Vick Offered Minimum One Year Prison Sentence as Part of Plea Deal

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

I see it as murder! I treat my dogs as family members. I will spend major $$$ on surgeries or whatever they need to have a healthy life. It is an inhumane act that should never be tolerated or taken lightly.

People will turn their backs on you, but a dog will love you no matter how bad you treat him. All he/she asks for is food, water, and shelter....and you have a friend for life.

I 100% agree with you.
As we speak, I have one basset at my foot, and one basset at my head (I am laying on the sofa). I love my dogs more than most every human except my wife. They are not dogs, they are little furry humans to me.
It's a huge issue to me and he should be set an example of. I wish the offer was never made, they should throw the book at him.

[SmootSmack]

And then there's this take:

Morning Rush - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

[Cowell]

Eh It depends on how big the dog fighting operation was. Mike Vick was hosting a HUGE dog fighting operation in his back yard. He should have 6 years MINIMUM. That's beyond cruelty to animals there.

[wilsowilso]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

And then there's this take:

Morning Rush - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

Very good article. If Leonard Little ever gets another DUI he needs to get banned for life from the NFL and he needs to go to jail. Period. In all relative fairness I think Vick should get about a year in jail. The real issue is the gambling and Goddell might have the ammo to ban him for life. As much as I don't like Vick that would be a titanic punishment.

[Darrell_Green_28]

either way i think he should be banned for life from nfl. after lying to the commish about ever going to the house and that he had no dealings in this, i would consider his playing days in the NFL are over. or atleast hope the commish sees that and ban him. Seems like vick always has some excuse to try and get out of the situation at hand. If hes even thinking about the plea says hes involved in it and has been busted which to me says hes thinking "hey ill get off with only 1 yr and still have a life after and still be rich instead of fighting this and getting 20yrs and have no career or anything after i get out."

[DieHardSkinsFan777]

Vick better take the deal, if he has any brain cells left........(Which is highly unlikely)

[Hog1]

If it has not already been posted, on the Mike and Mike show this a.m. They are quoting a source as stating the Fed deal is believed to be 1-2 years on the table until 9 a.m. this morining.
Apparently in a Federal deal, there is not as secure a guarantee of leniency as in an offense against the state.

[redskinsfanatic]

he needs to take the deal,sit his ass in jail,train like hell,and be ready to play next season.maybe by then things will have calmed down a little by then!

[jgalecpa]

Originally Posted by redskinsfanatic

he needs to take the deal,sit his ass in jail,train like hell,and be ready to play next season.maybe by then things will have calmed down a little by then!

Only problem is, IF he tried to get back into the NFL, imagine every PETA member in every town he plays in, buying tickets, screaming bloody murder (oops, bad choice of words) at the games, holding up pics of desicrated animals.

Doesn't make good TV

Now, Imagine those same protestors in front of the HQ of any company that would be fool enough to try to sign him to an endorsment contract.

Free speech is a powerful thing....

[GusFrerotte]

Well now one of the co defendents says Vick was killing dogs or at least present at the killings. If he actually killed dogs, that might be more charges to nail him with. I year in jail is totally laughable at this point. The prosecution is letting him off the hook. Too much money to be lost by the NFL if a star is in the slammer more than a year. If I was the prosecutor I would know I had this guy by the balls and nail his ass for the 4-6. If Vick was some poor schmoe running the ring from his basement in Detroit, his ass would get the maximum time. I don't know what the NFL is thinking, this guy is damaged goods, and highly overrated as a QB to boot. I say good riddance.

[MTK]

Did you guys see this article?

ESPN - Munson: Latest pleas are powerful evidence against Vick - NFL

Both of Vick's former cohorts in the alleged dogfighting scheme will bring dramatic and powerful testimony against Vick. The most difficult testimony for Vick to counter will be Peace's description of a doubleheader dogfight in March 2003. According to the "Summary of the Facts" that Peace signed as part of his plea agreement, Vick and Peace entered two dogs from Bad Newz Kennels in that fight. Both lost. If the Vick case goes to trial, Peace will testify in front of the judge and jury that he and Vick "executed the dog by wetting the dog down with water and electrocuting the animal." That isn't all. Peace and Phillips will describe eight more executions during 2004 and 2005, all of them occurring on Vick's compound in Surry County, Va. All eight dogs flunked fighting tests. Some were drowned. Others were hung. And one was killed -- with Vick allegedly present -- by "slamming its body into the ground."

I wanted to throw up after reading this.

[redskinsfanatic]

what the big thing in all this to me is,why the hell did a multimillionaire have to do this?it makes me sick when i read how he treated these animals,but it really pisses me off that a guy who could have been such a role model to so many kids has turned into such a huge dissapointment.if the evidence is clear he did all this and from what i have read it is,i think the comissioner needs to sit him out at least two years.in fairness to him though,the other guys need to serve a long sentence too because vick did'nt do this alone.give this thing a week or so,and jesse jackson will throw the race card into it!!!!!!!

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

hope he finds a nice bunkmate

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

I wish he gets the maximum penalty. Dogs love you unconditionally. They will put their lives at stake for you without a seond thought. I love my dogs and this shit is ridiculous.

[mooby]

I gotta agree with the dog lovers, I love my dog, she's always been nice to me and I love to take care of her. I hope Vick gets banned from the NFL for the gambling and I hope he gets at least 2 years in prison.