Daseal
07-20-2007, 06:51 PM
Everyone keeps saying wait till all the facts, wait for the trial, etc etc. I would agree with that but the player policy in place is grey and doesn't require that. I just don't find it fair that you can suspend pacman who hasn't been convicted of a damn thing (and there's a far better chance he gets off completely than Vick) yet wait for Vick to finish his trial. Goodell HAS to suspend him at this point. Not yet, wait till NFL security finishes their analysis then go off that. Even if he gives him a year that is easily defendable.
Devils Own: Benoit and Michael Vick. Bad comparison. Benoit himself got absolutely zero sympathy. He was a fucking monster and should enjoy his spot in hell. There was sympathy for his wife and son, not for him.
Saden, the league CAN do whatever they want with the new player policy if they give the league a black eye. I wonder who has a higher percentage of wins, the DA in Las Vegas or the feds. The feds have a 95% conviction rate.
81forHOF
07-20-2007, 06:51 PM
If Vick participated in or knew of any of these allegations he should be banished from the NFL for life. Period.
ArtMonkDrillz
07-20-2007, 07:03 PM
Are you being facetious or serious with such a question/analogy? If you already don't know the answer...guilt is pretty clear in that instance.
The league can't do anything because the allegations are just that, allegations. It needs proof that he knew of everything that went on in that house. That's how the world works. No one really cares about Vick's side of things and the defensive evidence he might present to prove his innocent. Everyone has already judged him guilty. It pains me to think we are no longer a society that believes in "innocent until proven guilty."
What the league is trying to do right now (ask him to take time off) is the right thing to do and the only legal recourse they have.
So all of the people on TCAP are guilty even though they've yet to go on trail?
saden1
07-20-2007, 08:46 PM
So all of the people on TCAP are guilty even though they've yet to go on trail?
Comparing Vick's current circumstance to that of a TCAP perp is quite a reach.
Let me make this even more simple for you:
1. People on TCAP have been entrapped with the assistance of the authorities.
2. They were lured under the guise of having sex with a minor.
3. Internet chat transcripts show their intent to have sex with a minor.
4. They showed up to a house wanting to have sex with a minor.
5. They were arrested before they have the opportunity to have sex with a minor.
Basically, they are caught the moment before they committed a crime by law enforcement and we have full knowledge of their intent to commit a crime. The evidence against them is so overwhelming it's near impossible for them to prove their innocence. We can therefore deduce their guilt and convict them for the intent to commit the crime with the support of all the evidence. I can't say the same about Vick and the case against him.
Darrell_Green_28
07-20-2007, 09:01 PM
Well I think the Commish should go by the new NFL Personal Conduct Policy of the NFL, if the circumstances call for suspension under the NFL PC Policy then suspend him and theres no need to wait for a trial.
DEVIL'S OWN
07-20-2007, 09:05 PM
hate - "The emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action"
racism - "The belief that one 'racial group' is inferior to another and the practices of the dominant group to maintain the inferior position of the dominated group. Often defined as a combination of power, prejudice and discrimination."
I think your confused
No I think you are? Please dont give me that bullshit version of the dictonary, If you hate this man, for what reason,.... being indicted doesn't mean GUILTY, (remember that) hate and racism goes hand in hand, if you hate someone, its because of your inferiority towards them, not cause you know this person, ever since he came in the league, He dont do this right and he dont do that..... Like I said before "IF HE'S GUILTY, THEN GOOD BY TO HIM FROM THE LEAGUE", but to say you hate him.......has to be a motivation behind it......... but until he's found guilty, then im wait it out, but he does make to much money to be doing stuff like that, thats just straight DUMB....and as a Fan of Sports, I hate to see, a Superior Playmaker like that ruin his life, but if he's guilty............HE MADE HIS BED. but thanks the def.
Daseal
07-20-2007, 09:33 PM
Hey Devils Own: You Can't Spell by Rob Manuel [B3TA : WE LOVE THE WEB] (http://www2.b3ta.com/youcantspell/)
Indicted by the feds is damn close to guilty. 95% of federal indicted cases result in a guilty result. This isn't some slackjawed DA (Poindexter?) this is the federal government. Is he guilty YET? No. Has Adam Jones been convicted of anything yet? No.
Racism being an excuse for this shit is ridiculous.
saden1
07-20-2007, 09:44 PM
Hey Devils Own: You Can't Spell by Rob Manuel [B3TA : WE LOVE THE WEB] (http://www2.b3ta.com/youcantspell/)
Indicted by the feds is damn close to guilty. 95% of federal indicted cases result in a guilty result. This isn't some slackjawed DA (Poindexter?) this is the federal government. Is he guilty YET? No. Has Adam Jones been convicted of anything yet? No.
Racism being an excuse for this shit is ridiculous.
The Feds don't f'around. They hardly take on a case they can't get a conviction on which leads me to believe Vick is a cooked goose. Does that mean the NFL should give him the boot before the Feds do?
Darrell_Green_28
07-20-2007, 09:48 PM
The Feds don't f'around. They hardly take on a case they can't get a conviction on which leads me to believe Vick is a cooked goose. Does that mean the NFL should give him to boot before the Feds do?
YES If what has occurred is against the NFL's Personal Conduct Policy like I said. Vick has rules and regulations he has to follow in the NFL as well as all other players.
memphisskin
07-20-2007, 10:17 PM
The feds do cherrypick cases, so Vick seems screwed. But why is the state bringing charges now? This seems a bit hard for me to take, that Mike Vick is so involved in dogfighting. At the same time, the house was only $34,000 so it's entirely plausible that he gave that to a relative to get a business started. But involved in the day to day, pulling strings like that on an illegal enterprise? Really? Is the enemy dogfighting or Mike Vick? Is Mike Vick that big of an idiot? Perhaps, but I'm going to go with the presumption of innocence and hope that this unparalleled athlete didn't just go throw his football career away over dogfighting in Southern Virginia in his offseason. If so, he deserves it, but it's just a bit hard for me to take it as fact right now.