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philmophlegmI haven't seen this news story in the British press yet, so I thought I'd share it with you. I warn you though, it really isn't for the faint-hearted. And I'm really not joking.
Let me introduce you to this man...
His name is Michael Vick. He is the superstar quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. One of the richest and most famous sportsmen in the USA.
Over the years, a number of American sportsmen have had brushes with the law, so when on April 25th, a Virginia radio station reported that police had searched a house in Surry County, Virginia belonging to Michael Vick, nobody paid that much attention.
I first heard the story through the American football gossip site www.profootballtalk.com. PFT has a somewhat dodgy reputation among the 'real' media in the US - partly because it usually beats them to the story, partly because it is prepared to prick the pompous egos of mainstream journalists and just maybe because it takes a crusading line on the bad behaviour of American sportsmen. One of their features is 'Turd Watch' which is a league table for NFL teams where teams score points for every player arrested (more points if it's a felony). Since Turd Watch started, the 'Days since last arrest counter' has reached double figures only twice.
Up until the last couple of days, if you had searched through American news media, you would have found only passing mentions of this Michael Vick story. Not so in PFT, which has typically posted several updates a day.
Two days ago, Michael Vick was indicted with three others on charges of "conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in animal fighting venture."
Let me introduce you to this man...
His name is Michael Vick. He is the superstar quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. One of the richest and most famous sportsmen in the USA.
Over the years, a number of American sportsmen have had brushes with the law, so when on April 25th, a Virginia radio station reported that police had searched a house in Surry County, Virginia belonging to Michael Vick, nobody paid that much attention.
I first heard the story through the American football gossip site www.profootballtalk.com. PFT has a somewhat dodgy reputation among the 'real' media in the US - partly because it usually beats them to the story, partly because it is prepared to prick the pompous egos of mainstream journalists and just maybe because it takes a crusading line on the bad behaviour of American sportsmen. One of their features is 'Turd Watch' which is a league table for NFL teams where teams score points for every player arrested (more points if it's a felony). Since Turd Watch started, the 'Days since last arrest counter' has reached double figures only twice.
Up until the last couple of days, if you had searched through American news media, you would have found only passing mentions of this Michael Vick story. Not so in PFT, which has typically posted several updates a day.
Two days ago, Michael Vick was indicted with three others on charges of "conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in animal fighting venture."
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Date: 2007-07-20 01:08 pm (UTC)