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Jim Rome is an idiot. While I didn't watch the video I'm sure he says that dogs are lower than people. While I agree to a certain extent, there are a massive amount of people who feel their pets are family members. I don't think it's the fact that the dog's were harmed, it's <b>HOW</b> the dogs were harmed and killed. Vick is in a position to better himself and the image of his "race" (since people want to play the race card) yet he goes out and apparantly funds a dog fighting ring. Is it any less than rape or murder? That's up to the courts and the public as a whole to decide. While I'd put this a few notches down from those crimes, the fact is that Carruth and Kobe were found innocent and have rebuilt their images and their sponsorships. With Vick copping a plea deal.. his image is ruined forever.
The fact that he wants to barter a plea shows he has no balls. With his amount of money and how much he could "lawyer up", he's basically saying that he's guilty. People can claim that he's out of options considering the other people in his group are agreeing to testify against him, but he has the money to really do some damage with great lawyers in court.
Now what should the NFL do?? There will be a massive PR problem if the league lets him back in after he serves his time. Will a team be willing to take on that kind of bad PR?? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. You can bet he won't get shit for sponsors any more however.
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