Tom Jackson on NFL LIve recommended everyone read the entire indictment, all 19 pages. I was so surprised that Jackson said something that made sense, I did.
http://cdn.sfgate.com/c/acrobat/2007/07/19/sfchronicle_via_ajc_vick0717.pdf
Not gruesome or anything, but pretty damning.
Those guys on TV last month whose voices were disguised weren't just guys rolling on Vick. They evidently were undercover agents, because the indictment is full of very detailed information, with dates and names and names of dogs in different fights, which dogs won, how much was bet, etc, etc. Pges of it.
I can see why Blank is distancing himself from Vick. Nothing good can come of this for Vick. The best he can hope for is to get acquitted on some kind of technicality. But the Feds are better than local police at this.
After listening to Blank this afternoon, I figured Vick would never play in a Falcon uniform again. After reading the indictment, I don't think he will ever play football again. Him and his brother Marcus, what wastes of talent.
Indictment is worth reading. It's double-spaced and a very quick read. It even explained a term that I didn't understand. One of the pieces of gear found on Vick's property was a "rape stand" which held females still for breeding. Generally, female dogs that can be impregnated go into heat, and don't need to be held down. But these dogs are very aggressive, and the female dogs they want to breed are so aggressive they will not submit to a male dog, and have to be tied down. The things you learn while reading federal indictments...