Vick

On Monday, Michael Vick finally received his sentence. As surprises go, it was not much of one. He's sentenced to 23 months in prison. Animal rights activists don't feel that 23 months is enough and I completely agree. If there is one thing I'm passionate about, it's the ethical treatment of animals. Vick's football fans may act like he did nothing wrong but he is completely wrong. Mainly, his football career is over and he'll be in a federal prison the next twenty-two months considering he's already done about a month's worth of time. The fact that he is a great football player did not save him at all. He is getting more time than his co-defendents because Vick was considered the ringleader of the operation and he always was the source of the financial backing for the "Bad Newz Kennels".

Vick and his co-defendants killed dogs that didn’t perform to their standards by electrocution, hanging and drowning and hopefully he will spend a horrible time over the next, almost, two years. He starved the pitbulls so they would fight angrier, tearing eachother apart to amuse gambling men. Vick did not even have the guts to apologize to animal activists for his hideous actions.

The sad thing is that he even lied to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. He never accepted responsibility when he had the chance. He is losing out on his $100 million in salary and sports endorsements. From the time he signed his first NFL contract in 2001, he planned to start a dogfighting operation. He is in trouble because the dogfighting was premeditated. Not only was he found guilty for his dog-fighting enterprise, but he was tested and found positive for marijuana! He got the sentenced he deserved; if anything the judge went easy on him.