Michael Vick Argumentative Essay

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Have you ever wonder how these four professional football players got famous, how many states they had put up on the board , what teams they had played for , and last of all how much money they got payed for their contracts.The national football league is split into many categories. The first two are called the national football conference and the second one is called the american football conference.There are thirty two teams in the national football league or for short the nfl.My thesis statement is how Jarvis Landry got famous, how did Michael Vick become a all star qb, how did Deion Sanders become a hall of famer cornerback ,and last of all how did Jason Taylor become a hall of famer defensive end.The teams they had played for …show more content…

Michael Vick was born june 26 1980. Michael Vick had grew up in a vilante area. Michaels mom was worried about that he was going to do drugs so she had signed him up fo sports to keep him out of trouble.”According to Michael Vick's bio it states that when he started to play football his mom started to notice that he had his dads athletic ability for football”.When he got to high school his coach saw that he had a lot of talent.His coach kept on telling him that all you need to work on is passing and go to gym to go work on your frame because at the time he was really skinny.His head coach had encourage him to become a mobile quarterback because at the time the offensive line was weak. So Mike had took advantage of that, later on after high school mike got a scholarship from Syracuse university but Michael decided to stay closer home so he had choice to play at virginia tech.When Vick got there the team was trash and they never played on tv but all of that had changed.When Michael Vick started to play he did not disappoint the team.”According to Michael Vick's bio,it states in paragraph five that he had took his team to the sugar bowl but sadly he and his had lost because the other team's quarterback had throw a clutch touchdown and they had lost by one point, so michael lost the heisman award to a nineteen year old qb”.Michael Vick had enter the 2001 nfl draft and had got picked in the first round. He had got drafted by the Atlanta falcons.Vick was the highest paid player in the nfl.When he had earned the starting spot he was leading the falcons to the playoffs but sadly in the 2003 season he had got hurt and they didn't go to the playoffs.”According to espn Mick Vick was a role model to young fans he would be on cereal boxes, he would be on shirts or posters, and last of all rides.But sadly he had got arrested for doing dog fighting so he didn't play in the league for two years”. As soon as he had got released

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