Vick update (PFT)

THE OOKIE STANDS ALONE

When Tony Taylor pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges, the development was met with a shrug of the shoulders by the remaining Mike Vick apologists out there, since Taylor had a falling out with Vick and his other alleged co-conspirators several years ago.

But now the other two co-defendants are cutting deals, too.

Purnell Peace has a plea hearing set for Thursday, August 16 at 9:00 a.m., and Quanis Phillips has a similar hearing set for Friday, August 17 at 9:00 a.m.

The online announcement of the hearings is right here.

This is an enormously significant development, in our view. Phillips has been a long-time friend of Vick's, and Phillips was listed as the contact person on Vick's now-defunct K-9 Kennels web site. Also, although Taylor was out of the picture by late 2004, Phillips and Peace were apparently involved in the dog-fighting operation until the point that it was uncovered in late April. Presumably, they both will admit to a direct role in the killing of dogs deemed unfit for fighting earlier that same month, and could point a finger at Vick on this point, too.

Though both guys surely had planned to stand firm with Vick, they've likely decided in the 27 days since being indicted that it's in their best interests to plead guilty to the pending conspiracy charges, which could help them avoid indictment on the underlying offenses of interstate gambling and interstate dog fighting, which carry maximum penalties of another 21 years in prison.

The question now for Vick, as we see it, is whether he should plead guilty as well to the conspiracy charges, or whether he should risk getting indicted -- and ultimately convicted -- on the stiffer charges.

If Vick pleads guilty, we suspect that he'll eventually try to say that he didn't do anything wrong, but that he didn't want to take a chance of going away for so long that he could never play football again.

But if Vick thinks that this strategy will allow him to serve some time and play football he's even dumber than he was on the day that he got mixed up with Taylor, Purnell, and Peace. If Vick pleads guilty to anything, he'll be done in the NFL, either as the result of a lifetime suspension or a concerted shunning by the 32 franchises.

 

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/falcons/stories/2007/08/13/vick_0814.html

 

http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/notablecases/vick/index.html

 

Vick should probably start talking about his herpes each time he opens his mouth. That might make some of those thinking of making him their bitch stay away, but too bad for him that shit won't matter to a lot of them.

 

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KEYSHAWN ALREADY PISSING PEOPLE OFF

Though we didn't hear it with our own eyes (or something), a reader tells us that ESPN's Keyshawn Johnson is already spouting off like an idiot. His first topic? The Mike Vick situation.

Per a reader, Johnson said on ESPN's Monday Night Countdown that Vick fought dogs because of peer pressure and his background.

Um. Okay. So that makes it all right?

We should have known that clamoring for the termination of Michael Irvin would have resulted in someone even worse taking his place.

 

The chunk of a article below is recent and comes from this link - - -
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2972161

>>>>Lawyers representing Michael Vick on federal dogfighting charges are trying to negotiate a plea agreement that would include less than the year of prison time that prosecutors have offered, ESPN learned on Tuesday.
A source also said that Vick's attorneys have recommended that the embattled quarterback accept a deal if it includes less than a year of jail time, but he has not decided whether to fight the charges.<<<<



Apparently this is also on the NFL network but those are the only sources I have found so far rendering this particular info. These two sources do not exactly offer the most foolproof information so . . . when ESPN.com news services claim to have A SOURCE, just how serious can that be taken. I have a hard time believing that the hack reporters from ESPN are getting a scoop of this magnitude over the real journalists. They want people to believe that Vicks high-powered legal team would leak the above when that would sorta kinda heavily imply GUILT would it not?

 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293268,00.html

 

must be a Paul supporter judging by his "backed by gold and silver" remark. The guy is a complete loon and hasn't a chance of seeing dollar one.

 

How many pitbulls does it take to buy a missle?

 

What a dumbass. Ookie didn't steal the pitbulls to buy missiles. He stole them to put IN the missiles. It is Al Queda's newest terror scheme. Have pitbull warhead missiles rain down on white suburban America.