Michael "PACMAN" Vick

We are less then 24 hours from the start of the NFL draft. The NBA playoffs are in full swing. The baseball season is nearing the end of it's first month of the season. I really wanted to write about one of these topics today, but news has come out about the poster boy of the Atlanta Falcons and I need to speak my mind on this topic. Before I do, a couple quick thoughts on last nights Democratic Primary Debate.

Hillary Clinton was rather impressive. I am not a big Hillary fan, but I do believe she did the best in the debate out of the top three candidates. She gave a great answer on Walmart without a bit of hesitation. She sure did not hurt herself. The other person I think shined at the debate was Joe Biden. He didn't pussyfoot around the questions as much as other candidates, and showed a good sense of humor by using the one word answer of yes when asked if he could assure voters he wouldn't talk to much. O'Bama and Edwards were rather unimpressive, with O'Bama dodging a question about another 9/11 type attack and Edwards dodging a question about hedge funds. My guy Governor Richardson did good on some questions and not so good on others. He also didn't have the body language down like other candidates when he was not answering questions.

But the big winner of the night was Dennis Kucinich. And I am not saying it was his debate performance, because he is way to passive to ever win a primary or a general election. He won in my opinion because I saw his wife Elizabeth for the first time. All I can say is WOW. Dennis Kucinich is 60 year old man and his wife is a 29 year old stunning red head. If anyone out there loves red heads like I do, you need to check out a picture of the two of them together and you will be stunned by this pairing. Enough about the debate.

Michael Vick needs to be suspended for the entire season if the most recent story is even half true. For those of you who haven't heard yet, a drug task force raided a property in Virginia that is owned by Michael Vick. The person that lives in the house is a 26 year old nephew of Vick. When the police raided the property they found around sixty pitbulls that were wounded and malnourished. They found treadmills for the dogs, drugs to treat wounds on the animals, and many of them were chained to tires so they could get nose to nose with the other dogs without actually making contact with each other. The police believe that this was a dog fighting ring. According to David Stein of Sporting News Radio, an animal fighting task force had been investigating Michael Vick for this exact thing for a couple of years now.

Now I understand I stated that Michael Vick was not living at this property. But he had been to the property several times throughout the year. Can you really go to a house atleast once and not notice sixty dogs that are bleeding and malnourished. Even if he had no involvment in the actual ring, his negligence in not stopping it by either demanding his nephew get the dogs off his property or by informing the authorities is criminal. He needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Fighting animals is a crime nationwide, and is a felony in 48 states( I heard Louisiana is one of the two where it is not a felony, I lived there and can believe it.) Any person that raises animals just to have them fight and die is a sick individual that has little morals in my opinion. If these accusations are true, Michael Vick does not only need to be suspended by the NFL for ATLEAST one season, but he needs to go to jail.

Adam "Pacman" Jones, a cornerback for the Tennesse Titans, was suspended for the entire season two weeks ago for a string of incidents in the last 18 months. Chris Henry, wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, was suspended for eight games for four arrests over a twelve month span. Terry "Tank" Johnson, defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears, is currently serving a four month sentence in jail for a probation violation and will hear from Commissioner Goodell soon with some form of suspension.

Now players mentioned above were not first time offenders of breaking the law. Either is Mr. Vick. Just a few months ago he refused to surrender his water bottle to a security guard at a Miami airport, then tossed the water bottle in the garbage. When it as inspected by a guard that retrieved it from the garbage, a secret compartment was found on the bottle and it smelled like marijuana. It was tested, and came back negative for marijuana, so no charges were filed. Vick's excuse about the bottle: The compartment was for hiding jewlery. Great answer Mr. Vick. If you were travelling, why not just wear the jewlery.

If this was the only thing in his past, maybe I would consider a year suspension the maximum I would give him. But he was charged with another very disgusting crime while in college. He was charged with knowingly infecting a female friend with herpes. Anyone that wants to know the specifics can google the name Ron Mexico, the name he allegedly used to get medication for his condition. Infecting someone with a life long std is one of the worst things you can do to a person in my book.

Michael Vick has been the poster child for the Falcons since he was drafted, and one of the top five promoted players by the NFL. While the players that have been hit with major suspensions have not been "superstars", Vick is a top ten player in name( far from it in play on the field). The NFL needs to show that there is one policy for all players, no matter the amount of revenue they bring the NFL. You have set the example with Pacman Jones commissioner, now follow it.