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Yahoo! Sports has compiled the list of the top 40 sports figures of 2007.  Its not based on who had the greatest year, its by who made the most headlines and who got us talking the most.  Read it here and tell us what you think.

NEW YORK — The NFL has suspended Falcons quarterback Michael Vick indefinitely without pay following his admission of guilt in a dogfighting scheme.

On Friday, Vick filed his plea agreement in federal court admitting to conspiracy in a dogfighting ring and agreeing that the enterprise included killing pit bulls and gambling. He denied making side bets on the fights, but admitted to bankrolling them.

Read the story at ESPN.com

I was going to create a whole new post for a bit of commentary on this situation, but I figured I would just do it here.  Mike Vick will never play football again, as long as Roger Goddell is commissioner.  The letter he sent Vick, to me anyways, was all the  proof I need, and good for him.  Vick is a coward, he thinks “let me plea, let me get my high powered, well paid lawyers to make sure it says I didn’t actually bet on the fights, and after about a year, I will be allowed to come back into the league”.  I am so glad that league saw through this, that they knew this was just a sad ploy, by a sad man.  As a dog owner he makes me sick, but as a human, he just frustrates me, because it just proves money can buy you anything, thank god the NFL saw through this.  Stealing a bit from Chris Rock here, but if Micheal Vick drove buses, he would be know as Mike the Dog killing Thug.

And surprise, surprise, He admits to killing dogs!  Seriously how much time should this thug spend behind bars?

Story at Yahoo! Sports

(Photo courtesy of Getty Images/Jonathan Ernst)

Next week we will find out how long Mike Vick will spend behind bars.  Word on the streets is the prosecution is looking for 12-36 months, while Vicks defense team was looking at a measley 6 months in the clink.

Wether its 3 years or 3 months, his NFL career has to be over, right?  This is a man who willingly bred dogs for the mere “entertainment” of watching them fight and basically kill each other.  A man who then participated in the brutal killings of the dogs who didnt preform satisfactory in said fights.   How could he come back to the league?

Vick not only killed dogs, he killed the Atlanta Falcons, and quite possibly new coach Bobby Pietrinos NFL coaching career.   The team sent highy regarded backup Matt Schaub to the Texans and went out and signed career underachiever Joey Harrington to take his place.  Harrington now becomes the starter and the Falcons go from playoff team to lottery team.  This will take the Falcons a few years to recover from, not the idea owner Aurther Blank had when he signed Vick to a 10 year $130 million dollar contract.

So what team will take a chance on Vick in 2-3 years if he is allowed to come back to play in the NFL?  Will there be a team deperate enough to sign a quaterback with a career 75.7 QB rating, knowing what kind of circus will follow him into town?  PETA is not going to foget what he did in a few years.  Neither will the humaine society or the millions of dog owners/lovers around this country.  Practices and games will be sights for protests and rallys against cruelty to animals.  What owner needs that distraction when his team is just trying to prepare for the season.

So Vick goes to jail for a year or so, loses over $100 million dollars, and isn’t allowed back in the NFL.  Id say that is fair.

What do you say?

But its kind of funny at the same time.

Biting wit comes at Vick’s expense
Fla. company marketing dog chew toys in QB’s likeness
By JENNIFER BRETT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/06/07

Hey dog lovers, chew on this.

The latest creative entrepreneur trying to capitalize upon Michael Vick’s legal woes is selling — that’s right —, Michael Vick chew toys for dogs. Get it? Read the full story here.

A Senator wants Mike Vick Executed

As a dog owner this makes me sick, but to kill him seems a bit harsh. I think taking his career and livelihood away, maybe then he will learn his lesson.