Re: Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

Deion "Primetime" Sanders was always one hell of football player but not the brightest bulb...How can you defend Vick Deion? Yea, you're right he truly does those animals, I mean what puppy wouldn't want to be drowned, electrocuted or slammed onto the ground?

Re: Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

I think it is fair enough to say that Deion Sanders is a complete and utter moron, that Emmitt Smith is a stupid man, and that Michael Vick is an evil scumbag.

Sanders slammed the door on his own credibility when he "interviewed" Pacman Jones and joked and laughed his way through the conversation. Here we see graphic evidence of the dumbing down of America. God help us all.

Re: Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

WOW!

Not that I didn't see this coming or other posters didn't predict it after Emmitts assinine comments....but let me get his straight as it seems to be he crux of the Vick apologists arguement now..

Unless he is the "ring leader" there is no reason to go ater Vick. Yes that is right just so you all know there is no reason to prosecute someone for a crime anymore unless they are the one that runs the whole thing nation wide.

Are you kidding me? This crap is beyond belief. So Deion says he read up on the case and all he got out of the indictment is that Vick loves his dogs in a different way and in his opinion unless the Feds can prove he is the "ring leader" (WTF is a "ring leader" to PEION?) or that the prosecution of this case will end dog fighting in this country he shouldn't be prosecuted?

I would also like to point out he writes, "I believe Vick had a passion for dogfighting. I know many athletes who share his passion." Really? I hope anyone inclined to hire this bozo now takes a pass and he never again gets a pulpit to spout his ignorance.

Re: Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

Deion and Emmet represent one facet of Michael's enablers, the guys who believe that talent (like theirs as elite football players) trumps character and any behavioral issues to the contrary merely require rationalization. Many of them have also probably spent a number of years looking the other way at a subculture they have long known about, perhaps grew up with and in some cases dabbled in or had (or have) friends and family who still do. Those who knew about this subculture and never said a word long ago convinced themselves on some level that even if illegal it was more misunderstood behavior than truly criminal or worse, evil.

The other facet of the enabling group would be the folks in the Atlanta organization and the league and in business who saw Michael as a potential cash cow to be coddled and protected, including from himself if need be, who learned to look the other way becuse they didn't really want to know the potential depth of his pathological behavior because if they did it could be potentially impossible for them to rationalize it. They are the ones truly jammed up by all this. This is not merely abhorrent to them, it is to the vast majority of their demographic.

Emmet says Michael 's only sin is not being smart enough to adapt his behavior to his employers standards. Deion realizes since he didn't the real problem now is to get the employers and their demographic to accept just sinking to Michael's behavioral level.

Both will gain street cred for expressing these views. Trouble is the same guys who can't tolerate Vick's behavior are the one's who provide the means for networks to employ them. They can't save this brother, and if they aren't careful they will lose marketability along with him.

Editing to add - we seem to be suddenly having an out of order post issue, much like Indy Star has has of late...

Re: Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

and i began to like him on the nfl network. Who the heck would let him submit that article??

Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

I did NOT wish to start another Vick thread...but leave it to Deion to say some incredible dumb things.

From PFT......(Just a few things...)http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm


"Some people kiss their dogs on the mouth. Some people let their dogs eat from their plate. Some people dress their dogs in suits more expensive than mine, if you can believe that.

"And some people enjoy proving they have the biggest, toughest dog on the street. You're probably not going to believe this, but I bet Vick loves the dogs that were the biggest and the baddest. Maybe, he identified with them in some way."

So Deion essentially is saying that if Mike was subjecting his dogs to fighting (and likewise "euthanized" the ones who were destined to die in the pit), he only did it because he loved them so much.
Deion then echoes some Emmitt-style words of wisdom regarding the situation, suggesting that Vick is being prosecuted not because he was the ringleader but simply because he is famous.
Here's our attempt to take for your a tour into Deion's mind. First, he wants to be the guy who gets the first exclusive sit-down with Vick, for whichever network Deion might be working for if/when Vick ever decides to speak about the situation. Second, Deion is merely adhering to the time-honored pro athlete code that, even if you don't have anything good to say, you make up something good.



Just incredible..I just do NOT get it.

Re: Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

Deion is dumb as his counterpart vick. how stupid does he think the public is?

Re: Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

Very odd...out of synch posts......and odd for Sanders...OK not that odd...I do not get it how he can be defended like that..it's silly..which is why I wanted to post it. It's bad enough Vick is oblivious to the seriousness of it..that he's in another world..and then there are these knuckleheads..who really do NOT make sense...good grief!!

Re: Deion as in Sanders..on Vick...
 

For some reason the clock changed..I think before the clock was a number of hours ahead?? It's behind the East now..by about an hour...Where are the mods to look into this...

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Just so we can all read and judge fairly.