Right, he's not been convicted. But KG, like the NFL, reserves the right to hold professional athletes to a stricter standard than that of a court of law. Indictments don't usually come lightly, especially when the person bringing the indictment is a federal prosecutor as opposed to a North Carolina yahoo. Also, Vick's co-conspirator has agreed to testify as to both's participation in the dog-fighting operation.
Finally, let's look at his only possible defense: that this dog fighting was done on one of his many properties without his knowledge and permission. Even under the remote possibility that this defense is real, Vick still deserves the Asshat award. Gotta be responsible for what happens on property you own, don't you think?
I don't even need to go into detail on what Vick allegedly (and probably) did. Forcing dogs to fight and severely injure each other; executing in gruesome ways dogs who refuse to fight; and so forth. It pisses me off to even think about it. In fact, I was reluctant to even group him in with the blog's other Asshats, none of whom have done stuff like this. Michael Vick's an Asshat and quite a bit worse.
Real Asshat.
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