Vick

[skippy3481]

While i don't like vick as a person(he is an utter idiot) or a football player(Qb means you throw the ball and someone from your OWN team is supposed to catch it) I really don't see how a lifetime ban is called for here. Look at pacman jones. He's at a place and his entourage gets people shot and paralyzed, but hey he'll be back in a year. Hey its okay if you beat your wife or girlfriend, just serve your time and hey your back in the NFL. I love dogs as much as the next person, but I don't believe the NFL should be banning him for it. Let the NFL teams all pass on him and let him get a real job some where.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by skippy3481

While i don't like vick as a person(he is an utter idiot) or a football player(Qb means you throw the ball and someone from your OWN team is supposed to catch it) I really don't see how a lifetime ban is called for here. Look at pacman jones. He's at a place and his entourage gets people shot and paralyzed, but hey he'll be back in a year. Hey its okay if you beat your wife or girlfriend, just serve your time and hey your back in the NFL. I love dogs as much as the next person, but I don't believe the NFL should be banning him for it. Let the NFL teams all pass on him and let him get a real job some where.

the lifetime ban would come from the illegal gambling. nfl wants NO PART of a scandal such as the one the NBA is facing. it is in their code of conduct that such a ban would result from gambling. the only betting allowed is on horse racing.

Originally Posted by Danzig

the lifetime ban would come from the illegal gambling. nfl wants NO PART of a scandal such as the one the NBA is facing. it is in their code of conduct that such a ban would result from gambling. the only betting allowed is on horse racing.

I think that is a part of the contract they sign.
I will have to defer but I thought it was.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by pgardn

I think that is a part of the contract they sign.
I will have to defer but I thought it was.

yes, it's part of the nfl code of conduct.

[deltagulf]

well with his high power attorneys and money. all he will get is maybe 1 year. he should get more but money talks. and he better plea bargain cause if he is charged with gambling the nfl will have to ban him. like hournig, karras back in the 60's.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by deltagulf

well with his high power attorneys and money. all he will get is maybe 1 year. he should get more but money talks. and he better plea bargain cause if he is charged with gambling the nfl will have to ban him. like hournig, karras back in the 60's.

that's the sticking point, vick wants no jail and is probably offering to pay a HUGE fine rather than sit in jail. as for the gambling, was that anywhere in the original charge? or is that part of the pending charges? at any rate, if goodell and the nfl find that vick gambled, he's thru.
and of course now the falcons owner came out saying he was shocked (SHOCKED!!) that vick lied. oh, the humanity.
thing is, if he isn't banned for life (as an aside, you think rose has a shot in hell now of ever getting in the hall of fame with these recent scandals?) who will take him? especially when you consider he was more style than substance as a QB.

[ALostTexan]

So, he is going to plead guilty.

Will be interesting to see the deal he has worked out. His attorney has stated “Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to those charges and to accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes he has made. Michael wishes to apologize again to everyone who has been hurt by this matter.”

Going to be interesting from here...

Originally Posted by Danzig

the lifetime ban would come from the illegal gambling. nfl wants NO PART of a scandal such as the one the NBA is facing. it is in their code of conduct that such a ban would result from gambling. the only betting allowed is on horse racing.

Dont you know David Stern is breathing a huge sigh of relief that this apparently goes no further than his high school flunky friends. If real mob members involved and more refs... holy mackerel the NBA would be in flames.