Would NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspend Vick if he is indicted but before the case goes to trial?
There are two ways of looking at this and both require reading between the lines of recent statements by Goodell. After he spoke with Vick following the draft, Goodell said: “I was very clear with Michael. People living in your house and people on your property [are] your responsibility. He needed to make sure he surrounded himself with people who were going to treat him properly and represent him the way he wanted to be.” One way to look at that remark is that it suggests Vick could be penalized even if he isn’t charged. If one of his associates is charged with fighting dogs on the property, Goodell could slap Vick with a light suspension as a way of showing the rest of the league that they must better monitor the actions of their entourages. Goodell has also said that recent suspensions to Tennessee Titans defensive back Pacman Jones and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry stemmed from their status as repeat violators of the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Even though Vick ha
