Sayers on the sideline: Con-VICK-ted
Tim Sayers
Issue date: 9/6/07 Section: Sports
I know everyone is sick and tired of the on going soap opera that is the Michael Vick dog fighting scandal. It seems to me that ESPN has become more Court TV than anything else. And if it wasn't for Appalachian State beating University of Michigan this past weekend, I'm sure we'd still be hearing about the details of Vick's plea bargain or what the so-called experts believe his punishment will most likely be when it is announced on Dec. 10.
But I'd like to take a minute and talk about the true victim of this entire circus: Michael Vick's mother. This woman has to be scratching her head wondering where she went wrong with her family. I'm sure she probably worked three or four jobs just to put food on the table and clothes on their backs - and for what? So her son could grow up and be known, not for his amazing, God given athletic ability but for being a dog killer and number one on PETA's "Most Wanted" list. I'm sure it's just like a big, warm hug every morning when she wakes up.
Let's be fair though. It's not all Michael's fault that his mother is questioning whether she was a good mother or not. I mean, look at what younger brother Marcus has done over the years.
Getting kicked off the Virginia Tech football team after repeated incidents with the law and having a lawsuit filed against him by a 17-year-old female for sexual battery are not exactly the newspaper clippings any mom is going to want to hang on the fridge next to her children's first grade finger paintings.
My advice for the entire Vick family is to look towards the future and to begin thinking about all of the good times ahead.
Just picture all those family reunion picnics on the lawn of a maximum security prison in Virginia, passing around the fried chicken, collard greens and watermelon through the fence to Michael dressed nicely in a bright orange jump suit and the latest in bling-bling accessories around his wrists and ankles.
To be honest, once it's all said and done, I do hope Vick is able to pick up the pieces of his life and start anew. Who knows? Maybe he'll even decide to start a new profession. Maybe he'll even become a veterinarian.
Just make sure he leaves the electrocution equipment back at the house.
But I'd like to take a minute and talk about the true victim of this entire circus: Michael Vick's mother. This woman has to be scratching her head wondering where she went wrong with her family. I'm sure she probably worked three or four jobs just to put food on the table and clothes on their backs - and for what? So her son could grow up and be known, not for his amazing, God given athletic ability but for being a dog killer and number one on PETA's "Most Wanted" list. I'm sure it's just like a big, warm hug every morning when she wakes up.
Let's be fair though. It's not all Michael's fault that his mother is questioning whether she was a good mother or not. I mean, look at what younger brother Marcus has done over the years.
Getting kicked off the Virginia Tech football team after repeated incidents with the law and having a lawsuit filed against him by a 17-year-old female for sexual battery are not exactly the newspaper clippings any mom is going to want to hang on the fridge next to her children's first grade finger paintings.
My advice for the entire Vick family is to look towards the future and to begin thinking about all of the good times ahead.
Just picture all those family reunion picnics on the lawn of a maximum security prison in Virginia, passing around the fried chicken, collard greens and watermelon through the fence to Michael dressed nicely in a bright orange jump suit and the latest in bling-bling accessories around his wrists and ankles.
To be honest, once it's all said and done, I do hope Vick is able to pick up the pieces of his life and start anew. Who knows? Maybe he'll even decide to start a new profession. Maybe he'll even become a veterinarian.
Just make sure he leaves the electrocution equipment back at the house.
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