I agree with the idea that if a player is proven to have participated in or sponsered dog fighting they should be disiplined. HOWEVER, for them to start pointing at Vick holding him up as a dog fight participant is wrong.
1. Michael Vick's intrest in dogs such as Pitbull's doesn't mean he is fighting them. Many people own pitbulls as family pets and they are a very loving and caring dog if treated right. You can make any dog aggressive and mean by the way you treat them.
2. Just because the property is owned by Vick with his cousin living on it doesn't mean he actually knew what was going on. How many people have had family use them or take advantage with out there knowledge. The fact the man is gone alot problem made this easier.
3. While the humane society does have a valid proof about an undercurrent of dog fighting in NFL that doesnt mean Michael Vick is guilty due to association. Circumstancial evidence is not FACTUAL evidence.
2007-05-06 04:47:01 · 5 answers · asked by Iowan1980 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
they have to prove he knew about the dog fighting ring,
and he possibly was in on it
2007-05-06 09:14:18 · answer #1 · answered by Kvn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to America circa 2007 where special interest groups dont need a court of law to convict anyone in the court of public opinion. They simply go to the media, make a case based on passion (facts not needed today....inuenndo will do just fine Thank you). Vick is an easy target because he has not behaved in the first class manner that most adhere to so it is easier to cast him as guilty. The NFL is taking the proper course of action in this case and waiting for the facts to come out before casting judgement on him. If the Humane Society is in fact correct and prove it in the courts the NFL need not worry about discipline....he will end up in jail (cant play from behind bars). If they find no evidence he will have redeemed himself (at least temporarily) yet will be forever tarnished by the accusations. I dont know whether or not he was involved and really dont care, I'll leave that up to the legal system. But Vick needs to clean up his act quickly, he is as much a victim of his own doing as he is of the Humane Societies (although i have grown tired of the special interest groups period!)
2007-05-06 07:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by viphockey4 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. Until they can prove that he was there when the dog fighting was going on and that this was not all the doing of his cousin, leave him alone. They could completely ruin his reputation with this and its not like they are going to apologize to him, if the investigation turns out that they were wrong. I think everyone needs to take a step back and look at it for what it is. If this house was not owned by Vick this would not have made national headlines. And if Vick can get in trouble for something someone living on property he owns has done, boy are all the rest of us home owners who rent property to people in trouble. If someone living in one of the houses that my family owns is arrested for doing something illegal on that property, I would hope they wouldnt come and arrest me to. I think people need to wait before they judge.
2007-05-06 07:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by MJMGrand 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
C'mon now, you know that's not how it works anymore. I agree w/ya but NONE of the people on here know any of the facts about the case so we all have to wait and see.
2007-05-06 08:31:46 · answer #4 · answered by Scottie Boy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
... there was blood found on the rugs and a tool for prying open pitbulls' locked jaws. Sorry, that's enough factual evidence for me. He needs to be put away, for a very long time.
2007-05-06 07:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by GrnEyedBrunette 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋