There’s no way in the world you can run an enterprise of this size, with this many people in the know, and hope to keep your involvement secret.
My guess is that, like a lot of big sports stars, he’s just so very arrogant that he completely discounted the possibility of being called to account for his activities. If that’s the case then I would hang him for that alone, never mind the terrible thing he was doing.
You’ve got to ask yourself what in the world made Vick think he could get away with this endeavor.
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Remember, though, that it was not the dogfighting that started this whole thing. It was a drug arrest, and that’s what led to the search of the property.
It could have gone on quite a bit longer.
Your perspective is incorrect. It’s not that Vick thought he could “get away with” anything; it’s that he doesn’t believe dogfighting is wrong, thus there’s nothing to worry about. He’s going through the motions of someone who says he’s innocent, but Vick doesn’t really understand what the big deal is.