What will happen to Michael Vick, now that one of his co-defendants has entered a plea agreement and will testify against him?
Obviously, lessons need to be learned about rushes to judgement — anyone remember the Duke lacrosse rape case? I find it interesting that many of the same people that did not give those three guys the benefit of the doubt are now calling for patience in regard to Mr. Vick, to let him have his day in court.
Fair enough: maybe they did learn valuable lessons after the disaster in Durham.
Here is hoping he didn’t do it — perhaps against all odds. Just as in the Chris Benoit case, where you almost hope he went berzerko because of something he took and not because of his character.
For the most part, we want our heroes — and let’s face it, sports figures, actors and actresses, singers and teen idols are our heroes and role models, for good or bad — to be strong and good, to be a John Wayne type. After all, in essence we want to be like them. There are exceptions but generally, I believe this to be true. Even though we all know they are flawed human beings, we want to believe they are not this warped.
To do what Vick (or Benoit, posthumously) is accused of doing — to any innocent living creature, be they human or animal, for whatever reason — is simply inhuman. We are supposed to be better than this. We almost want to believe that something too powerful to overcome “drove” them to these acts, rather than a freely-chosen act of the will.
I want to believe that a man like Benoit — not my hero, to be sure, but a man that is someone’s hero — didn’t just go nuts for no reason. Vick is the same way.
As the old refrain goes, “say it ain’t so, Joe.”
Either way, we likely will not see Michael Vick playing in the NFL this fall. He has more important things on his mind than throwing a pigskin around.
There’s far more at stake than getting sacked.
You also know it’s pretty grim when little brother Marcus — the one who got into all sorts of woes at Virginia Tech — is considered the “good” Vick brother.
To be continued…
What are Brady Quinn and his agent thinking?
Apparently — and I write that not knowing for sure why he is holding out — they want Mr. Quinn to be paid top-10 money, even though he was drafted No. 22 by the Cleveland Browns.
Uh, excuse me, but you were drafted 22nd, not 10th or lower. I find it unbelievable and the ultimate of arrogance for you to honestly believe you should be paid for where you THINK you should have been drafted.
How many seventh-rounders or undrafted free agents “think” they should have gone in the first round?
Here’s the solution, Brady: if you want to play so badly, sign a deal, get to camp and go from there. There’s plenty of money to be made.
Where else is he going to make this kind of money? Don’t forget, endorsement deals and such will make his income much sweeter, though not if he is holding out.
He is missing time at training camp that will set him back, that he cannot afford to lose at this stage of his career.
Perhaps he has a really good reason. I’d be all for hearing it — from him.
Thankfully, the Monday trade of Kyle Lohse to the Phillies was not the beginning of the fire sale by the Reds.
At least that’s what it appears to mean.
They’ve got a decent team; they just need to find a bullpen and become more consistent everywhere else.
The Redlegs’ fans deserve it.
Just like with the Cubs’ long-suffering fans; you gotta appreciate fans that have stuck this long with their team.
It was good news to read that Lindsay Davenport will return to playing competitive singles in September.
It just doesn’t seem like she’s been off the tour for a year but she had a good reason: she had a baby.
She will play doubles with Lisa Raymond at New Haven in August.
With Kim Clijsters winding down her career at the age of 24 to start a family, it will be interesting to see how long Davenport stays out there. She was always a classy competitor and worked hard to overcome her deficiencies.