Vick Gets a Million Dollar Kennel Bill
Now that the disgraced quarterback Mike Vick is in jail cooling his heels for fighting dogs, the Feds are presenting him with his bill for boarding his Pit Bulls. Vick owes One Million Dollars!
Dr. Evil approves.
From the Daily Press here:
The bill for caring for Michael Vick’s former fighting dogs is nearly $1 million, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office wants to make sure Vick has the money to pay for it.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Tuesday filed a restraining order asking the court to prevent Vick from paying other creditors if he doesn’t have the money to pay for the pit bull dogs’ care.
The court documents, filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond, outline the dire financial condition facing Vick, a Newport News native and former Atlanta Falcons quarterback. An arbitrator ruled the Falcons could recoup about $19.97 million in bonuses from Vick’s 10-year, $130 million contract signed in 2004. And three banks filed suit for amounts ranging from about $1 million to $2.5 million.
With the almost $1 million for the dogs’ care, Vick is on the hook for about $26 million.
So far, the bill is about $928,073, the court papers said. District Court Judge Henry Hudson was asked to order Vick to save nearly $1 million for the dogs’ care before creditors can clean out his pockets.
This is ABSURD!!! I am a DOG LOVER but at the same time there are people being killed in wars all over the world, children killing each other in schools, children living in poverty and children selling each other drugs. And we want to put this much emphasis on Dog Fighting??? Or is it all another PLOY against the BLACK ATHLETE? Ive seen this a thousand times dating back to Jackie Robinson (who was accused of taking steriods)… This is MUCH bigger than dogs!! When can we focus our energy on something other than distroying this MAN’s life, who after all is an excellent athlete and worked HARD for all the money he was paid when he was with the NFL, and redirect it on the REAL issues like WAR, POVERTY, VIOLENCE in SCHOOLS, DRUGS etc. etc.
from an ANGRY BLACK WOMAN
Hey Coco, thanks for writing.
So you think Vick was singled out for being what exactly? A black athlete in the NFL?
His punishment wouldn’t have anything to do with conspiracy to run illegal gambling operations in various states then?
I think Vick destroyed his OWN life, but obviously you think its okay to kill dogs, smoke dope on house arrest and finance illegal operations, especially because he is black.
And by the way, Jackie Robinson was never accused of using steroids. Show your proof with a link. And stop being angry.