Vick signs Plea Agreement

Michael Vick signed the Plea Agreement. He does not admit to gambling or killing any dogs. Let's hope U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson rejects the agreement and forces Vick's hand. Other defendants have agreed to the terms, but Vick in an effort to save any potential NFL career has had his legal team persuade the U.S. Attorney's Office to omit conduct that is expressly prohibited by the NFL's personal conduct policy. Since he won't admit to gambling (which could result in a lifetime ban from the NFL) it appears he may be eligible to return to the NFL after serving his prison sentence. I can see the NFL banning him, Vick fighting the ban through arbitration and Vick getting his job back, just like former Canton police officer Bobby Cutts.

From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Michael Vick's father said he pushed his son to quit dogfighting years ago or, at least, put property used for the fights in the name of friends to avoid being implicated some day.

Michael Boddie, in two sometimes tearful interviews with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week, said some time around 2001 his son staged dogfights in the garage of the family's home in Newport News, Va. Boddie also said Vick kept fighting dogs in the family's backyard, including injured ones —- "bit up, chewed up, exhausted" —- that the father nursed back to health.

Boddie, who is estranged from his son, dismissed the idea that Vick's longtime friends were the main instigators of the dogfighting operation.

"I wish people would stop sugarcoating it," Boddie said. "This is Mike's thing. And he knows it."

He "likes it, and he has the capital to have a set-up like that." And here is the rest of it.

Well there you have it, even Dad knows the truth about his son. Ron Mexico has no place in the "professional" football arena.