Judge denies NFL motion to take back $16.5 million in Vick bonuses

even from jail he manages to make the news i got nothin good to say bout him babygurl so i'm just gonna hit submit lol

He even gets paid to be in prison. The NFL is just stupid.

so it would seem, fiver!!

I guess that will make his prision time even easier knowing he has 16.5 million waiting for him. ridiculous.

how about that Ms.Lisa, i thought he would have to pay it back. a friend of mine told me he was trying or did buy property in florida, i wonder if that went through-yeah from jail-he was trying to do that!!

girl i have some catchin up to do here but this is wrong in every shape and form wrong you should blog the pictures of his dogs with this article

Oh gesss.... The guy kills aninmals brutaly..and yet he is praised....let me remind you all of some of the things this monster did.... drowned dogs after fights, shocked them, starved them, drilled holes in there head... come on..threw cats in there just to motivate the dogs....

gaze upon this this was taken at his "home"
no no no no never thumb me down all ya want he's low class unemployed prison stripe wearin dbag

You got it TommyR. And now to get paid to be sitting in prison? What's this country coming to?

Depends on who you ask?

Fiverings, are you talking to me? If so, I have never personally met Michael Vick so can not call him a buddy. And I would not want to spend time in prison with him or anyone else God-willing. But I do feel that he should be given the opportunity to play football again in the NFL if he desires. If he has repented as we all should do, it is time to move on and learn from mistakes.

How does your model suit you now red eclipse!!! The best of Vick!!! There is you best of Vick

That 16.5 m should be paid directly to the SPCA.
How anyone can have such a boner for this guy is beyond me???

Yeah, no kidding.

He should keep the money...... how can they take a bonus away from him? Everyone does stupid things, he deserves another chance.

I agree with you, but I am sure that I am the only one!

No, you are not the only one.

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I am saying Big Ups to all my haters! Thank you Judge Doty for your intelligent decision! Although I had prayed that this type of decision making would have occured before Vick suspension and prison time. Nevertheless, I am very please with the decision and am positive that Vick is please as well. I pray that you guys will bar bitterness from your hearts as Vick prepares to make a great comeback! Otherwise your bitterness will increase and cause you all to age rapidly sending you to early graves! Keep in mind that Vick comes from a people of mere strength and what does not kill us only makes us better. We have used and will continue to use all the negative vibes as motivation to fuel our fires! You ain't seen nothing yet for the Best of VICK is yet to come! God bless!

That's the biggest bunch of hogwash I have seen on any blog this year. Why should a team have to pay this guy $16.5 million when he isn't giving the team a damn thing? Puuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhllllllllllllleeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!

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Lets get down to the heart of the matter shall we? You guys are not mad at Vick about dog fighting this is far greater than that! I have tried not to take it to this level; however, I find it necessary to shine a light where there is darkness. The truth is that you guys have disliked Vick from the beginning. I mean when the Kid played ball you guys complained that he ran too much or wasn't accurate enough! Let us be honest here " Dog fighting is a sport for aggressive dogs" not matter how long ago it was deemed illegal it still occurs. People have participated in the fighting of dogs since the beginning of time rather directly or indirectly, just as they have participated in other animal torture amusements. The truth is it was only a short amount of time before Vicks conviction that "Dog Fighting" became completely illegal. I am not condoning the activity because I love animals and have three pit-bulls myself ( Xavier, Messiah, and Crimson). Since we are going to make a big deal about fighting dogs than let us not harm any animal which means we all should become Vegetarians( like myself). This is utter "Tomfoolery" to place dogs above humans, but what do you expect from a people who's history entails training their dogs to attack and kill Black Americans! There are women being battered, children being raped, homeless people going without the necessities in life and here you are spending your days and nights hating Vick and praying that he is unable to keep money that you will never see in your lifetime! You would think that Vick is the biggest criminal in the world the way the media has portrayed this whole incident and the way all of you seem to be carrying on about his life. Now don't get me wrong, I am an animal lover and do not agree that animals should be tortured. Still, I understand that my beliefs are not shared with the entire world. I do not want to attribute this to racism but that is what it boils down to especially since you guys are angry that a "BLACK Athlete and Animal Killer" gets to keep money that he deserves. Fiverings, Yes I am still a proud supporter of Michael Vick, for not only is he a great athlete his little incident has exposed the racist hand that America has been playing since the beginning of time. It also proves that America needs to get her priorities straight. It is amazing that we are more concerned with killing animals than the fact that our country is being ran on false pretenses since our president lied to us about going to war and now we are killing innocent people everyday, but that doesn't seem to bother anyone but me. Keep in mind that when you step to me, you BETTER step correctly otherwise you just might get your feelings hurt. Thank you haters for your continued motivation. Keep it coming because you inspire me!!!

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I also do not condone dog-fighting but would like to see people more passionate about atrocities against humans. I do feel that there are some racial overtones involved in Vick's sentence since dog-fighting continues to exist as-well-as, killing deer, foxes, etc. for sport which I have never understood. Some countries even kill and eat dogs as a delicacy. Just would like to see people have as much compassion towards each other as they do dogs. Some of these comments have been quite vehement and hateful. I thought everyone had a right to voice their opinion without being called out of their name. Whats up with that? What happen to Yard rules, Keep it clean and no personal attacks. It is ok to disagree to disagree.

Most of the reason that he was in prison is that he lied about it. That just added to his misery. We don't need a running diatribe on racism on here. He did something stupid and he got caught.

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Thank you Joyces! That was well stated and while I do not remember calling anyone out of their name, I will admit that there could have been a better way to express (as you so gracefully did) the racial overtones involved with Vick case! I honestly feel like my first and second comments on this article expressed the same points that you are expressing here! Yes some of these comments have been intense and hateful but even then I still seem to preserve a calm mind and a courageous spirit all while barring bitterness from my heart. I realized that some people are full of bitterness and will always be bitter. Since you so eloquently summed it all up for us, I will take your advice and agree to disagree!

HOW dare you call me a racists & say "my people" what people, lady for all you know i could be BLUE

are you seriously out of your rabid a@@ mind?
yard rules: keep it clean, be civil & make a point
well i'm not gonna be civil thats for sure but i'm gonna make my point!

how dare you preach your little sermon to me, how dare you tell ME what "my people" do
and rest assured i'd place my pits ABOVE YOU any day of the year at least they aren't racists!!!!!
as for your bullshat about the government call 1-800-DIGAF and tell them. i cannot believe that you actually have the nerve to type what you did & wait the best part is, YOU believe what you typed.

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Congrats MarkoD because you definitely stated your mind without being clean and civil but you got your point across. A well-know poet said "If my confidence makes you feel incompetent then, incarcerate you insecurities and check your coolness men." How could you allow my opinion to upset you so that it would show your weakness? English is more expressive, with a much larger vocabulary than almost any other language. The person who has to use profanity to express an idea or feeling is showing his lack of fluency as well as his weakness. Even now I preserve a calm mind with a courageous spirit and am still saying Thank you Judge Doty because no matter how much we haters and supporters bark back and forth, the truth is that it will not change the fact that Mr. Vick will be keeping 16.5 million dollars in bonuses; although, it may help us to become better debaters and commentators. It is imperative that Vick as well as many others know "for every choice you make there are consequences that you must suffer for both the good and the bad" but you must not let it keep you down. This is considered sorry.. to make a mistake and hit rock bottom and stay there because there is not enough love among human kind to forgive you, help you see your mistakes, and lift you back up. What is even more sorry is to allow the lack of love to keep you down. Vick, just like others, will rise above the shame on to excellence and more fame and immortalize his names and though not as much as he had before he will still have 16.5 Million dollars to do it with!

Someone who tortures & abuses animals does not deserve to be put on a pedestal...NO MATTER WHAT COLOR!
It is very strange that you can not accept this very simple concept.
The fact that you are calling people who disagree with your views racist is just laughable. You don't know me or any of the other people on here for that matter.
And I will just scream the next time someone tries to defend a crime by talking about our government.
I'm going to go to rob a jewelry store.....but you better not get mad cause there is corruption in the white house. HUH?!
I will pray for your misguided soul.

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My soul is not at all misguided but since you have offered to pray, make sure you pray that God will bestow upon you knowledge and understanding. What is strange is that I continue to have to emphasize that I not putting Vick on a pedestal. Those who disagree with me see things differently than do and I am fine with that. When did I call them racist because they disagreed with me?!? It is true that I do not know you and some others, but you and the others do not know me which is not unusual on sites such as this; therefore, what is your point? Are you saying that I should not speak the truth and voice my opinion? Let me help you not make yourself hoarse since you will have to scream a lot in the near future because people will continue to bring up the government when talking about crime only because the two are normally associated together. No one is defending crime by discussing the government but using the issues with the government to point out that while this is a serious issue there are millions of other issues deemed more serious that should get more attention. While we agree that prayer is necessary here, I will pray that when you scream you don't become hoarse.

I will also pray that you keep your longwinded preaching to yourself.

When God made you, he made a big mistake. That's all I got to say.

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My God does not make mistakes! Now if you have concerns about that, maybe you should take that up with Him!

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You are too funny GSWgirl and I am giving you thumbs up for this one! Yet truth is that I am not preaching, I am debating and to debate alone does not give me an opportunity to understand your point of view and it takes the way the joy of being on the yard. While you are praying, pray that God will enhance your reading spead so that it will not take you so long to read my replies! It is not that I am longwinded, but that you are reading slow(LOL)!

I hope this guy never pays in the nfl again...the only team I could see sighning him would be the raiders..

OK, that would bring revenue to the city I am sure.

OK, that would bring revenue to the city I am sure.

There you go RedEclipse. Still love your boy wonder? What a loser he his.

You are the PURE racist. You brought it up. I don't care if Vick is white, black, red, orange, or blue. What he did was wrong. He got convicted mainly for lying about it. If he would have come forward and told the truth, he might not be in prison. He is an animal abuser and a liar. No, animals should not be put above humans, but they shouldn't be treated in this manner either. And, your right, your beliefs aren't shared with the entire world because they stink. If your dogs had any brains , they would turn on your sorry *ss.

She should change her name to Red Tide!!! She's about as toxic as one.

Man Big eclipse you preach in an unholy tongue I have no clue what you say!! You just babber like and homeless person with dimensa!!! Your like the cat lady from the simpsons you make no sence..Michael Vick Is a monster!!1 Throw him in a cage with other Monsters!!!! see how he turns out then!! Torutring animals is a sin is it not preacher woman!!! Crulity to animals is a crime!!! So ARE YOU SAYING YOU LOVE A SINNER!!!!

WOW! Well, the Barkers were surely in the Yard today! I pray you all get a good night's rest cause all this dialogue has really wore me out. I don't think I have witnessed this much emotion since I have been in The Yard. God Bless you all.

Where's Big Eclipse small comeback comments on her hero!!! Big Eclipse probably has a michael Vick Shrine!!!1 When he gets out you might be the only one with any love for that P.O.S

Now I think this is funny (LOL)!

that is the most hateful, racists thing i've ever read and just for the record your statement right here

"This is utter "Tomfoolery" to place dogs above humans, but what do you expect from a people who's history entails training their dogs to attack and kill Black Americans"

MY people have never trained anyone to kill "black americans"

you BETTER step correctly otherwise you just might get your feelings hurt.

uh huh, i stepped and my feelings weren't hurt and i'm pretty sure looking back & reading your "rant" over & over that you might wanna take a step back and stop being so racists

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This too is Tomfoolery! I am not racist, honest is a better term. History proves that White American's use to train their dogs to attack and Kill Black Americans and no matter how much we dislike this or wish is was not true...it is. Research it, study it, and internalize it helping you to liberate your mind from whatever has held it captive. While your feelings may have not been hurt, your spirit was vexed! Keep this in mind, once I step up I never step back! I apologize if you considered what I said racisst and if you were offended by it, but I do not apologize for speaking my mind. God bless!

Dogs are trained to hunt and kill a lot of things. You want to live in the past. This is 2008 and I don't see any dogs attacking black Americans, much less anyone else. You can step up all you want , but your bullsh*t is just that, BS.

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Since you mentioned it, there are things which happened in the past that are still occuring today and if you don't believe it, do some research and see the most recent racist activities against Black Americans. There are even so cases that have not been documented forcing you to dig deeper to find out that particular information. The truth is rather or not you are racist some of America still is and that is not a generalized statement... That is a fact!

This person has been stepping incorrectly most of his/her life with statements like that. Geeze!!!!!!!

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I once again apologize for your incompetence! You should not make such generalized statement since such a statement does not qualify as evidence to support any argument.

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For every statement I made, I have historical facts to support it. What you should do is educate yourself so that you can liberate your mind. The Thumbs down are only proof that you either disliked what I said or did not think it was appropriate, but whatever the case maybe I still support everything I said! I am in no ways racist, just honest and if that offends you than so be it! I am that I am and I owe you no explanation.

I think all the thumbs down on your comments just about covers the what the majority of people on here think. I'm not sure much else needs to be said, does it? Generalized statement? What kind of generalized statement did you make up above? That's pretty general to me. You don't have a basis for your argument. I know you would like to think so, but if you want to give your dogs up for fighting and then let us take pics of them for you to paste on your wall, then maybe you would understand, but obviously you don't. I guess all animal abusers and liars are racists such as yourself.