accept you. Fuck no. This dudes image is phony as fuck now b/c if it wasn't people wouldn't want anything to do with him, his team, and some the entire NFL.



And shockingly, now its becoming apparant that this jackass's story about the recent shooting is bullshit. Go figure. Hey Ender, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fuck yourself!!!!!!!!
Jun 30, 2010 2:43pm
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Jun 30, 2010 2:49 PM
Lol and according to the reports he did nothing legally wrong. So unless Goodell wants to step in and be a jackass (which he usually does) Vick should be fine
Jun 30, 2010 2:49pm
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Jun 30, 2010 2:53 PM
I'll wait and see what the final verdict is before rendering a decision, but certainly, not a very savy move by Vick.
Jun 30, 2010 2:53pm
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Jun 30, 2010 5:30 PM
I said before the rest. had video for the police. Well, it looks like Mike Vick can't read a clock or a watch.
http://www.dailypress.com/sports/michaelvick/dp-nws-vick-shooting-video-20100629,0,5088963.story
Fabijan said that two cars carrying Vick, a Philadelphia Eagles quarterback from Newport News, "and his entourage" drove off from in front of the restaurant at 2:07 a.m. Three minutes later, shots rang out from the direction the cars had gone, Fabijan said.
Jun 30, 2010 5:30pm
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Jun 30, 2010 5:38 PM
Strapping Young Lad;406514 wrote:Fuck you, you dumb fuckin' cunt. Take your Al Sharpton bullshit somewhere else. Michael Vick is a heinous fuckin' asshole and he acts like an arrogant prick and always has. Exactly the type of dude who does heinous crimes thinking he's above the law cuz he's a superstar.

Answer this. If Mike Vick is such a standup guy then why the fuck does he need a fuckin' team of people helping him with his fuckin' image???? And even though he has all these people steering him in the right direction he's still a fuck-up. That's b/c he's a wise, good-hearted person, right???

If Vick is a good guy, why didn't they just say hey Mike go out there and be yourself and the American public will forgive you and accept you. Fuck no. This dudes image is phony as fuck now b/c if it wasn't people wouldn't want anything to do with him, his team, and some the entire NFL.



And shockingly, now its becoming apparant that this jackass's story about the recent shooting is bullshit. Go figure. Hey Ender, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fuck yourself!!!!!!!!
Not trying to say he is a good guy because of it. But there are many, many celebrities that have teams of people managing their image.
Jun 30, 2010 5:38pm
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Jun 30, 2010 5:49 PM
Hb31187;406528 wrote: So unless Goodell wants to step in and be a jackass (which he usually does) Vick should be fine
QFT

However, since there may be camera footage proving Vick lied out of his ass (again), Goodell may actually be justified in his actions for once.
Jun 30, 2010 5:49pm
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Jun 30, 2010 5:53 PM
Evidently, Vick should get a new group of people to manage his image. The current group is failing miserably.
Jun 30, 2010 5:53pm