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By Ben

April 25, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

From what I hear, his flight was late and so he missed a connecting flight to Washington. If thats true, he can hardly be blamed for this one.

By Misty

April 25, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

Terence,

Maybe you should find something else to focus on. Vick is human and we all make mistakes.

“two of these incidents involved airports”…..he missed the flight so he never went to the airport.

Get a life!!!

By lawton

April 25, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

what the hell does missing a flight got to do with football. another slow day terrance.

By Mark

April 25, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

You didn’t get the whole story Ben. Yes, he missed his connecting flight but Air Tran (his sponsor) got him onto another flight later that night that would have taken him to DC. Problem is, it was too late for Vick so he just went home and missed the flight. Without telling anyone or giving any reason.

Fact is, Vick is a spoiled brat that can’t stand having to wait for a later flight like all the rest of us do every stinking day.

Yes, he can be blamed for this one and should be.

By Toby Grady

April 25, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

Hasn’t everyone missed a flight or two at Hartsfield before? I can’t imagine having every last detail of my life scrutinized by the media machine (this story is to be found on several national sports websites, as well), including my flight itineraries. Vick doesn’t get much credit for his charitable contributions and summer camps, nor for his play on the field. Give the guy a break!

By D-Bo

April 25, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

It’s not like he was under subpoena. Terrence if you want to talk about focus, take a look at this half-@%% article or whatever you wrote and tell us who needs focus!

By mj

April 25, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

He is and always will be a personal loser! For goodness sakes, with a $103,000.00 million contract, even minus his tax status, charter a plane for $5500.00 round trip. Its that easy! His agents are trying to make chicken - - - - into chicken salad and it just doesn’t work. Good luck Bobby with getting him to understand what being a true winner and someone with high character and morals are.

By ScoobySnacks

April 25, 2007 10:38 AM | Link to this

Terrence Moore; you have got to be kidding me. Are we going to trash the guy now because he missed a flight. OMG. How many people miss a flight everyday, every week. Who in the heck cares? You are so frustrating. How does an idiot like you remember to breath? He missed a flight! What does this have to do with anything. Normally your articles are much longer winded six seven paragraphs maybe. But here you have very few words. Why? Because this is not a real story dumby. You have nothing useful to say. So to finish this off in a manor that is equal to the level of your childish meandering so-called STORY. I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! Drop dead. You’re the reason I will never get another subscription to this useless rag.

By craig t

April 25, 2007 10:38 AM | Link to this

Air tran offerered Vick a late flight out on Monday night , but bu that time Vick had left the airport in disgust. If this was something that meant that much, you don’t take chances on planes landing late. Last time I heard , they have private charter flights, and I think Vick has the money and ability to have scheduled one if needed to avoid another embarrassing episode. If you think he’s bad off the field, just WAIT UNTIL HE GETS ON THE FIELD THIS YEAR.

By Jay

April 25, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this

Why does everyone care about what Vick does in the off season? People talk about him as if he is the first person on the planet to make mistakes. Mr. Moore would have a difficult time handling Vick’s star power at his age let alone in his early twenties. All I care about is the Falcons winning football games. Vick’s personal life should be his alone. Everyone else has the basic right of privacy, we should begin to respect his. It is another case of blood thirsty reporters making the news instead of bearing witness to it. Find a real story or simply be quite.

By Misty

April 25, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this

Terence,

It appears you don’t have interesting topics…..just thought I would let you know the draft fast approaching.

Hint Hint…lets talk real sports!!!

By baloney

April 25, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

My understanding was his publicist said his connecting flight was around 8:00 PM and he was late and missed the connection. Upon further review his connection was at 10:00 PM thus he had time to make the connection. Of course it will be the wide receivers fault or maybe the offensive lines fault. Or maybe its because this is really only his umteenth year in the system, so he will only get better. Of course it just as well he didn’t speak in front of Congress, because I doubt they would have been able to hear him mumble or even been able to decifer his lingo.

By green tea

April 25, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

Wow Terrence, you are most likely the biggest joke of a writer I’ve ever read. I don’t care if ESPN calls upon you to make an a$$ out of yourself on Rome is Burning, you are a JOKE.

People that live in glass houses Terrence…

By Ben

April 25, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this

Why didn’t he call Arthur and borrow his plane? He wasn’t talking to Booth Middle School, he was speaking to Congress!

By The Murf

April 25, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this

Go away, Terrance. Yours is the only editorial that continues to be negative on a daily basis. Why is that the case? Are you that upset with the world? Can’t you find postitive aspects to Vick’s career? How about donating money to the Virginia Tech families? How about participating in Warrick Dunn’s charity golf tourney? How about his intent to speak to Congress about funding for after school programs? It looks to me that Michael Vick is trying pretty darn hard to repair his image with this city.

By Draft CJ

April 25, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this

Vick will never work as the face of this franchise. Let’s get it overwith and move up to draft Calvin. Time for change in Atlanta.

By D

April 25, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

a mature person who takes life, as well as others, seriously, gives themselve’s a cushion, extra time, just in case the airlines start acting like airlines, again, which everyone in their right minds know will happen. especially someone that has traveled as many times as Vick has. to say that it couldn’t be done, there was no way for him to get there on time, is a complete cop-out and an excuse you would see coming from a very immature teenager. just disrespect for anyone else, sad inconsideration for others and a total self-absorbed attitude. the Falcons truly seem to be trying to find a way to win on a consistent basis, but a just hamstrung by Mike Vick and his contract. this franchise is in a holding pattern until someone finds a way to get rid of this so-called great athlete, it takes more than just physical attributes that were acquired at birth to truly be a great athlete, and a lot of it starts in the brain.

By Diesel

April 25, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

God forbid you comment on the draft that’s now three days away Moore. I swear this paper is useless unless you want to hear about Calvin Johnson (who the beat writers obviously want the Falcons to get, which tells me they know even less about the team than originally thought) or a half-a*******ed position breakdown from Steve Wyche. Go to any other newspaper in the nation and you get daily information about a team, but not here, no…somebody sneezes, Vick doesn’t say, “Bless You” and this paper has him front and center.

What’s the story with Jonathan Babineaux? Is Jason Webster still on the chopping block? How about an update on Grady Jackson? No, we get a story about Vick not being focused. Didn’t he play in a charity golf tournament the other day for Warrick Dunn?

Please AJC, we can go anywhere and read about people bashing Vick (just go to ProFootballTalk.com, they have a personnel vendetta against him and bash him on a daily basis)…how about reporting on the rest of the damn team for once?

By justanotherguy

April 25, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

Just another example of this guy making bad decisions.

Why should we expect him to make any better decisions than he has in the past?

Either on or off the field?

This guy is just stupid and spoiled.

I hate that he has to play for us…

And another thing - did you see where he gave (basically, for him) tip money to Va Tech to help the families?

I wouldn’t want to be his PR outfit - what a jerk.

By The Man with the Plan

April 25, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

Well, I see the Vick-heads are out in full force, bowing and scraping and sniffing the jock of their lord and savior.

Mr. Moore, of course, is right: Vick continues to present the attitude that he can’t be bothered with the kinds of inconveniences that we peasants must suffer.

In the meantime, I can hardly wait for the Usual Suspects to show up and blame this entire episode on Jim Mora, Greg Knapp, the offensive line, the receivers, President Bush, global warming, Don Imus, etc, etc., etc.

By famucancer

April 25, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

Did anyone notice how Terrence conveniently forgot to mention that Vick was returning from a charity event in Tampa Bay?? Oh….I guess we wouldn’t want the reader to remember that little tidbit.

By Jay

April 25, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

“I can’t imagine having every last detail of my life scrutinized by the media machine…”

Could you imagine it if you were making $30 million a year because that media machine turned you into an infinitely more visible entertainer than you’d otherwise be?

By me

April 25, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this

Why did he not take a flight from Tampa direct to Washington? Vick has no clue on or off the field. It will be a fun 6-10 season for the Falcons.

By The Murf

April 25, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this

Justanotherguy- How much did you donate?

By honest_abe

April 25, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this

vick apologists make me sick in the stomach.

why does vick get scrutinized so much? maybe because he’s the highest profile sports figure in atlanta. if mike vick was an asian, white or latino guy he’d get the same amount of exposure and criticsm.

why get all riled up about a guy missing a flight? it’s not about missing a flight. it’s about responsibility. along with all the rewards that come along with being an nfl starting qb and one of the faces of the league comes responsibility. mike vick has proven to everyone this offseason that he’s still immature. this wasn’t a date with congress that was set up in the last minute. he knew about it for some time. just because you are tired and a flight has been delayed, dont’ cancel. go fulfill your promise and go meet congress for the good cause you are representing.

its because of people on this blog that mike vicks maturation and growth has been stymied. nobody holds him accountable for his actions and is allowed to do or get away with whatever he wants.

By Garrett

April 25, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

Alright Terrance - Enough is enough. The man was trying to do something nice and missed his flight! Big deal! Tom Brady, the poster boy for the NFL, is having a baby with some random chick. Why don’t you write an article about that. That seems like something that could damage his face-of-the-franchise look, but no one seems to talk about it. Vick missed a flight, what a moron, huh?

By that's funny

April 25, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this

Vick should have made the meeting. If you have that much money, you should not miss a function of this nature. Now, something that should be positive, has turned into this, another negitive.

I truely fill sorry for Vick. He has made some really bad choices, however I do not believe he’s a bad person. They way people talk about him (bloggers) must hurt.

I honestly hope he can focus his time and energy into the sport he plays. He has the potential to raise the level of his performance and lead his team. Hopefully a new staff can help him turn things around, on and off the field.

Hang in there Mike, the real fans are pulling for you.

Draft Defense!!!!!!!!!!

By Shaun T.

April 25, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this

Terrance,

If you’re going to tell a story, make sure you have all the facts. Yes Vick missed his flight, but you failed to tell that his mom went in his place. You’re horrible!.

By NOT a Hater

April 25, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

Wow, Terence, I must say that I truly am impressed with you for a change.

You unloaded on ‘Mike V’ like he was caucasian or something. Bravo! (Yes, I really mean it and DO appreciate the objectivity.)

For the record, when you are a spokesperson for a major airline like AirTan, they CAN and DID get Vick an alternate flight. Vick has now demonstrated himself a pathological liar and humiliated both our ATLANTA FALCONS and AIRTRAN. Are we supposed to believe an overpaid, self-serving juvenile like Vick or the Miami Police and AIRTRAN? Hmmmm…….

Gee, you don’t see the other pro athletes employed by AIRTRAN (Warrick Dunn, Kari Lehtonen, etc.) doing this nonsense and being caught calling the company a liar.

Be careful, though, Terence. If you criticize Vick, people on here might start calling you a racist or something.

Let the blind followers start defending Vick’s cumulative off-the-field behavior since being drafted just because of skin color start calling everyone racists in ……. 3…. 2…. 1….

By PB

April 25, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

Those who think its all about missing a flight don’t get it. It’s about integrity, loyalty, responsibility, character, and someone who stands for our great city. If Vick was your son and was to be honored and promote after-school program funding, is that what you would really expect and say to him? You’re foolish then. Charter a plane, rent a limo, or do something. What he did was shameful, cowardly, something he should regret, and is not what I would expect from a leader off or on the field. So far, his character has shown he has no class.

By D

April 25, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

good that he went to a fund raiser in Tampa, but bad that he doesn’t understand scheduling like a respectful adult. he could’ve taken the later flight and still got there on time, but that was too much trouble for ‘his highness’, who cares about Congress, bunch of jerks, but Vick should care about the kids he was suppposed to represent. and a little tip for Mr. Vick, you can get away with acting like this when you win! people tend to give someone more of a pass then, but losing and looking lost most of the time while doing it, and then blaming everyone else, that will never fly.

By victordome

April 25, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

Really Tired Terrance with Nothing 2 do blues but write crap get over it , how would u like to have someone write about all te skeletons in your closet and all and every detais of your life Duh

By TA

April 25, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

And maybe his mom should play QB in his place too.

By DJ Shockley Can't Be Any Worse

April 25, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

Yes Vick missed his flight, but you failed to tell that his mom went in his place.

Frankly, I’d actually feel MUCH better if Vick’s mother took his place during FALCONS Training Camp.

By the way, Vick beat Brady to the punch on becoming a serial illegitimate father. Brady however, unlike Vick, has NOT yet been sued for knowlingly giving women herpes because “he don’t like to talk about it.”

Recognize.

By D

April 25, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

yeah, that’s what a real man does, if he can’t make his obligations, then just send his Mama in his place. these excuses for a disrespectful slacker are just lame!

By Georgiaboy

April 25, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

Terence, I wish you would catch a flight somewhere and stay there.

By Tonya

April 25, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

If it wasn’t for Mike Vick, the ajc and sports talk radio wouldn’t have ANYTHING to talk about. Thank God for The Two Live Stews!!

By the way, why haven’t we heard anything else about the RAPE that happened in Pat Kerney’s house????

By snoopy

April 25, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

Instead of calling Airtrain, call your congressman and ask why did they allow the funding cut in the first place!

What is up with Airtrain just releasing all the man’s personal flight business to the AJC. Leave it to the AJC sports team to get the “real” story. Oh but since the real story is that he was leaving a charity event and his plane actually did arrive late and he actually missed his connecting flight. He also actually tried to book two flights after his but they were full. The only “real” story left is that he should have taken the 11pm flight (2 plus hours later) and arrived at his hotel at 2am for the 8am breakfast. get a life AJC and quit pimping Vick for stories! Stop stalking the guy. Too bad the AJC’s budget don’t allow the sports writers to fly so I can understand your writing this, Greyhound is probably always on time.

By Mo TOX

April 25, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this

AJC Sports and rednecks. The guy miss a flight and his mother was there in his place. What has mike done to you scum bags at AJC sports. Please give some facts and some sport and stop all this gossip about non sports. It must not take much to be a sport writer at AJC sport!

By Mike

April 25, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

Where was the blog when that lady was raped in Pat Kerney’s house???????

And you peckerwoods wonder why the race card is played…you deal it on a daily basis!!

By LAMAC

April 25, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this

Funny how no one is mentioning that Vick was coming from a charity event when he missed this flight. He missed a CONNECTING flight right?

I guess that has never happend to Mr. Moore I suppose.

By Rob in Atlanta

April 25, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this

Did people only read half the article on this? It sounds like he still had a chance to make it, but didn’t show up for the later flight.

By Jay S

April 25, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this

I bought my son a Vick jersey, but have since thrown it away. He is a poor leader and not worth the aggravation. Bring back Schaub!!!!

By Will

April 25, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

now this is race too? wow that’s just as shallow as one can get. enjoy that race card while it’s still got a few points left in it, it will expire soon. and please try to understand, when the race card is played, it only hurts the user’s credibility. nobody likes a whiner and a fake.

By Mo TOX

April 25, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

Honest ABe don’t get sick just DIE that would be one less heater to deal with!

By Darrin "The Vent King"

April 25, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this

THE ONLY FREAKING REASONS THESE THINGS END UP BEING NEGATIVE PR IS BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THE AJC WANTS IT TO BE!! Good grief the plane he was to get on was late and that caused him to miss the connecting flight, that’s all! Try investigating something first before you dragqueens try drumming up @#$% God, you Furman Bisher and the ajc are the WORST man. You beat that dead horse called the “water-bottle” incident to death and then when the man does something good like donating thousands of dollars to VA Tech victim’s families, you give it a small mention in the back pages. What is that? If it were “Vick Gets Speeding Ticket” It would make the front page of the entire paper. You guys are a COMPLETE JOKE!!!!

AJC sports-writers are nothing but Vick hating hacks and you all need to show some maturity and try reporting the facts and stop this biased, agenda based journalism. It’s an embarrassment to this city!

By Mo TOX

April 25, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

By Jay s please buy a #8 and move your hating @$$ to TEXAS please!

By Falcon

April 25, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this

if Mike Vick were Orange he would still be an immature, spoiled, quarterback-impersonator!

By Darrin "The Vent King"

April 25, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this

PB- You don’t get it. ALl the man did was miss a flight. You’ve never missed one for whatever reason? Get off your high-horse and preach that bull to your kids. You’re full of it if you think that this thing is a big deal. The real big deal is that money is being raised for the unfortunate, PERIOD! You think those families give a f* about Vick being late to a function. All that is important is that they are getting help whether Vick was there or it was his mother. Only pinheads like you would focus on the wrong thing and it’s pathetic.

By D

April 25, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

just win Vick! it’s the best way to shut up your critics!

By Teggie

April 25, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

Terrance,

Are you jealous of Michael Vick? It seems like you will find some way to make any situation he’s involved with worse! I must have missed your column on why Vick ONLY gave $10,000 to VT… Get a life!!!

By Rob in Atlanta

April 25, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

From the ajc article by Steve Wyche:

“Vick was re-booked on a 10:50 p.m. flight from Atlanta to Washington-Reagan and was notified of the change in flight arrangements, Hutcheson said. Vick did not show for the flight, and it left without him and with 33 empty seats, Hutcheson said.”

By Beth

April 25, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

Go Steelers!!

By Andy

April 25, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

Airtran is going to drop Vick as spokesman in July (about 70% chance to me), so his free flights will go bye bye. I say the guy should get a G4 and call it a day. He won’t ever be late for a function with his own jet, avoid FSA and only have weather and other rich people as potential delay factors in flying.

By jon

April 25, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this

I will admit that I have never been a TM fan; however, I agree with him on this wholeheartedly. Yes, I have missed a flight before at Hartsfield because of security lines, check-in, etc. My fault. You know what I did? I paid 25$ and got on another flight. Simple as that. This is not just an article a/b Vick missing a flight. It is about a man who continues to display irresponsibility when he has an opportunity to make a difference. It does not make a difference if he makes 103 million or 103 thousand, he was speaking before congress a/b a serious issue. He had a chance to make a difference and he blew it. Come on…Vick is a man not a kid. I tell my 4-year old that there are consequences to your actions. He understands that. Why can’t a grown man understand that? He is EXPECTED to be the leader of this team THIS year. He has said he relishes the opportunity. Well, I hope he does a better job than what he has shown thus far. I seriously hope he proves me wrong.

By Mike Vick

April 25, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this

Yo, I’z didn’t feel like waiting for a whole hour at the airport.

I needed to get to smoke my weed.

Where are my funions at? I have no idea whats going on and I’ze gots some major munchies goin on right now.

By Vol4ever

April 25, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this

Nothing more than a excuse for this spoiled player who has been taken care of.

I’m sick of Vick!

By Bruce

April 25, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this

You know it really is a shame this city slams Vick at every turn.If you spent your time keeping your GOV. and elected officials in check Gerogia would not be so low in education and the pay scale !!!!!!!

By mo

April 25, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

Once again…. (Whew!)

Is this NEWS???

So what, Vick didn’t make a connecting flight! He probably left the premises before he even found out about the 10:50 flight! How does that make a bad decision from Vick?

Am I on some sort of blog version of The Twilight Zone? He was there to pick up an award for his philanthropic work and the good he has been doing for the community! He wasn’t there to testify on some charge!

So you mean to tell me that Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Joe Namath, Dan Marino, et. al would have some sort of control over Airtran, huh? Do you know how ridiculous this whole thing sounds?

And then you get mad when he doesn’t talk to the AJC. I wouldn’t talk to you, either.

By K

April 25, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this

Has anybody ever missed a flight before? Ok so they booked him on a later flight. Does anyone know the circumstances as to why he did not make that later flight that they so called re-booked on?…um NO!!!! So stop criticizing the man. It’s funny how this incident was/is plastered all over the internet and news. But did we hear anything about him giving each family $10,000 for each student that was killed at VT. Terrence, you forgot to make a blog of that one, huh?

By Barry

April 25, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this

Hey Y”all:

I am not going to mention the nonsense of this article. All I am goint to say is thatMichael Vick is one of the greatest quarterback in the NFL. He leaves his heart for the game on the field. That is where his focus is at. To have these negative local sportswriters try to berate him is intolerable. Vick has established foundations, given to charity and alike outside of football. What more can you ask for an athlete. And that is what he is: an athlete. He is not the President, a social worker, an economist, ect. He is an athlete. And that is where his focus lies. On the PR side, he should hire quality people to keep him on track with those issues accordingly. You negative talking local sportwriters know the deal. Quit writing like your are ignorant to this system. Vick is an athlete. And A “GREAT ONE” at that. And until he tells us he is something else besides that, you out not judge him so criticaly beyond that. Therefore terrance Moore. Get the hell out of Atlanta so that you can “focus” on writing your negative articles on local sports heroes in another city. Leave our local professional athletes alone.

SSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!This is a SECRET. Tell EVERYBODY!!!!

Ringold

By northgatedad

April 25, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this

with the money vick makes ($20 mill PLUS), he should have his own private jet to take him anywhere he wants/needs to go; his agent/manager is an IDIOT for letting stuff like this happen; blank must be pulling his hair out; can’t SOMEBODY get thru vick’s skull that he needs to straighten up; yes he’s a qb, but this is all a business!! he’s been in the league how long?! again, his agent/manager is a MORON and blank, petrino, somebody has to get vick to understand what he’s doing-he’s got a terrible image in atl, and nationally i think, not to mention the millions he’s losing in endorsements (see peyton, d wade, shaq, jeter, etc); anyway, i have to get back to work

By K

April 25, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

That last comment by “Michael Vick” sounds a bit racist to me.

By ATL Soldier

April 25, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

Here is a scoop for you Terrence since you don’t have anything to write about. Write about the dollars that he has donated to those in need. I am sure if you do a little research you will find enough to write a real article instead of unnecessarily tearing someone down.

By TCM

April 25, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

Well if this was such a big deal and the US Congress wanted Vick to appear in person, then they should have arranged to send a private jet or something to make sure he’d be there on time vs. going thru the airports running the risk of missing connecting flights, mechanicals, and/or other flight delays. I’m quite sure the US Gov’t can afford something like that.

By Chris Brown

April 25, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

If he’s the Face of the franchise….they need a face lift. There is only one person with character and integrity on that team that gets it DUNN

Good article Terence….

By buzz is wiser

April 25, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this

Mr. Moore I just recently graduated with a degree in mass media and maybe when you graduated ethical journalism wasnt taught. Your suppose to be a responsible journalist why are you talking about “Ron Mexico” do you know that to be true, have you saw Vicks blood test or did he give you herpes. If not your reporting information that you can’t get to be proven true. On top of that as far as McGrady and Vick goes Vick has gotten his team out of the first round, so there is no comparison. And from what I read in this same newspaper yesterday was that Vick didn’t miss his flight it was delayed causing him to miss his connection flight. Your a horrible reporter. If you can get a job I know I can.

By porksword

April 25, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this

Who cares.

By A Real Fan

April 25, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this

If Manning missed a flight would he still be as scrutinized as Vick? That is what’s wrong with this state you can stand to have an elite athlete on the hometown sports teams and you run them out of town. Where is the support you are suppose to show your team and the players. How is this humiliating to the team or to the fans, because he missed a flight. Seriously some people need to get a personal life. It seems that the AJC doesnt want to talk about the good the man is doing in the community, but as soon as something as small as missing a flight comes up it is a big controversy. I wish this state had real fans and not just fairweather.

By Will

April 25, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this

mike vick is one of the greatest qb’s in the game today, yeah, yeah, and george bush is our greatest president,too, uh-oh, I gotta go, just saw pig fly by my window…

By ATL Soldier

April 25, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this

The person that wrote this, using the name Mike Vick, is the real idiot and should be on a plane out of the country. Only an idiot would use such an insult against anyone.

By Rico

April 25, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this

Terrance, give it a break man. he missed a flight, but no one focused on what he was going for which was his great efforts on providing activities for children after school programs. What we need to focus on is why the government cut funding. See we have our priorities mixed up, because there shouldn’t have been a need for him to be there if The govermnet was taking care of there part. Why should we have to rally for anything that is concerning education or giving our youth activities that would keep them out of trouble.

By A Real Fan

April 25, 2007 12:16 PM | Link to this

No wonder why this teams fanbase is considered the worst in the NFL.

By PB

April 25, 2007 12:16 PM | Link to this

You’re right…Manning, McNair, Brady, or McNabb don’t get as scrutinized as Vick. Why? You figure it out. But if I were the Falcons, Vick would be required to talk with each of them about how to be a professional and then replace the people around him.

By Cornel

April 25, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

The number one thing I hate about the AJC sports columm is that yall don’t report the whole story, just part. I mean the dude was in tampa bay during a charity event for warrick dunn. Want don’t yall called warrick dunn or any of vick’s charities, but wait that want be a story of reporting something good that a person doing, nope that wouldn’t be a good read at all. That is so sad.

By swhite

April 25, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

Scooby…take it down a notch! Are u mad at Terrence or at life itself? Neither Vick nor Moore deserves the crap you’re spewing. You hate taxes, not human beings to whom you have no contact with other than the words he writes. Would you feel better abotu Terrence if I told you that he’s also a Deacon at his church? Probably not because you want to hate him(or anybody else for that matter) at all cost. So again Scooby…chill!

By CQ

April 25, 2007 12:20 PM | Link to this

Wonder why Terrance never writes about Vick giving money to charity or to his old University?

Vick needs to focus on Football not talking to Congress, who has enough issues themselves.

By MotherTeresa

April 25, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

TM your article should read “Shame on Moore, again”. Your article is a complete non-issue. Vick hasnt done anything wrong but you are putting him in a negative light. The Falcons have a new head coach in Bobby Petrino and a fresh new attitude. Why do you continue to cast a negative shadow on Vick. Vick missed a connecting flight to Washington. He didnt miss the flight on purpose. He could have caught the next one but he decided to turn around and go home. Big deal, Vick is a human being and is not perfect. The Falcons need to move up in the draft and get Calvin Johnson in order to get another reliable target for Vick to throw to. The focus should be on the improvement of the Falcons and not in disparaging Michael Vick, particularly when Vick has done nothing wrong.

By Ray Raymond

April 25, 2007 12:24 PM | Link to this

As a Saints fan, I love to check in on our rivals. With Vick and his continuing troubles and excuse-makers, The future continues to be bright for the Saints

Keep having fun Mike!!!!

By Vick defenders are idiots

April 25, 2007 12:24 PM | Link to this

Mike Vick is a complete and utter moron that has awful judgement is incapable of making good decisions. The only people more stupid then Vick are his idiot apologist fans that continually make excuses for every dumb thing he does.

Idiots.

By PB

April 25, 2007 12:25 PM | Link to this

Darrin “The Vent Queen” - We’ll agree to disagree. You can keep teaching its all about handouts and the money. I won’t.

By Terrell in the A T L

April 25, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this

You people can’t criticize Mike Vick because of his poor play, selfish attitude or irresponsible behavior.

If you say anything about Vick doing wrong or breaking the law or being a liar, we get to call you a racist.

If you don’t like the Falcons losing and blame it on Vick’s poor QB play, we get to call you a racist.

If you say Peyton Manning (or any white QB, for that matter) is a better QB and better team representative than Vick, we get to call you racist.

If you point out that Vick has one of the lowest QB Ratings in the NFL, we get to call you a racist.

If you say Vick makes the Falcons look bad, we get to call you a racist.

If you don’t like Vick knocking up b!tc#es and giving women ‘the herps’ we get to call you a racist.

If say Matt Schaub had a higher QB rating than Vick, we get to call you a racist.

If you say anything bad about Joey Harrington, we don’t really care. He probably deserves it.

If you say you’d rather have Donovan McNabb or Vince Young as your Falcons QB, then…..uh,…….. uh,….. …..we’ll just call you a racist anyway.

Why? Cause we can. Deal with it suckas! WORD.

p.s GO DOLPHINS!

By Atlanta Hawks #1 Fan

April 25, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this

Where’s the story. Everyone has missed a flight before if you’re a consistent traveler and I’m 100% sure you have missed one in your career. Give Mike a break. He was trying to do good for once and you continue to bring out the negatives about his past. Let’s move on and get behind Mike because we need him to perform at a top level if we ever expect to get back to the playoffs and win a superbowl.

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By TCM

April 25, 2007 12:29 PM | Link to this

Some of you people on this blog are really mean and cruel. This non-issue has nothing to do with the 2007 NFL season. The only people who should be upset with Vick not appearing before Congress is CONGRESS! If they’re not losing any sleep over this, why should you? Get a life! And as for the game itself, football is a team sport, not a one man show like golf. It takes all eleven players on offense doing their jobs for them to be successful, not just one player having to cover for everybody else’s shortcomings. You people are really funny. If you put HALF as much energy into the politics that govern this state and our country as you do hating M-VICK, we wouldn’t have all the problems we face on a daily basis as a working class community.

By Ravenwind

April 25, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

I already miss Schaub!

By Najeh Davenpoop

April 25, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

Wow. Wake me up when the AJC decides to write an article about something relevant. I’m actually a fan of Terence Moore’s writing, compared to most other AJC readers, but this is pathetic. What’s next? An article criticizing him for only donating $10K to the families at Virginia Tech? An article criticizing him for not flying to Sri Lanka on his vacation to help tsunami victims? An article calling for him to join the army and go fight for our country in Iraq? He’s not Superman, imbeciles, he’s a football player, and athletes in general are not the smartest people in the world. So he missed a flight. Big deal. Go back to your own imperfect life and try to make yourself a better person instead of manufacturing ways to criticize others.

Right now in Atlanta, we have a hockey team that just embarrassed itself in the playoffs, a football team preparing for some of the biggest personnel decisions of the year, and a baseball team that has serious questions to answer about the back end of its rotation. Not to mention UGA and GT college baseball, spring football, the Hawks, arena football, etc. What do all of these events have in common, you ask? They are all sports-related topics more important than Michael Vick’s flight itinerary. And yet, we have a column and a fan blog today about a missed flight. I need to take a dump — time to go buy the print version.

By Najeh Davenpoop

April 25, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this

Also, who knows? Maybe he wasn’t “focusing” on his life-altering speech to Congress because he was… studying the playbook for next season? What if that piece of information came out all of a sudden? Would that change anyone’s opinion? Somehow I doubt it.

By tj

April 25, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this

To baloney It couldn’t have been said better. The excuses will never end.

By jon

April 25, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

This just in Mick Vick is responsiblle for global warming, terrorism and he eats babys for breakfest.

Gezz…. he will never succeed in Atlanta because people want to hate him

Just support him (you so called falcons fans) for 3 weeks.for the first 3 weeks into the season give him your support and if he blows i’ll kiss your feet and help you lead the shockley/harrinton charge. But if you hate and persucute him things will only get worse. I’m asking you to let him babysit your kids. Just support him on the field.

FYI: there is nothing wrong with wanting him benched, but get out of his personal life. It’s just football. I’m not saying the R word but it is hate. All you see is a thug and if you treat him like that, a thug is what your going to get.

By alodawg

April 25, 2007 12:48 PM | Link to this

Good Job, Terence. I hope you didn’t get paid for this one.

By jon

April 25, 2007 12:48 PM | Link to this

• not asking you to let him baysitt your kids

By Watch out Terrence

April 25, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this

Terrence, according to the brilliant logic and reasoning of all the idiot vick defenders out there that try to justify every dumb thing he does both on and off the field, you will now be considered a racist. That’s right, you will be now labeled as a self hating racist because in the ‘vick lickers’ pathetic little world view, anyone who criticizes Vick must be a racist and a hater.

Know this, anyone who throws out the hater or racist label, is just proving that they have absolutely no intelligent points or rebuttals to make and admitting they have lost the argument. Using the hater or racist label is the last resort of vapid and intellectually defecient people that have nothing of substance to contribute.

By Maximus

April 25, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this

Lame once again Terence. Hmmm, may be the AJC should consider “trading” or “cutting” Terence Moore for a more consistent and compelling writer that actually has something to say about football.

By bobbo

April 25, 2007 12:51 PM | Link to this

C’mon, this was a very important meeting. The type You make sure your there for. He is the face of Air tran, and he can’t make a flight? there is no one to charter a jet for Mike, in an emergency. C’mon, I’m a hug Mike Vock Backer have been since day one and still am , but he continues to make it harder and harder

By The Professor

April 25, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

C’mon, at least Vick’s not as bad as that hooligan (and three time Super Bowl winner) Tom Brady, who is having a kid out of wedlock. Oops, never mind. Vick just can’t win despite losing…

By According to jon

April 25, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

*According to jon: *

Vick only acts like a thug because that is how WE all see and treat him. It is also our fault Vick throws so many interceptions. Apparently, since all WE see is a non-NFL Quarterback in Vick and treat him so, so that is what we get.

Right On, Jon!

By chris

April 25, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this

to agree with Najeh there are alot more impotant things than a quaterback 5 mothns away from the season getting a flight cancelled and accidentally missing his next. Sometimes the AJC would make you think that mike vick is the recarnation of hitler. Instaed TM write an article on NBA Playoffs or our 7-1 Georgia Force. You could wirte about the Surging Braves or the downtrodden Thrashers. the expectations for both UGA and GT coming into this year.

oops I forgot hate and drugs sell. my bad

By NASQAQ

April 25, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this

You idiots, vicks flight from Tampa Left 30 minutes late, by the time he landed his connecting flight had already taken off (read the damn article carefully)! Yes they got him another flight that was leaving at 10:00pm but he wasn’t notified, he had already left the airport! YOU STUPID BASTARDS, THE REASON THAT HE WAS GETTING AN AWARD IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS TO HONOR HIS CHARITY’S WORK. AND DID I MENTION THE EVENT IN TAMPA BAY WAS FOR CHARITY ALSO! How can you criticize someone who gives back to the community as he has. If you wanna criticize him stick to football, cause off the field you have tried to find something wrong and this is the best you can come up with after 6 years. I NOW REALIZE THAT IT MUST REALLY BE HARD TO BE A BLACK MAN IN HIS POSITION. Go Falcons, Go!

By Eb Ony

April 25, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

hi,i’m black, the whole world is against me, when i wake up in the morning the slavery of many years ago stops me right in my tracks. it won’t get out of my way, it even drank all my beer. all i ever wanted was an apology, i tell everybody it’s for healing and reconciliation, good one, huh, thought of that one myself. but really i just want the apology so i can use it as an admission of guilt, then i’ll get me a johnny cochran and see what free gifts i can get, oh wait the whole world is against me because i’m the only one that has ever been enslaved, matter of fact, i’m the only one that has ever been treated bad, well, my distant relatives anyway. but i won’t let that stop me from being a racist against any every group around. i can do that, it’s ok, but if someone else does that, well that’s just horrible. they better not, i’ll get out my crutch…i got a whole deck of race cards and i’m ready to dispense them in a moment’s notice. if i do poorly at work and they say anything about it, i’ll just say that i was discriminated against, if a black quarterback is awful and anyone says anything about it, it’s because those white devils are bigots. please help me, the world has been so hard on me, and only me, send me a donation today, let me live by a different set of standards than others, don’t ever hold me accountable for anything, it’s not my fault, it’s the world’s fault, it keeps picking on me. and if you don’t believe me, if you don’t agree with me, if you don’t give me a pass in life, than you are prejudiced. oh how hard it is to be me. gotta go be loud and obnoxious in public and wait for somebody to say something so I can call the a cracker, but that’s not a hate word, so it’s ok.

By shane

April 25, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

They got him another flight?? 2 and one half hour later!!

As a season ticket holder I do not want the MVP of my franchise hanging around the airport without substancial security for 30 minutes much less almost 3 hrs.

When the spokesperson for your airline is late for his flight because of you, HOLD THE PLANE FOR 15 minutes. You know he is on board, that the flight is important, and that the next flights are booked solid. They cannot mess around with him like this when it is in his contract to only fly Airtran….which it most definately is!

This should only reflect poorly on Airtran for be Donkeys and not seeing the big-picture.

VICK GO TO DELTA….They love to fly and it show buddy. Go Birds!!

By drmojo

April 25, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

For the good of race relations in Atlanta, I think the reactionaries should from this point on bow out of the blogs and vents on Michael Vick.

I also think people who write “as if they were black” and complain about the race card should take a look in the mirror.

But I do think anyone who writes in “black vernacular” and actually uses “I’ze” is a racist. That’s “Gone With The Wind” era “negro slang” usage. Vick is not at all articulate, but I can absolutely guarantee he’s never used the word “I’ze” in conversation.

By jon

April 25, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this

okay you try to play football with an entire city throwing stones at you.

YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I AM SAYING TO STUPID F^&&(*& DUMB^&^

also i would like to see what vick can do with a proper Pass defending line.

this is why i asked for 3 weeks and not blindly follow him for an entire season. But no one’s going to give him a chance so lets just kill him now. what do say?

By Joshua Barlowe

April 25, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this

Furman Bisher was right, we trade