Archive for the 'Crimes' Category

Poppa P
Aug 25th, 2007

Nike on Vick: Inhumane, abhorrent and unacceptable

Nike, the $15 billion dollar shoe and sports apparel leader, tore up its contract with beleaguered pro football player Michael Vick yesterday after details of his plea deal with federal prosecutors came to light. (NOTE: Vick’s official website has been overwhelmed by Internet traffic and as of the date of this writing its “Bandwidth Limit Exceeded.”)

The terse, 33-word statement was direct and to the point, stating that Nike considers “any cruelty to animals inhumane, abhorrent and unacceptable” (bolding added by author).

The official definitions of each word? Here’s what Dictionary.com says:

  • Inhumane - “not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.”
  • Abhorrent - “causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome: an abhorrent deed.”
  • Unacceptable - “used of persons or their behavior; “impossible behavior”; “insufferable insolence” [syn: impossible] ” [NOTE: This was the 3rd definition listed.]

OUCH! OUCH! OUCH!

In Nike’s 2003 Annual Report, Phil Knight’s letter to shareholders (Nike’s then chairman/president/CEO), included Vick in a short list of seven athletes he singled out as those with promise “to reach new levels of human potential,” to which he added it was “(Nike’s) job to help them get there.”

Those listed with Vick in Knight’s letter? In order, they are

Apparently great company to be in (at the time). I wonder how those six other athletes feel about their association with Vick now?

Poppa P
Aug 16th, 2007

Signs point toward Vick jail time

This whole Michael Vick mess is just that — a big, fat mess! 

First you have the rumors of alleged dog-fighting and dog-killings. Then you have the Federal indictments alleging conspiracy to commit dog -fighting and -killing.

Then you have leaked information about federal investigators showing up on Vick’s property finding dozens of dog remains on-site, some of which have apparently been brutally killed.

Then Nike pulled its endorsement contract, and the National Football League said, “Don’t bother showing up to pre-season camp,” as he has been “suspended” indefinitely.

Now Vick’s “former” friends have all copped plea deals and agreed to testify against him.

When is it all gonna end? Probably as early as this Friday, as that’s the date that the Federal prosecutors have given Vick to enter a plea bargin agreement. Otherwise (they claim), they’re going to the mat on this deal.

Personally, I think he cuts a deal. But  . . . we’ll see.