That player was named Michael Vick. An NFL quarterback. He played for the Atlanta Falcons (I'm from and still reside in, Atlanta). He beat, drowned, electrocuted, shot, and strangled dogs that lost or didn't satisfy him. Sad...

He funded a huge dog fighting ring, and lied saying he had nothing to do with it. He was quickly found guilty (rats) of animal abuse and bankrolling the operation. The fighting ring wasn't here though, it (and many dead and injured dogs) was found in his home state of Virginia.

He was sentenced to serve 23 months in jail. He served 19. Animal abuse carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in jail. The jail time was not for hurting the dogs, but for funding the operation and attempting to lie about it.

The feds care little about the dogs, it was the money that made them mad. Our team released him. He declared bankruptcy after leaving the halfway house.

He later joined the Philadelphia Eagles as a felon (yeah, right... as if any other high paying job would hire a felon), where he still resides. His career since then has been loaded with injuries and lately... rather poor play from him. Karma is biting his a$$ and I'm sure the same will happen for this guy.

He now personally owns another dog, a Belgian Malinois and is joining with humane societies left and right and spewing about how he was wrong. He's also written an autobiography about all of it, said to be released in Sept.

Like a year ago, there was only one.. ONE person serving federal jail time for dog fighting/cruelty to animals in our entire state, and there is a LOT of dogfighting... so says enough about that.

I should think so to.