Almost a year ago, Lovefraud wrote about Michael Vick, the NFL quarterback who was convicted of running a dog fighting ring, released from jail and hired by the Philadelphia Eagles.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) objected to Vick’s reinstatement in the NFL. They wrote to Roger Goodell, league commissioner, stating that the quarterback fit the profile for antisocial personality disorder.
Last year’s Lovefraud article asked the question, Can Michael Vick change his behavior?
The answer, unsurprisingly, may be no.
Unlike most sociopaths, Michael Vick is subject to a very public probation. Everyone knows he did time. Everyone knows that for him to keep his job, Michael Vick had to do more than stay out of trouble. He had to become a role model.
30th birthday party
On June 24, 2010, a 30th birthday party for Michael Vick was held at a nightclub in Virginia Beach. This wasn’t a quiet celebration. The event was promoted by a company called Star Quality Entertainment. Anyone who bought a $50 ticket could attend.
Shortly after 2 a.m. on June 25, a shot was fired outside of the nightclub. Quanis Phillips, Vick’s co-defendant in the dog fighting scandal, was shot in the leg.
Michael Vick initially told police and the NFL that he had left long before the incident. Then the club’s surveillance video showed that Vick and his entourage left only about three minutes before the gunfire, and they went in the direction that the shots emanated from.
No one is saying that Michael Vick fired the shots, or that he was at all involved. But it certainly seems that in telling his version of the events, Michael Vick lied.
Redemption?
So is the big redemption experiment a failure? Michael Vick was paid $1 million by the Eagles last year. He barely played. Over the course of the season, he completed 6 of 13 passes for 86 yards and one touchdown. He ran for 95 yards and two scores. Most quarterbacks do more than that in one game.
If Vick stays on the team, he’s scheduled to earn $5.2 million this year. But rumors are flying that he’ll be cut. At least one Philadelphia sports commentator said that if Michael Vick lied about anything regarding this incident, he hasn’t met the criteria of being a “role model” and should be let go.
So even with a $5.2 million job hanging in the balance, Michael Vick couldn’t walk the straight and narrow path. Why are we not surprised?
For more on this case, read:
Citing new evidence, Virginia Beach police take a new look at Vick after shooting, on philly.com.
Phil Sheridan: Eagles must cut Vick if he lied, on philly.com.
Michael Vick’s ex-pal shot at Eagles’ QB’s birthday party, on nypost.com.
AP Source: Eagles may cut Michael Vick on York Daily Record.com.
You ought to be able to tell when this man is lying, HIS MOUTH IS MOVING!
What REAL “Celebrity” throws a party where anyone off the street can get in for a $50 cover charge? unlessit is for some charity event, but I think for Vick “charity” begins with himself and no one else. DUUUUUH?
I don’t care if he threw 100 touch down passes in 2 games and ran 1,000 yards–the man is TRASH. All caps TRASH!
The fact that he fought dogs shows he has NO EMPATHY, OR MORAL COMPASS. He is therefore NO hero and should not be held up as a ROLE MODEL for anyone. There are alreafy enough BAD role models for youth as it is, he does not need to be another one. He’ll end up like OJ in prison before his life is out is my guess. I think he should be there for what he has already done, not with a sports contract. I think thre should be something that TRUMPS athletic ability–and that should be A MORAL COMPASS– he has an Amoral compass.
Michael Vick…..Man of the year! (SPIT!)
Too bad he didn’t have a better aim at his co-def……that would have been a service to society…..one spath dead….one spath indefinately imprisoned. (Two spaths eliminated from society at once! HA!)
He’ll get rewarded next year…….
How about PSYCHOPATH OF THE YEAR! ? Well, I take that one back, I’m voting for Joran for STUPID Psychopath of the year. Vick can win the Piece of TRASH of the year award though. How about that, EB?
“Under the terms of his probation and his NFL reinstatement, Vick is not allowed to associate with felons. Presumably, there were no background checks on patrons who coughed up 50 bucks for his party. Phillips may not have been invited, but he was there and reportedly became involved in an altercation with Vick.
Lawrence Woodward, Vick’s attorney, said Phillips was ejected from the club. Guadalajara spokesman Allen Fabijan told the Daily Press in Newport News, Va., that no one was ejected during the event.
Woodward said Vick was “long gone” before Phillips was shot in the leg in the parking lot. Fabijan said security video shows Vick leaving at 2:07 a.m. The shots were fired at 2:10 a.m. “from the direction” Vick’s car traveled.”
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/97559269.html#ixzz0sppuu62b
So, the shots came from the direction Vick’s car traveled.
What are the odds?!?!?!
It seems like there are always these types of discrepancies in the sociopath’s “story”.
Socios have the worst luck ever!! 🙂
Why the Eagles organization decided to prop this guy up as a role model is still beyond me.
Michael Vick is a Loser, and I don’t believe he is capable of changing.
If he is, he has not shown it.
And the IDIOT AWARD goes to the Eagles organization, and whoever gave Vick the Ed Block Courage Award.
Courage my ass.
Hey, Rosa, when did you get “Courage” your ass? What color is he? What a cool name!!!!! Are you going to ride him or drive him? Hey, when Erin B and Fat and Hairy and I go for our cross country jaunt, you and Courage your ass can come with us! LOL
I hope BET includes this latest incident in Michael Vick’s reality TV show, “The Michael Vick Project.”
After all, it does not get any more REAL than this. 🙂
Maybe they could do a 2nd season of “The Michael Vick Project”, and rename the “reality” series, “Back to Prison with Michael Vick.”
I really cannot believe the Eagles or the NFL took him back. Sickening, really. But as expected, he’s self-destructing anyway and will be gone next year I feel sure.
Sad part is out of the public eye he’ll continue his cruelties, as we all know too well, so many do.
No sympathy at all for those who exploit and torture animals; the only line between torturing animals and people is fear of getting caught or fear of having your own butt kicked. So easy to hurt helpless things, what a man he is. NOT
Wow so this is who we want as role models in society – dog torturers and murderers and now potentially drive by shooters? I say drop him in the middle of the roughest neighbourhood in LA and see how he fares without all his millions and throngs of fans … let him see how real drive bys happen.
There should have been more public outcry about this case – it just shows our treatment and attitudes towards animals … they’re lower class creatures who can be used and abused by those who are more powerful. It baffles me as to how he kept his position on the team.
We shouldn’t be surprised about the lies – as we all know socios lie like other people breathe – even looking you dead in the eye. They have no shame, no remorse, no conscience and no soul. This should be the final incident to dump his ass to the kerb – what will it take for that to happen? Does he actually have to murder someone??
He’s been boycotted on Facebook since he was let out. Well, we boycotted Nike for endorsing him. Our point was that at no time was this guy EVER a good role model, and they were endorsing a crook and a sociopath. Their form letter said just because they gave him tons of free NIKE stuff to wear, didn’t mean they endorsed him. Uh, yeah, this is the message we want sent to our kids. If I had the money I’d put up a bill board showing a scruffy Vick being led off in cuffs wearing his NIKES under Large Lettering saying Wear Nikes and be as cool as dog killer Vick! As long as they throw money and fame at him nothings going to change. He’s got the pattern for a killer. Glad I don’t live anywhere near him.
If you look at the “media” reporting on the “celebs” you will see that MOST of the “in set” and the popular artists are doing things that are NOT good role models,, but they still sell their music and their tickets and look “really cool” like MJ dangling the baby over the rail, or sleeping with children in his bed. I could name 1000 “celebs” that demonstrate in their lives that they are drug addicts, psychopaths, sexually amoral, and totally pieces of crap!
Oh, don’t want to leave out OJ!