Idiot Athletes Part 1

This whole Michael Vick thing is really getting absurd. Just goes to show that most athletes are idiot, over-paid, man-giants.

First, its funny that for years people defended Michael VIck for not being nearly as big of a screw-up as his brother Marcus Vick. After all the dust settles, Michael is at least as big of a screw-up, maybe bigger. Marcus was never found guilty of a felony, which is what Michael could be looking at here.

Secondly, and most importantly is: dog-fighting, really dogfighting?? Who does this? They had a story on dog-fighting and Michael Vick last night on Sportscenter, and it eventually got too graphic and I could no longer watch it. First they talked to a variety of athletes discussing the allure of dog fighting. Many compared it to watching other incredibly violent sports like boxing and ultimate fighting. First, I can't stand these either. There is no sport about two people beating each other to the point of near death. Secondly, these are dogs they are instinctive animals with no say in the matter. They then showed video of some of these dogs beating and attacking each other to near death, and I'm sure often times to death.

What sane person would do this??? I mean really?? I can't even find the anger-words to describe this adequately. Vick should go down hard for this, especially since now they have an informant who is a police officer says Vick is a "heavyweight" in the dog-fighting underbelly. He's been betting and running games since college.

On the flip-side of competitive sports, the Milwaukee Journal ran story today about the rise of chess, especially for the younger audience. The article explained the appeal of chess; its simple enough yet complex, its safe and non-violent, and is the only sport where a 1st grader can sit across from a high-schooler, and could actually beat them. I think its awesome that more and more people are playing chess. If we could only convince athletes to play chess and run chess leagues instead of watching innocent animals brutalize each other in their basement.