Michael Vick Indicted

Well, we all saw this coming. Michael Vick has been indicted for an instance that took place sometime in the past year that had to do with dog fighting. Now, this indictment doesn't really mean alot at this point. After listening to ESPN legal analyst Roger Kossack today on Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN radio, basically, a grand jury could indite a ham sandwich and it wouldn't mean anything.

All this means to me is that the charges are out there. He has been charged with dog fighting, a federal crime in the United States. I have a dog and just the thought of my dog in a dog fight is a terrible thing. And you don't want to know what happens to the dog if they lose the fight. They are killed.

That's right. It's amazing that anyone would even think of doing that. And he says that he was just apart of it and that these people were on his property doing it and he didn't know. That's a bunch of BS in my mind because you should have control of your property and what is going on on your property. He knew it was going on and it's just amazing that he didn't do anything to stop it even if he wasn't there. I think he did this anyway, I don't think that he wasn't there. I think he was there and that he did do it. There's no question in my mind.

Now, the big question here is should Vick be suspended from the NFL. I think he should but Mike and Mike made the argument against him being suspended because as mentioned, nothing is proved by an indictment. He has not been convicted, so there is no reason to suspend him. I think that if any NFL player gets involved with the law in a bad way such as Vick, then there should be some sort of punishment no matter what. You got yourself involved with the law, you did something that led people to punish you, you should be punished by the league no doubt.

As you will hear in this video, ESPN's Kelly Naqi explains what Vick has been described as in relation to the dog fighting. She also says that if this case gets to trial in Richmond, VA, it will be sometime during the NFL season because the court house in Richmond is known as the Rocket Docket and gets through trials rather quickly.



This could also be a big problem for the Atlanta Falcons because now they are definitely going to receive alot of bad publicity because of this. As with the Don Imus situation, there could be alot of advertisers for the Falcons that back out of their deals with Atlanta and ultimately, the franchise could enter a dark age because of this. Of course pending any outcomes with Vick.

The Falcons could also lose Vick as their starting quarterback. Then where do they go in terms of a starting QB? Joey Harrington is on the roster right now as the number one backup. Will he be the starter if Vick has to go to trial? All remains to be seen at this point.