According the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Falcons quarterback Michael Vick finally decided to accept a plead agreement in the charges of illegal gambling and dog fighting.
“Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to these charges and to accept full responsibility for those actions and for the mistakes he has made. Michael wishes to apologize to everyone who has been hurt by this matter. The legal team and Mr. Vick will appear in Court in Richmond on Aug. 27.”
My only question – and Da Bear mentioned it in the comments section of another post – is why did Vick get the opportunity to do this today? Didn’t he have a strict 9 p.m. deadline on Friday? Or is something like that only strict if a non-celebrity was involved?
Either way, this was the right decision. And after all the boneheaded, idiotic, insensitive things Vick has done over the past couple months and years, at least he finally fesses up to something everyone already knew he did. There are no winners in this whole ugly mess, but at least this a-hole didn’t drag it out any further when he knew he was guilty.
It’s going to be interesting to see what the actual plea agreement entails and how much jail time he sees.
