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Michael Vick Indicted
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was officially indicted on Saturday, July 21 when he personally received his summons to appear in court on federal dogfighting charges. His guilt was not been proven yet, nor has he made a statement regarding the charges.
Vick will be in court in Richmond on July 26 for bond hearings and arraignments on charges he ran a gruesome dogfighting operation known as "Bad Newz Kennels", titled after the nickname of his hometown of Newport News, VA. The backlash of the charges has been large as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been demonstrating in Atlanta and in front of NFL headquarters in New York.
Vick is the second-highest paid player in the NFL. As one of the league's posterboys, these charges are just tainting the league's image more. After the league suspended Adam "Pacman" Jones of the Tennessee Titans for one-year after violating the NFL personal conduct policy, the league has been trying to weed out its "bad boy" image. These charges are not the way Commissioner Roger Goddell wanted to start his first season at his new position.
