Michael Vick's Dog Fighting Scandal RUINED Him

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Michael Vick was one of the most exciting NFL players in the early 2000s. He was extremely quick and able to break defenses down with his speed alone. Everyone loved watching the Atlanta Falcons, everyone bought his jersey, and he was considered a role model. However in 2007, his career would take a turn. His legacy was forever tarnished after dogfighting scandal surfaced. We explore mike's legacy and the shocking incident.  Dog Fighting 0:00 Intro 0:32 Superstar Status 1:43 Man of The Field 2:53 Bad Newz Kennelz Uncovered 3:59 Law & Punishment 5:56 The People vs Vick 7:01 A Ruined Legacy  8:13 What Do you think?

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00:00michael vick was one of the most popular athletes in the world and also one of the highest paid

00:12but one major mistake changed his trajectory and ruined his career let's take a look back

00:20at the shocking incident and find out what actually happened

00:24with the first selection in the 2001 nfl draft the atlanta falcons select michael vick quarterback

00:34virginia tech michael quickly established himself in the nfl as an elite player

00:41he garnered tons of attention for his explosive rushing ability in the quarterback position

00:47the lefty also had a strong throwing arm in his arsenal as well

00:50he was often considered a new age qb by sports commentators his play on the field was exciting to

00:58watch and many football fans gravitated toward his style of play he was heavily scouted by

01:06defensive coordinators but still incredibly hard to stop on the field the game was always winnable

01:12when vick had the ball for multiple seasons he would dominate in the national football league

01:18his fame had rapidly exceeded many star players he had big endorsement deals and also was one of the

01:26leaders in merchandise sales all the kids following his games wanted to be like mike and he was often

01:34seen as a quality role model for the youth however one unforeseen scandal would shed a light on the man off

01:42the field michael's cousin devon was arrested on drug charges when in police custody he provided standard

01:52information for their police records for his current residence he listed an address which was a property

01:59that vic owned in surrey county virginia the police went even further with their investigation of the drug

02:06bust a search warrant was granted and executed on the property he had listed what the police would

02:14find was shocking to say the least authorities searching the property found things that would

02:19indicate dog fighting had taken place such as blood-stained carpets this led to probable cause for

02:27another warrant to further investigate what was going on at this location apparently during vic's rookie

02:33year he along with a few other of his mates began a dog training and breeding venture only it wasn't

02:40just dog breeding and training going on bad news kennels was a state-of-the-art dog fighting operation

02:48the property had a fence that surrounded the area so the unlawful activities taking place would not be

02:54visible to the public eye the facility housed over 54 pitbulls and around 70 dogs in total it was filled

03:03with multiple breeding stations other equipment like treadmills were used to work the dogs out for

03:09optimal physical condition and animal performance enhancing drugs was also found on the property

03:16dog fights would be set up usually at night and attendees would gamble thousands of dollars

03:23it was quite an exclusive event allegedly only 12 or so people were invited to participate

03:29the united states department of agriculture executed their own search warrant and they found the

03:37remains of six to eight dogs in two mass graves allegedly if dogs couldn't continue fighting they

03:44would be put down in gruesome ways there were reports of hanging drowning shooting and even electrocution

03:51that took place vic among others would be charged by a federal grand jury with conspiring to engage in

03:58competitive dog fighting vic and his co-defendants initially pled not guilty to the charges in the

04:04indictment but with so much evidence stacked against them they decided to cooperate with law enforcement

04:12michael signed a plea agreement and statement of facts admitting to conspiracy in a dog fighting ring

04:18the nfl commissioner then suspended him indefinitely without pay

04:22in his first public statement vic apologized for his actions now i take this opportunity just to speak

04:30from the heart first i want to apologize

04:38you know for all the things that that i've done and that i've allowed to happen

04:43i want to apologize to all the young kids out there for my immature acts and uh you know what i did was

04:58what i did was very immature so that means i need to grow up i accept the responsibility for my actions

05:06and what i did and now i have to pay the consequences for it vic still however was sent

05:13to 23 months in federal prison companies that were proud to sponsor vic now wanted nothing to do with

05:20him due to his inability to pay financial debts vic resorted to filing for bankruptcy while in prison

05:28his career was up in the air his talent was unquestionable but would teams want to hire the man

05:36at the center of so many negative headlines these dogs have no one to speak for them they have no voice

05:43all they can do is bark so it's it's up to us to uh be their voice now bruce i just want to get

05:50your initial reaction because people are talking about michael vick's future the nfl commissioner roger

05:55goodell has said he wants to hear some remorse what do people appear to think about this what are they

06:00observing for and what would they like to hear from michael vick before this guy resumes his career making

06:05millions of dollars well i think people need to you know we hear the phrase dog fighting and

06:10people need to understand just how gory this activity is and the fact that vic actually took

06:16it even over the top i mean dog fighting at its most basic is two animals put in a ring who rip one

06:22another to shreds michael vick would take the losing dogs and hang them and laugh as they struggled he

06:29would electrocute them he would drown them he would take his family pets who weren't fighting animals toss them

06:35into the ring with seasoned fighting animals and laugh as those animals were ripped limb from limb so

06:41we think michael might have some serious psychological problems we think that he may be incapable of remorse

06:48and that he really needs to undergo some psychiatric evaluations uh to see whether he's capable of

06:53remorse and of course whether he is actually remorseful once released from prison vic did get another

06:59opportunity to play professional football again no matter how well he played michael's legacy was

07:06forever tarnished after the shocking news was uncovered years later known dog lover shannon sharp

07:14interviewed the fallen superstar on his podcast you could have had a car dealership you could have

07:20about five or six mcdonald's you could have franchise that the franchise you get that money

07:25what made you to think to say you know what i want to do something that i don't know if you thought

07:31that what you did was that harmful but i'm saying a dog fighting ring that's what you get you get a

07:36you probably got 25 million that had nothing to do with any of my friends that was you yeah i mean

07:41yeah i was kind of i grew up in i grew up under that so like i grew up saying i grew up watching it so

07:48it just never like i still had the hood in me right i still had the hood in me and it's like

07:52you know we're gonna stay true to our roots man you worked your ass off you had a lot of homeboys

07:57that didn't work as hard as you and stayed there you worked your ass off to leave there in order to

08:02just to go back yeah but nobody nobody nobody nobody went to prison though what do you think about this

08:08story were you a fan of michael vick did you still support him after the shocking news should he be

08:17forgiven for the despicable act leave a comment below and let me know

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