(T.I. blasting in the background)
Starting in Mike Tyson's Bracket, today we will pit Micael Vick against Pacman Jones. I'd first like to thank ESPN for giving me something to care about while stuck in the sporting world's Bermuda Triangle...mid to late summer. First of all, there is no denying the Nowness (this is a word according to ESPN) of Vick and Pacman, which if bottled in all of its noun form would taste like the above image. Vick, or should I say Ron Mexico (a much sweeter nickname than Pacman) has a lucrative deal with Nike, was dubbed the future of the NFL, and is linked to drug use, dog fighting, and genital herpes, an epic power trio. Count it. Now with Vick's recent indictment, he has entered into a realm which Pacman dominated in the past. Jones may have more indictments than Vick, but how many of those have carried 6 year potential sentences? I also see no endorsement deals with Pacman, besides the obvious video game tie ins: http://8001gorilla.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/pacman.jpg.
Vick is sitting pretty on a Nike shoe deal, a 2004 Madden Cover (what curse?) and a 33rd ranking on Forbes top 100 (in 2005). Now Potential, from now on known as "Later" is held by Vick in spades. If anything Vick embodies Later, which is really just inevitable Nowness and is trademarked by James Burnett inc. I see nothing but positive Later coming from his current trial. If cleared, PETA will be howling at the doorstep, while if guilty, nothing says "street cred" like a relatively brief stint in prison. Que movies with DMX (ironic?) and Jet Li, as if wasn't enough to be mentioned in a Lil Jon song. What could be more Later than Vick's current story. He is obviously supporting his younger brother, proving himself a family man, which panelist, and future ESPN correspondent Jessica Biel finds so very sexy. On the GQ side, Vick has managed to redo his hair, ditching the cornrows for a more conservative look (suspiciously on the heels of business Edge's choice to abandon the gold teeth). Michael Vick is Now and Later, might as well give him the trophy now. Coming up, a debate with Pacman devotee Tom H... Until then, cock fighting is still legal in Louisiana, so fight em if ya got em boys.
Counterpoint at tomsbombs.blogspot.com
1 comment:
i think this one is pretty straight forward. michael vick has again proven the evolutionary dominance of man over canine species. not only has he domesticated these savage pups, but enslaved them as warriors of his dice-throwing cause.
im told that you have to be a great leader to be a great quarterback, something that has doubtless been question many times in the vick blood line, but it takes an even greater leader to lead men (or in this case, canines) into battle, to face death in eye to eye and still maintain that pocket poise, that detached calm.
that is why there is no doubt in my mind that this is all just an elaborate press stunt on the part of mr. vick and his management to prove that despite all of his critics, mike vick possesses leadership skills as golden as his feet, thus silencing skeptics once and for all.
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