In a surprise move, Michael Vick agreed to plead guilty today to chargers of running a dog fighting ring. His plea was not expected until Monday. The Smoking Gun says:
Vick has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge for his role in the management of a brutal dogfighting ring. As part of a plea deal, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback admitted that his Bad Newz Kennels operation wagered money–which he provided–in pit bull fights. However, "Vick did not gamble by placing side bets on any of the fights," according to a "summary of the facts" that was filed today in court. That document notes that Vick "was aware" that three of his cohorts killed several dogs that performed poorly in test fighting sessions in mid-2002. The summary reports that "Vick did not kill any dogs at this time." Earlier this year, Vick, and two cronies "agreed to the killing of approximately 6-8 dogs" that fared poorly in testing sessions. Some of the animals were drowned or hanged, and Vick "stipulated" that the animals died via the "collected efforts" of himself (and two others).
I guess I'm not smart enough to know the difference between providing money to go gamble and gambling. Illegal gambling makes him eligible for a lifetime ban from the NFL, so hopefully no one else can tell the difference either. The only field I wanna see this dude on begins with the word "mine".
we are totally not falling for it this time. obviously it's a trap.
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Damn. I'm way early, but can't think of anything witty to say.
great, no side bets. at least the gambling wasn't fixed.
every time a phantom thread sits for a few minutes with no comments i'm convinced that as soon as somebody posts something Brend)n is going to jump out from behind a door with a sheet over his head and yell BOO or something
From what I saw of the original indictment, Vick's dogs didn't win very often, so it's probably a good thing Vick didn't make any side bets.
all out of wit… wasted it on PF
less Vick, more weretards!!! At least weretards don't use computers, but idiots like Vick can!! *cough* BRIAN16 *cough*
what kind of dogs are those?
Tulip says "woof"
@ retropants. Puppy dogs. haha
BestMost sarcastic banner pic ever!the lil brown pup says: "that's right you cracker motherfucker, you better step tha fuck off."
He’ll be in jail in LA for a whole 83 minutes, just like somebody else we all know.
I'll bet five scooby snacks that he gets sodomized in prision.
he's still CFL eligble!!!!!
Is that you in the pic retropants?
Those puppies are so cute!
Bring back the football team inspired by Vince Mcmann maybe he can get a gig there
Those are pit bull pups, retro… Cute ones, too. Maybe one day I'll get to see them maul a cat.