35 YEARS AGO HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY GOT THE BIGGEST WAKE UP CALL OF THEIR LIVES…
IN GAME ONE OF THE SUMMIT SERIES…TEAM CANADA GOT BLOWN OUT 7-3 BY THE SOVIET UNION…
SUDDENLY IT WAS NO LONGER OUR GAME…
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER CANADIANS HAD TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE STYLE OF OUR GAME BUT MORE IMPORANTLY HOW WE WERE TEACHING THE GAME…
IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD SINCE THAT FATE FULL DAY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 1972…BUT IT WOULD APPEAR WE HAVE RECLAIMED OUR NATIONAL SPORT…
AFTER THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SUPER SERIES IT IS CLEAR…
OUR BEST JUNIOR PLAYERS ARE NOT ONLY BETTER THAN THE RUSSIANS…BUT OUR COACHING AND OUR SYSTEM…ARE BETTER…
CANADA HAS WON THREE STRAIGHT GOLD MEDALS AT THE WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HAS BEEN IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME…6 STRAIGHT YEARS…
LAST YEAR THE TOP 6 PLAYERS IN NHL SCORING WERE ALL CANADIAN INCLUDING SYDNEY CROSBY WHO WON THE ART ROSS…THE HART…AND THE PEARSON…
ADD TO ALL THAT…THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPION ANAHEIM DUCKS HAD 16 CANADIANS ON THEIR STARTING ROSTER…INCLUDING SCOTT NEIDERMAYER WHO TOOK HOME THE CONN SMYTHE…
IT WOULD APPEAR THE FUTURE ALSO LOOKS VERY BRIGHT FOR HOCKEY IN THIS COUNTRY…
IN TWO YEARS HOCKEY CANADA WILL MOVE INTO ITS NEW STATE OF ART TRAINING CENTER IN CALGARY…
IT WILL COST NEARLY 300 MILLION DOLLARS AND WILL BE READY IN TIME FOR THE MENS AND WOMENS TEAMS TO PREPARE FOR THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS…
WHEN IT’S FINISHED HOCKEY CANADA SHOULD PLACE A MONUMENT OUTSIDE WITH A SIMPLE MESSAGE…
“7-3…LEST WE FORGET”
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
More Vick!
MICHAEL VICK WAS IN COURT THIS MORNING TO PLEAD GUILTY TO DOG FIGHTING…
HE WILL BE SENTENCED ON DECEMBER THE 10TH…
VICK’S PERFORMACE TODAY MAKES IT CLEAR…HE NOW FULLY UNDERSTANDS JUST HOW MUCH TROUBLE HE’S IN…
TALK ABOUT DAMAGE CONTROL!!!
VICK APOLOGIZED FOR HIS ACTIONS AND SAID HE TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY…THEN ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS AND UNDERSTANDING…
QUOTE….”I MOVE FORWARD TO BETTER MICHAEL VICK THE PERSON…NOT THE FOOTBALL PLAYER.”
NEVERTHELESS VICK ADMITTED HE LIED TO…NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL AND THE OWNER OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS ARTHUR BLANK…
HE SAID HE WAS ASHAMED AND DISSAPPOINTED IN HIMSELF…AND LABLED HIMSELF AS “IMMATURE”…
VICK DISCRIBED DOG FIGHTING AS A TERRIBLE THING…SOMETHING HE NOW REJECTS…
HERE’S THE KICKER…
VICK NOW SAYS HE HAS FOUND RELIGION…AND IN HIS WORDS…”I WILL REDEEM MYSELF…I HAVE TO”…
SO WHAT TRIGGERED THIS GREAT SPIRITUAL AWAKING???
NOW BEFORE YOU LABLE IT AS “A MIRACLE”…HERE’S THE REST OF THE STORY…
THE PLEA AGREEMENT DOES NOT GUARENTEE VICK ANYTHING…
HIS FUTURE IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF TWO MORTALS…
THE FIRST IS FEDERAL JUDGE HENRY E. HUDSON WHO IS NOT BOUND BY SENTENCING GUIDELINES AND HAS THE POWER TO SEND VICK TO JAIL FOR THE MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS…
THE SECOND IS GOODELL WHO HAS THE POWER TO SUSPEND VICK FROM PLAYING IN THE NFL FOR LIFE FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH ILLEGAL GAMBLING…
VICK ADMITTS TO KILLING DOGS AND FINANCING THE GAMBLING BUT INSISTS HE NEVER PERSONALLY PLACED ANY BETS ON THE FIGHTS OR SHARED IN ANY WINNINGS…
THE BIG QUESTION NOW IS…WILL VICK’S CONFESSION BE ENOUGH TO SAVE HIS CAREER???
THAT’S WHAT HE’S REALLY PRAYING FOR…
UNDER THE NFL’S PERSONAL CONDUCT POLICY…MERELY ASSOCIATING WITH GAMBLERS CAN RESUSLT IN A LIFETIME BAN…
IN THE MEANTIME TODAY’S CONVICTION WILL COST VICK ABOUT $100 MILLION DOLLARS IN LOST SALARY…BONUSES AND ENDORSEMENTS…
SUCH IS THE PRICE OF SALVATION…
HE WILL BE SENTENCED ON DECEMBER THE 10TH…
VICK’S PERFORMACE TODAY MAKES IT CLEAR…HE NOW FULLY UNDERSTANDS JUST HOW MUCH TROUBLE HE’S IN…
TALK ABOUT DAMAGE CONTROL!!!
VICK APOLOGIZED FOR HIS ACTIONS AND SAID HE TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY…THEN ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS AND UNDERSTANDING…
QUOTE….”I MOVE FORWARD TO BETTER MICHAEL VICK THE PERSON…NOT THE FOOTBALL PLAYER.”
NEVERTHELESS VICK ADMITTED HE LIED TO…NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL AND THE OWNER OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS ARTHUR BLANK…
HE SAID HE WAS ASHAMED AND DISSAPPOINTED IN HIMSELF…AND LABLED HIMSELF AS “IMMATURE”…
VICK DISCRIBED DOG FIGHTING AS A TERRIBLE THING…SOMETHING HE NOW REJECTS…
HERE’S THE KICKER…
VICK NOW SAYS HE HAS FOUND RELIGION…AND IN HIS WORDS…”I WILL REDEEM MYSELF…I HAVE TO”…
SO WHAT TRIGGERED THIS GREAT SPIRITUAL AWAKING???
NOW BEFORE YOU LABLE IT AS “A MIRACLE”…HERE’S THE REST OF THE STORY…
THE PLEA AGREEMENT DOES NOT GUARENTEE VICK ANYTHING…
HIS FUTURE IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF TWO MORTALS…
THE FIRST IS FEDERAL JUDGE HENRY E. HUDSON WHO IS NOT BOUND BY SENTENCING GUIDELINES AND HAS THE POWER TO SEND VICK TO JAIL FOR THE MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS…
THE SECOND IS GOODELL WHO HAS THE POWER TO SUSPEND VICK FROM PLAYING IN THE NFL FOR LIFE FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH ILLEGAL GAMBLING…
VICK ADMITTS TO KILLING DOGS AND FINANCING THE GAMBLING BUT INSISTS HE NEVER PERSONALLY PLACED ANY BETS ON THE FIGHTS OR SHARED IN ANY WINNINGS…
THE BIG QUESTION NOW IS…WILL VICK’S CONFESSION BE ENOUGH TO SAVE HIS CAREER???
THAT’S WHAT HE’S REALLY PRAYING FOR…
UNDER THE NFL’S PERSONAL CONDUCT POLICY…MERELY ASSOCIATING WITH GAMBLERS CAN RESUSLT IN A LIFETIME BAN…
IN THE MEANTIME TODAY’S CONVICTION WILL COST VICK ABOUT $100 MILLION DOLLARS IN LOST SALARY…BONUSES AND ENDORSEMENTS…
SUCH IS THE PRICE OF SALVATION…
Friday, August 24, 2007
IT WOULD APPEAR THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE TODD BERTUZZI…STEVE MOORE INCIDENT IS ABOUT TO BE WRITTEN…
FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CANUCKS DAVE NONIS HAS BEEN IN TORONTO ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM TIM DANSON…THE LAWYER WHO REPRESENTS MOORE…
THE CIVIL SUIT FILED BY MOORE NOT ONLY SEEKS DAMAGES FROM BERTUZZI…BUT ALSO NAMES…THE CANUCKS…BRAD MAY…FORMER GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN BURKE AND FORMER HEAD COACH MARC CRAWFORD…
MOORE IS DEMANDING $19.5 MILLION DOLLARS…
THE CANUCKS HAVE ALREADY PUT SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND BERTUZZI…
A YEAR AGO THE TEAM ISSUED ITS STATEMENT OF DEFENCE WHICH DENIES…IT WAS NEGLIGENT OR LIABLE FOR THE ACTS…ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OF BERTUZZI…
THE NHL DOES NOT AGREE…
THAT’S WHY THE CANUCKS WERE FINED $250 THOUSAND DOLLARS…
NHL VICE PRESIDENT COLIN CAMPBELL INSISTS THE TEAM COULD HAVE…QUOTE…“DONE MORE TO CONTROL THEIR PLAYERS”…
ACCORDING TO THE CAMPBELL…
THE CANUCKS WERE WARNED BEFORE THE GAME…AND FORMER REFEREE IN CHIEF ANDY VAN HELLEMOND CALLED DURING THE GAME TO MAKE CERTAIN THERE WOULD BE NO TROUBLE…
IN BERTUZZI’S STATEMENT OF DEFENSE…HE DENIES HE RECEIVED ANY WARNINGS…
AT THE TIME BURKE ATTEMPTED TO DEFEND “HIS” POSITION BY STATING THAT THE FINE WAS…IN HIS WORDS…”HORRIBLY UNJUST”…
WHEN YOU ADD IT UP…CLEARLY SOMEBODY IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH…
THE BATTLE IN THIS TRIAL IS NOT GOING TO BE SO MUCH…BETWEEN BERTUZZI AND MOORE…AS IT IS BETWEEN BERTUZZI…AND BURKE…AND MAY…AND CRAWFORD AND THE CANUCKS…
WHAT COMPLICATES THIS MATTER IS THE FACT THAT…BERTUZZI…BURKE AND MAY NOW ALL WORK FOR THE ANAHEIM DUCKS…
THERE IS LITTLE QUESTION MOORE IS GOING TO WIN THIS CASE…
BERTUZZI HAS ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAULT AND SERVED A YEAR OF PROBATION…
THE ISSUES NOW ARE…
WHO’S REALLY TO BLAME???…AND HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST???
WE WON’T KNOW THOSE ANSWERS FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX MONTHS…
BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR…
SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO WRITE A SERIOUS CHEQUE…
FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CANUCKS DAVE NONIS HAS BEEN IN TORONTO ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM TIM DANSON…THE LAWYER WHO REPRESENTS MOORE…
THE CIVIL SUIT FILED BY MOORE NOT ONLY SEEKS DAMAGES FROM BERTUZZI…BUT ALSO NAMES…THE CANUCKS…BRAD MAY…FORMER GENERAL MANAGER BRIAN BURKE AND FORMER HEAD COACH MARC CRAWFORD…
MOORE IS DEMANDING $19.5 MILLION DOLLARS…
THE CANUCKS HAVE ALREADY PUT SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND BERTUZZI…
A YEAR AGO THE TEAM ISSUED ITS STATEMENT OF DEFENCE WHICH DENIES…IT WAS NEGLIGENT OR LIABLE FOR THE ACTS…ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OF BERTUZZI…
THE NHL DOES NOT AGREE…
THAT’S WHY THE CANUCKS WERE FINED $250 THOUSAND DOLLARS…
NHL VICE PRESIDENT COLIN CAMPBELL INSISTS THE TEAM COULD HAVE…QUOTE…“DONE MORE TO CONTROL THEIR PLAYERS”…
ACCORDING TO THE CAMPBELL…
THE CANUCKS WERE WARNED BEFORE THE GAME…AND FORMER REFEREE IN CHIEF ANDY VAN HELLEMOND CALLED DURING THE GAME TO MAKE CERTAIN THERE WOULD BE NO TROUBLE…
IN BERTUZZI’S STATEMENT OF DEFENSE…HE DENIES HE RECEIVED ANY WARNINGS…
AT THE TIME BURKE ATTEMPTED TO DEFEND “HIS” POSITION BY STATING THAT THE FINE WAS…IN HIS WORDS…”HORRIBLY UNJUST”…
WHEN YOU ADD IT UP…CLEARLY SOMEBODY IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH…
THE BATTLE IN THIS TRIAL IS NOT GOING TO BE SO MUCH…BETWEEN BERTUZZI AND MOORE…AS IT IS BETWEEN BERTUZZI…AND BURKE…AND MAY…AND CRAWFORD AND THE CANUCKS…
WHAT COMPLICATES THIS MATTER IS THE FACT THAT…BERTUZZI…BURKE AND MAY NOW ALL WORK FOR THE ANAHEIM DUCKS…
THERE IS LITTLE QUESTION MOORE IS GOING TO WIN THIS CASE…
BERTUZZI HAS ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAULT AND SERVED A YEAR OF PROBATION…
THE ISSUES NOW ARE…
WHO’S REALLY TO BLAME???…AND HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST???
WE WON’T KNOW THOSE ANSWERS FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX MONTHS…
BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR…
SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO WRITE A SERIOUS CHEQUE…
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Hockey Night in Nevada
ARE YOU READY FOR HOCKEY NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS???
THE NHL COULD BE IN THAT CITY BY AS EARLY AS 2010…
HARRAH’S ENTERTAINMENT HAS JUST ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A $500 MILLION DOLLAR ARENA JUST OFF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP…
THE OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES KINGS PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS A PARTNER IN THIS NEW ARENA…WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT NOT ONLY THE NHL BUT ALSO THE NBA…
THAT GETS US TO JERRY BRUCKHEIMER WHO IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD BUT ALSO A HUGH HOCKEY FAN…
BRUCKHEIMER HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE NHL FOR YEARS ABOUT GETTING A TEAM IN LAS VEGAS AND IS CLOSELY CONNECTED TO ANSCHUTZ…
ON THE SURFACE IT MIGHT MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO RE-LOCATE A TEAM…
CLEARLY HOCKEY IS NOT SELLING IN MARKETS LIKE NASHVILLE…ATLANTA…FLORIDA AND WASHINGTON…
BUT AN EXPANSION TEAM WOULD PUT AT LEAST 200 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE POCKETS OF THE OWNERS…
IT WOULD ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR A SECOND EXPANSION TEAM AND ANOTHER 200 MILLION…
THE NBA IS ALSO VERY INTERESTED…
THAT LEAGUE HAS ALREADY APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO STUDY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO LOCATE A FRANCHISE IN LAS VEGAS…
NO QUESTION THE NBA WAS ROCKED BY THE BETTING SCANDAL INVOLVING ONE ITS OWN REFEREES…BUT POTENTIAL IS SO GREAT THAT THE LEAGUE IS STILL MOVING FORWARD…
IN FEBRUARY THE NBA STAGED ITS ALL STAR GAME IN VEGAS…WHICH WAS A HUGH SUCCESS…
IN THE MEANTIME…ANOTHER GROUP…R.E.I. OUT OF MICHIGAN HAS PLANS TO BUILD A SPORTS ARENA OM DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AS PART OF A 9 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLAR CASINO AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT…
IT MEANS BOTH THE NHL AND THE NBA COULD EXPAND INTO VEGAS AND PLAY IN DIFFERENT ARENAS…
BUT WITHOUT QUESTION…THE ARENA PLANNED BY HARRAH’S IS THE ONE EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT…AND HERE’S WHY…
THERE ARE 200 THOUSAND HOTEL ROOMS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE…
VEGAS BABY…VEGAS…
PRATT OUT
THE NHL COULD BE IN THAT CITY BY AS EARLY AS 2010…
HARRAH’S ENTERTAINMENT HAS JUST ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A $500 MILLION DOLLAR ARENA JUST OFF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP…
THE OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES KINGS PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS A PARTNER IN THIS NEW ARENA…WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT NOT ONLY THE NHL BUT ALSO THE NBA…
THAT GETS US TO JERRY BRUCKHEIMER WHO IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD BUT ALSO A HUGH HOCKEY FAN…
BRUCKHEIMER HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE NHL FOR YEARS ABOUT GETTING A TEAM IN LAS VEGAS AND IS CLOSELY CONNECTED TO ANSCHUTZ…
ON THE SURFACE IT MIGHT MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO RE-LOCATE A TEAM…
CLEARLY HOCKEY IS NOT SELLING IN MARKETS LIKE NASHVILLE…ATLANTA…FLORIDA AND WASHINGTON…
BUT AN EXPANSION TEAM WOULD PUT AT LEAST 200 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE POCKETS OF THE OWNERS…
IT WOULD ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR A SECOND EXPANSION TEAM AND ANOTHER 200 MILLION…
THE NBA IS ALSO VERY INTERESTED…
THAT LEAGUE HAS ALREADY APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO STUDY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO LOCATE A FRANCHISE IN LAS VEGAS…
NO QUESTION THE NBA WAS ROCKED BY THE BETTING SCANDAL INVOLVING ONE ITS OWN REFEREES…BUT POTENTIAL IS SO GREAT THAT THE LEAGUE IS STILL MOVING FORWARD…
IN FEBRUARY THE NBA STAGED ITS ALL STAR GAME IN VEGAS…WHICH WAS A HUGH SUCCESS…
IN THE MEANTIME…ANOTHER GROUP…R.E.I. OUT OF MICHIGAN HAS PLANS TO BUILD A SPORTS ARENA OM DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AS PART OF A 9 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLAR CASINO AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT…
IT MEANS BOTH THE NHL AND THE NBA COULD EXPAND INTO VEGAS AND PLAY IN DIFFERENT ARENAS…
BUT WITHOUT QUESTION…THE ARENA PLANNED BY HARRAH’S IS THE ONE EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT…AND HERE’S WHY…
THERE ARE 200 THOUSAND HOTEL ROOMS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE…
VEGAS BABY…VEGAS…
PRATT OUT
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The Race Card
LIKE IT OR NOT THE RACE CARD IS GETTING PLAYED IN THE MICHAEL VICK CASE…
BECAUSE LIKE IT OR NOT…RACE IS STILL A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE U.S….ESPECIALLY IN CITIES LIKE ATLANTA…
THE “N--DOUBLE A—CP” HAS NOW STEPPED IN…
R.L. WHITE THE PRESIDENT OF THE ATLANTA CHAPTER HAS NOW RIPPED INTO THE MEDIA…
IN HIS WORDS…”MICHEAL VICK HAS RECEIVED MORE NEGATIVE PRESS THAN IF HE HAD KILLED A HUMAN BEING”…
THE N—DOUBLE A--CP ALSO WANTS THE NFL TO ALLOW VICK TO PLAY AGAIN ONCE HE GETS OUT OF PRISON…
QUOTE…”WE FURTHER ASK THE NFL…THE FALCONS…AND THE SPONSORS NOT TO PERMANENTLY BAN MR. VICK FROM HIS ABILITY TO BRING HOURS OF ENJOYMENT TO FANS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY”…
CLEARLY THIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO PORTRAY VICK AS THE VICTIM…
WHITE REFUSES TO ACCEPT VICK IS GUILTY OF ANYTHING…
INSTEAD HE WENT SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST VICK HAS BEEN FRAMED…
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS WHITE HAS NOW STATED THE CO-DEFENDANTS IN THE CASE LIED TO AS HE PUTS IT…”SAVE THEIR OWN NECKS”…
ACCORDING TO WHITE…VICK ONLY AGREED TO TAKE THE PLEA AGREEMENT TO…”CUT HIS LOSSES”…
THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG HERE…
THIS IS NOT THE MESSAGE LEADERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY SHOULD BE SENDING…
WHAT VICK DID WAS WRONG AND HE IS GOING TO PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR IT…
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING…
THE REASON VICK IS UNDER ATTACK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN…
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT HE IS THE HIGHEST PAID QUARTERBACK IN NFL…
WHEN FORMER NBA REFEREE TIM DONAGHY PLEADED GUILTY FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING DID ANYONE IN THE WHITE COMMUNITY JUMP UP AND DEFEND HIS ACTIONS…OR GO TO THE LEAGUE AND TRY AND GET HIS JOB BACK…ABSOLUTELY NOT…
DONAGHY BETRAYED A TRUST AND IS GOING TO JAIL…
BECAUSE LIKE IT OR NOT…RACE IS STILL A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE U.S….ESPECIALLY IN CITIES LIKE ATLANTA…
THE “N--DOUBLE A—CP” HAS NOW STEPPED IN…
R.L. WHITE THE PRESIDENT OF THE ATLANTA CHAPTER HAS NOW RIPPED INTO THE MEDIA…
IN HIS WORDS…”MICHEAL VICK HAS RECEIVED MORE NEGATIVE PRESS THAN IF HE HAD KILLED A HUMAN BEING”…
THE N—DOUBLE A--CP ALSO WANTS THE NFL TO ALLOW VICK TO PLAY AGAIN ONCE HE GETS OUT OF PRISON…
QUOTE…”WE FURTHER ASK THE NFL…THE FALCONS…AND THE SPONSORS NOT TO PERMANENTLY BAN MR. VICK FROM HIS ABILITY TO BRING HOURS OF ENJOYMENT TO FANS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY”…
CLEARLY THIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO PORTRAY VICK AS THE VICTIM…
WHITE REFUSES TO ACCEPT VICK IS GUILTY OF ANYTHING…
INSTEAD HE WENT SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST VICK HAS BEEN FRAMED…
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS WHITE HAS NOW STATED THE CO-DEFENDANTS IN THE CASE LIED TO AS HE PUTS IT…”SAVE THEIR OWN NECKS”…
ACCORDING TO WHITE…VICK ONLY AGREED TO TAKE THE PLEA AGREEMENT TO…”CUT HIS LOSSES”…
THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG HERE…
THIS IS NOT THE MESSAGE LEADERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY SHOULD BE SENDING…
WHAT VICK DID WAS WRONG AND HE IS GOING TO PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR IT…
LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING…
THE REASON VICK IS UNDER ATTACK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN…
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT HE IS THE HIGHEST PAID QUARTERBACK IN NFL…
WHEN FORMER NBA REFEREE TIM DONAGHY PLEADED GUILTY FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING DID ANYONE IN THE WHITE COMMUNITY JUMP UP AND DEFEND HIS ACTIONS…OR GO TO THE LEAGUE AND TRY AND GET HIS JOB BACK…ABSOLUTELY NOT…
DONAGHY BETRAYED A TRUST AND IS GOING TO JAIL…
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Trevor Linden
TREVOR LINDEN WILL PLAY FOR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS THIS SEASON…
TODAY THE TEAM MADE IT OFFICIAL WHEN IT ANNOUNCED LINDEN HAD SIGNED A ONE YEAR CONTRACT…
WHATEVER ISSUES REGUARDING HIS ROLE ON THE TEAM AND THE AMOUNT HE WILL BE PAID HAVE ALL BEEN RESOLVED…
AT 37 YEARS OF AGE…AND HEADING INTO HIS 19TH NHL SEASON…THIS COULD VERY WELL BE HIS LAST SEASON…
IF HE PERFORMS LIKE HE DID THE PLAYOFFS…THEN THE ANSWER IS NO…
LAST SPRING LINDEN PROVED THERE’S STILL SOMETHING LEFT IN THE TANK…37 IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE…
MIKE MODANO…TEEMU SELANE…AND ROD BRIND’AMOUR WERE ALL TAKEN IN THE SAME DRAFT AS LINDEN…
AND THERE ARE A FEW PLAYERS THAT ARE EVEN OLDER…SUCH AS…
JOE SAKIC…BRENDAN SHANNAHAN…AND CHRIS CHELIOS…
BUT CLEARLY THESE PLAYERS ARE THE EXCEPTION AND NOT THE RULE…
WHEN LINDEN HEADS OFF TO TRAINING CAMP NEXT MONTH…HE CERTAINLY WILL FIND A MOMENT TO WONDER WHERE ALL THE TIME WENT…
IN 1988 HE JUST 18 WHEN HE ARRIVED AT HIS FIRST TRAINING CAMP…FRESH OFF BACK TO BACK MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS…
LINDEN SCORED 30 GOALS IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR AND MADE THE ALL ROOKIE TEAM…
IN THOSE DAYS EVERYTHING SEEMED POSSIBLE…AND IN 1994 HE LED THE CANUCKS TO THE 7TH GAME OF THE STANLEY CUP FINAL…
THEN SUDDENLY IT ALL FELL APART…
JOHN MCCAW BOUGHT THE TEAM AND SIGNED MARK MESSIER…
THE CANUCKS DID THE UNTHINKABLE AND STRIPPED LINDEN OF THE “C”…BY FEBRUARY MIKE KEENAN HAD TRADED HIM TO THE ISLANDERS…
THEN IT WAS MONTREAL…AND THEN WASHINGTON…
IN 2001 THE CANUCKS GAVE UP A FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK TO BRING HIM HOME…
AS OF TODAY TREVOR LINDEN KNOWS HE WILL GET AT LEAST ONE SEASON IN THE NHL…
BUT MORE IMPORTANLY HE’LL GET ONE MORE SHOT AT WINNING THE STANLEY CUP…
WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN…
TODAY THE TEAM MADE IT OFFICIAL WHEN IT ANNOUNCED LINDEN HAD SIGNED A ONE YEAR CONTRACT…
WHATEVER ISSUES REGUARDING HIS ROLE ON THE TEAM AND THE AMOUNT HE WILL BE PAID HAVE ALL BEEN RESOLVED…
AT 37 YEARS OF AGE…AND HEADING INTO HIS 19TH NHL SEASON…THIS COULD VERY WELL BE HIS LAST SEASON…
IF HE PERFORMS LIKE HE DID THE PLAYOFFS…THEN THE ANSWER IS NO…
LAST SPRING LINDEN PROVED THERE’S STILL SOMETHING LEFT IN THE TANK…37 IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE…
MIKE MODANO…TEEMU SELANE…AND ROD BRIND’AMOUR WERE ALL TAKEN IN THE SAME DRAFT AS LINDEN…
AND THERE ARE A FEW PLAYERS THAT ARE EVEN OLDER…SUCH AS…
JOE SAKIC…BRENDAN SHANNAHAN…AND CHRIS CHELIOS…
BUT CLEARLY THESE PLAYERS ARE THE EXCEPTION AND NOT THE RULE…
WHEN LINDEN HEADS OFF TO TRAINING CAMP NEXT MONTH…HE CERTAINLY WILL FIND A MOMENT TO WONDER WHERE ALL THE TIME WENT…
IN 1988 HE JUST 18 WHEN HE ARRIVED AT HIS FIRST TRAINING CAMP…FRESH OFF BACK TO BACK MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS…
LINDEN SCORED 30 GOALS IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR AND MADE THE ALL ROOKIE TEAM…
IN THOSE DAYS EVERYTHING SEEMED POSSIBLE…AND IN 1994 HE LED THE CANUCKS TO THE 7TH GAME OF THE STANLEY CUP FINAL…
THEN SUDDENLY IT ALL FELL APART…
JOHN MCCAW BOUGHT THE TEAM AND SIGNED MARK MESSIER…
THE CANUCKS DID THE UNTHINKABLE AND STRIPPED LINDEN OF THE “C”…BY FEBRUARY MIKE KEENAN HAD TRADED HIM TO THE ISLANDERS…
THEN IT WAS MONTREAL…AND THEN WASHINGTON…
IN 2001 THE CANUCKS GAVE UP A FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK TO BRING HIM HOME…
AS OF TODAY TREVOR LINDEN KNOWS HE WILL GET AT LEAST ONE SEASON IN THE NHL…
BUT MORE IMPORTANLY HE’LL GET ONE MORE SHOT AT WINNING THE STANLEY CUP…
WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN…
Monday, August 20, 2007
Michael Vick
MICHAEL VICK IS GOING TO JAIL…
NEXT MONDAY VICK WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO PROMOTING DOG FIGHTING…
THE QUESTION OF HOW LONG HE’LL SPEND IN JAIL IS STILL NOT KNOWN…
BUT OVER THE WEEKEND CNN WAS REPORTING THAT THE OFFER ON THE TABLE STARTED AT 18 MONTHS BUT COULD BE AS MUCH AS 3 YEARS…
VICK WAS FACING UP TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL AND WAS EXPECTED TO GET HIT TODAY WITH RACKETEERING CHARGES…
LAST WEEK THREE CO-DEFENDANTS FLIPPED AND REVEALED THAT VICK WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE MONEY MAN…
ACCORDING THEM…VICK HUNG AND DROWN DOGS THAT DID NOT PREFORM…
EARLIER TODAY HIS LAWYER BILLY MARTIN ISSUED THIS STATEMENT…
“MICHAEL WISHES TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN HURT BY THIS MATTER”…
NO WHERE IN THAT STATEMENT IS THERE ANY MENTION OF THE PAIN AND SUFFERING VICK AND HIS PARTNERS INFLICTED ON THE DOGS…
AS FOR THE PRICE VICK WILL PAY FOR THOSE ACTIONS…JAIL TIME IS JUST THE START…
THE DOG FIGHTING ALSO INVOLVED GAMBLING WHICH WILL ALLOW THE NFL TO BAN VICK FOR LIFE…
IN OTHER WORDS HIS FOOTBALL CAREER IS ALMOST CERTAINLY OVER…
THEN THERE’S THE MONEY…
TWO YEARS AGO VICK SIGNED A 10 YEAR CONTRACT WORTH $130 MILLION DOLLARS…
HE HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID $40 MILLION…
HOWEVER $37 MILLION OF THAT CAME IN THE FORM OF SIGNING BONUSES…
PLEADING GUILTY NOT ONLY ALLOWS THE ATLANTA FALCONS TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR TO RECLAIM ALL OF THOSE SIGNING BONUSES…
IF THE TEAM IS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT ATTEMPT…BY THE TIME PAYS HIS LEGAL FEES AND GETS OUT OF JAIL…VICK COULD BE FLAT BROKE…
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD ARGUE THAT THE PUNISHMENT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH…
BUT THINK ABOUT IT…
VICK IS NOW 27 YEARS OLD…HE’LL BE 30 WHEN HE GETS OUT OF JAIL…
WITH NO FOOTBALL…NO MONEY…AND A CRIMMINAL RECORD…
WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS OPTIONS WILL BE???
FOR MICHAEL VICK THIS STORY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING…
IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH…BUT DAMN…IT’S CLOSE…
NEXT MONDAY VICK WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO PROMOTING DOG FIGHTING…
THE QUESTION OF HOW LONG HE’LL SPEND IN JAIL IS STILL NOT KNOWN…
BUT OVER THE WEEKEND CNN WAS REPORTING THAT THE OFFER ON THE TABLE STARTED AT 18 MONTHS BUT COULD BE AS MUCH AS 3 YEARS…
VICK WAS FACING UP TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL AND WAS EXPECTED TO GET HIT TODAY WITH RACKETEERING CHARGES…
LAST WEEK THREE CO-DEFENDANTS FLIPPED AND REVEALED THAT VICK WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE MONEY MAN…
ACCORDING THEM…VICK HUNG AND DROWN DOGS THAT DID NOT PREFORM…
EARLIER TODAY HIS LAWYER BILLY MARTIN ISSUED THIS STATEMENT…
“MICHAEL WISHES TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN HURT BY THIS MATTER”…
NO WHERE IN THAT STATEMENT IS THERE ANY MENTION OF THE PAIN AND SUFFERING VICK AND HIS PARTNERS INFLICTED ON THE DOGS…
AS FOR THE PRICE VICK WILL PAY FOR THOSE ACTIONS…JAIL TIME IS JUST THE START…
THE DOG FIGHTING ALSO INVOLVED GAMBLING WHICH WILL ALLOW THE NFL TO BAN VICK FOR LIFE…
IN OTHER WORDS HIS FOOTBALL CAREER IS ALMOST CERTAINLY OVER…
THEN THERE’S THE MONEY…
TWO YEARS AGO VICK SIGNED A 10 YEAR CONTRACT WORTH $130 MILLION DOLLARS…
HE HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID $40 MILLION…
HOWEVER $37 MILLION OF THAT CAME IN THE FORM OF SIGNING BONUSES…
PLEADING GUILTY NOT ONLY ALLOWS THE ATLANTA FALCONS TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR TO RECLAIM ALL OF THOSE SIGNING BONUSES…
IF THE TEAM IS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT ATTEMPT…BY THE TIME PAYS HIS LEGAL FEES AND GETS OUT OF JAIL…VICK COULD BE FLAT BROKE…
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD ARGUE THAT THE PUNISHMENT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH…
BUT THINK ABOUT IT…
VICK IS NOW 27 YEARS OLD…HE’LL BE 30 WHEN HE GETS OUT OF JAIL…
WITH NO FOOTBALL…NO MONEY…AND A CRIMMINAL RECORD…
WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS OPTIONS WILL BE???
FOR MICHAEL VICK THIS STORY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING…
IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH…BUT DAMN…IT’S CLOSE…
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