NASCAR racer and animal rights advocate Greg Biffle didn’t mince any words when it comes to indicted quarterback Michael Vick: “I just wish they’d put him in jail and be done with it.”
Biffle was asked about Vick during a promotional appearance Wednesday for next month’s Nextel Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.
Vick, the Atlanta Falcons star quarterback, was indicted last week on federal charges related to dogfighting operation he allegedly ran out of a home he owns in rural Virginia. If convicted, he could get up
“I just wish they’d put him (Vick) in jail and be done with it.”
The founder of the Greg Biffle Foundation for Animals said Vick deserves the stiffest punishment possible.
“Just put him in prison and tell the general public, just give them all the details of what they do with those dogs,” Biffle said. “How they steal people’s dogs out of their front yards and use them for bait dogs and let other dogs kill them. There’s all the horrifying stories. You look at all the pictures on the Internet of the dogs, just maimed, mangled. It’s horrible.”
Completely and totally, vehemently, agreed. Way to go Biff.
I have 2 dogs and love them to death, so I wish he would just be gone for a very very long time as well. Unfortunately he has only been Indicted and he has a right to the same due process that Dale Jr, Gordon, or you and me are afforded. While that doesn’t mean he has a right to play football, it does mean he deserves a trial where if he is innocent (I don’t think he is at all) he can prove it.
In the meantime, all you fellow Falcon fans out there… Welcome to the Joey Harrington Era!
-Jeff
No sh_t Biff,
Thank you for playing the role of ‘Captain Obvious’ today.
Go Biff…
And anonymous, obvious or not…at least Biff connects his name to what he has to say….not hiding behind “anonymous”
Theresa…get over it..this is the internet, we do not know if people use thier real name or not…..do we?
Do you really think ‘Axel Foley’ is the real name of the person posting? Or half the others for that matter.
anonymous get over you self. what does 24, the 20 and anonymous have in commen? they are cry babys!
Didn’t say names were all real…least axel foley is creative…can’t say the same for you
ooops…cousin was on puter and didn’t notice his name there….
Happy now?
No Sh**. I’ve seen a lot of posts that have been by anonymous & it doesn’t really matter to me what name you choose. What’s nice to have a name is so people know who they are talking to. Someone could comment one anonymous & be talking to a different one. So, yeh, Creative Name Here will work for me. At least we all know who it is we are talking to. One last thing, what you said about Axel Foley would have been true but isn’t because if you click on his name it will take you to his profile. WE do that as back up to show we are who we say we are. The exact opposite of “anonymous”. Have a good day.
Oh yeah, two thumbs up Biff. I hope that more people in his stature call upon a stiff penalty for Vick as well. I saw the NFL Commissioner was wanting him to be suspended.
Here ya go…enjoy my site!
Good deal CNH. Nice!!
Im actually gonna agree with Biffle for once!! Vick should be in jail !!! no questions asked!!
I do hope that everyone agree’s with the Biffster. Dogs are God’s creatures too.
Hopefully, Vick, if found guilty will never play Pro football agian.
I agree 100% it’s just disgusting knowing a person can actually act
that way to a living thing. I hope he goes to jail and his
career is over.
Way to be a role model Dick, I mean Vick.
Vick is the only one so far who got caught Im willing to bet if the truth is known that alot of so called stars in pro sports are or have done [stuff] like this and its a flat out sin to do them dogs that way the pitbull is a loyal breed Ive had 2 besides the one i have now and they have all been sweet dogs The feds should lock his a@# up and throw awy the keys
The falcon fans must be really proud of this thug…
You have to wonder what kind of a mind set it takes to think that seeing and betting on dogs tearing each other up is in any way a sport that should be played out in your home or any place for that matter.
Vick is just a product of the seamier side of pro athletes that thinks
“blood sport” is cool. He is by no means the only or last one to be involved with this type of inhumane treatment of living things…
hahaha wait, so you’re the one who used to post under aracerdude eh?
If so, I remember you, you always used to bash Nascar and try to
glorify sports car racing in just about every post. Though atleast
back then you occasionally made a good point.
I’m pretty much figuring he’s gonna get a suspended sentence or
something of the like. Justice and a capitalist system really can’t
co-exist.
Hey Billy, we haven’t been proud of Vick in quite a long time (we being the rational Falcons fans that want to see our team consistently win, regardless of who is leading the team). At best Vick is a mediocre passer with poor decision making skills (both on and off the field).
The one thing that Vick has consistently done is make Arthur Blank a boatload of money and that’s the only reason King Arthur has coddled him and allowed this mess to go on like it has.
I also agree that he is far from the first or last guy to be caught up in this horrible activity, but he’s by far the most prominent. Heck, if you saw the article that Deion Sanders wrote, he says: “I believe Vick had a passion for dogfighting. I know many athletes who share his passion. The allure is the intensity and the challenge of a dog fighting to the death. It’s like ultimate fighting, but the dog doesn’t tap out when he knows he can’t win.”
Like that senator dude said the other day, there’s a special place in hell for people like Vick and anyone who would do something like this to an animal.
I’m still waiting for you to make a good point.
Good thing you are young, you still have much time to actually accomplish that daring feat.
Things like dog-fighting are much like steroids and other performance enhancing drugs…the more you look into them ,the more disgusted you get because it turns out to be much more widespread the you first thought.
Who would have thought golfers take steroids? But, that accusation was made last week.
I’ve always had tons of respect for The Biff. And once again, I totally agree w/ him. Michael Vick is guilty until proven innocent, however, he is DEFINITELY not innocent. He deserves the fullest extent of the law, but he won’t, b/c he is famous sports athlete. That’s what happens when you are a celebrity. You don’t have to get punishment for BREAKING THE LAW. Even iff the courts do grow a pair, he’ll still get off, b/c those racists down over @ the NAACP will preach their left wing bulls**t that he was sentenced b/c he was black.
I second Chris.
Biff isn’t just jumping on the bandwagon… he runs an organization against animal abuse. it would be the same as if any leader of an animal rights group came forward. its not like where random celebs pop up and go “animal abuse is wrong”
The NAACP does take things too far and expect reverse racism, and in
this case if they tried stuff like you’d be right, it’d be stupid.
But not all left-wingers expect reverse racism either. I’m just an
open-minded person and detest democrats just as much as republicans,
but I just felt a need to clarify that.
By the way, where’s Newman’s comments? Isn’t he supposed to be all
pro-animal rights as well?
Editorial note: no statement from Al Sharpton yet……
Yeah, I see what you say. I’m a Dem and I HATE what our party has turned into. I am growing more Conservative every day. Bottom line, is I won’t surprised if the NAACP (which, BTW is a racist name in itself. The CP stands for “Colored People”, and according to the PC Left-Wingers, you can’t call blacks “colored” anymore, one of the few PC terms I totally agree with.) takes on this case to defend Vick. Oh, and I just LOVE how he pleaded NOT GUILTY to his charges today. We all know good and well he IS guilty.
If laws didn’t exist for me in this country, Michael Vick would be dead by now. I would’ve stolen him from his front yard, filled a junkyard w/ tons of psychotic pitbulls, put a chain around Vick’s legs, and watch him be torn to shreds by my dogs. He should be arrested even if it’s only for stealing dogs off of other people’s property. Theft is a felony.
Agreed.
Uncle Clem, The Rev has in fact chimed in, albeit much quieter than usual. Wonder why that is?
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/19/rev-al-sharpton-to-roger-goodell-and-arthur-blank-dogfightin/
For everyone that hates the special treatment that athletes get from judges trying to make a name for themselves and whatnot, I don’t know that you’ll see that here. This case is The United States of America vs Mike Vick, not Surry County, Virginia, or some other local yahoos. When Jamal Lewis was federally indicted on the drug charge, he did time. When Ray Lewis was indicted by local GA Authorities, he walked.
Also agreed that Biff isn’t bandwagon jumping or piling on. Just look at http://www.gregbifflefoundation.com/... I have their calendar hanging in my kitchen right now so I know what they do and have contributed to them in the past.
True Brianna, and yes Newman is probably one of if not
the biggest dog lover in Nascar. I’d like to hear
what he has to say..
This guy is sick though. I hope he gets his FULL deserved punishment.
I for one am happy Biffle stood up and said something. Hes right. vick deserves to be in jail, whoever hurts animals like that deserves it!
This whole thing makes me sick. I have a pit bull and she is the love of my life. I also have a yorkie. To think they take other little dogs and use them as bait just makes me wonder what is happening to this sick, disgusting world. I think we should let some of those hungry, abused dogs chew on Vicks butt and then when he is hurt and wounded, beat him and then shock him, then drown him. And to me this is still too inhumane of a way for Vick to die!!!
I don’t think it’s an inhumane way for Vick to die. I believe in the Old Testament rule of an “eye for an eye”. If you can do this cruel retarded thing to a dog, or any living thing for that matter, then you can certainly do it to Michael Vick.
People that grow up thinking its ok to kill each other over shoes or sports coats of course think animals mauling each other is “no big deal”. I hear many at work already trying to make this a race issue too.
I don’t agree with “an eye for an eye” because if you’re so against
what they’re doing, why lower yourself to that level? I certainly
don’t agree with sterilized needles for a series of shots that are
going to kill them anyway and all that bs, but I don’t think it’s
right to be like “Oh this is so completely wrong, let’s do the same
thing”. Just never made sense to me.
Seems as if everybody has forgotten the whole idea of due process and how it works. Also, that little phrase,, innocent till proven guilty. I love dogs as much as the next person, but Vick still has rights, so talking about killing him, sending him straight to jail is just crazy.. I think with only seven races left till the chace starts Biffle needs worry more about getting in the chace and less about bringing attention to his organization. BUT, if he is found guilty by a jury, then get the chains and the junk yard ready like chris stated above.
Anonymous, you’re really stuck on me aren’t you? Axel Foley may not be my name but there is proof to my identity.
you were just an example.
-Nods.- He also goes by Jethro. haha. And his real name, but you don’t
really need to know that one.
-Is still waiting for Mr “I’m all for animal rights” Newman to grow
a set and give his input.-