Despite being approximately 2,000 miles from Philadelphia, an Idaho sports bar owner has decided to ban all Eagles games from his establishment while Michael Vick is a member of the team. Steve Coffman (below) is a self-professed dog lover and owner of Slates Prime Time Grill and Sports Bar in Sandpoint, Idaho … and, ahem, evidently a Steelers fan.
But Coffman says that team loyalty has nothing to do with this. He thinks it’s despicable that the Eagles have signed Vick, and hopes to begin a wave of Eagles boycotts across the nation. Meanwhile, the Vick prop bets are in! Details below.
From your most reliable source of Michael Vick news, the BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE:
An animal lover with three dogs of his own, Coffman said he was disgusted by the Vick case and the NFL for allowing him back into the league. When he learned of a national boycott called “Sack Vick,” Coffman decided to join the cause.
“I’ve just about had it,” he said. “When you look at some of these sports players and what they do and what they get away with … and we as consumers just seem to turn a blind eye every time this goes on. I think I’ve just reached a point where I said, ‘I’ve had enough of this.’”
With the boycott, Slates will no longer carry its most popular beer, Coors Light, and will not air any Eagles games. The Eagles ban means customers accustomed to watching Monday Night Football at Slates will be out of luck on Oct. 26, when the Washington Redskins host the Eagles for a Monday night matchup.
Coffman said the boycott will continue until the NFL severs all ties with Vick.
“That’s the goal, to get him out of the NFL,” he said. “Of course, if we go after the sponsors, those that give the money, maybe they’ll listen and at least pull their sponsorships back. The only way you’re going to hurt a team is through their pocketbook.”
The resulting firestorm of reader comments is probably more than the DAILY BEE has seen in its history. You’ve got the expected array of anti- and pro-Vick responses, plus one guy who seems a little confused over who is being discussed.
“Good job Steve. And another thing…Michael Vick gets right back into the NFL after murdering countless dogs, but Pete Rose is banned for life for betting on baseball? LET PETE IN!!! “
Meanwhile, the Vick prop bets are here, as you knew they would be. BETUS.COM has some of the usual propositions you’d expect, such as “Total passing yardage” and “Longest completion.” But they also have these tantalizing potential wagers:
ATLANTA to play “Who Let The Dogs Out” during week 12 (No, +500)
After a Vick sack, defender will get on all 4s (Yes, +300) (Defender must be on all fours like a dog for yes to win)
Player will be penalized for taunting Vick (Yes, +300)
1:47 pm on August 21st, 2009
Coffman is a racist.
1:55 pm on August 21st, 2009
This guy is a clown. I hope he loses a ton of business for not airing games.
2:53 pm on August 21st, 2009
Jared - You hang out at Subway with Michael Phelps, like you even know what a sports bar is.
3:03 pm on August 21st, 2009
Sometimes I struggle to figure out my people (white people)
it actually makes news that some dive in idaho bans Vick or eagles games,..BUT Idaho still gives the yearly permits to host the 100 year old Aryan Nations Parade — Coeur d’Alene. and no one says squat.
Idaho host the most militia compounds in the U.S and Michal Vick not being on TV in some hole in the wall is News?
That guy is saying this while wearing a Steelers shirt
google the words Pittsburgh Steelers arrested, and enjoy the results.
62 NFL players Arrested in 2008 and 31 in 2009 and he’s worried about Vick…My people, will start wars and kiss dogs on the mouth go figure.
3:27 pm on August 21st, 2009
Well put born loser. Thirty-some years ago dogs were simply viewed as property. Harming them was seen as an act of vandalism.
Certainly we are a more enlightened society nowadays but let’s not act as if Vick invented animal cruelty.
I personally think cows mutilated in slaughter houses are more cruel than a dog fight but I love a 20oz medium well ribeye too much to lose sleep over it.
4:33 pm on August 21st, 2009
Thank you el freako
There are 5 tv shows and about 12 magazines about guys dressing up in camo with sniper rifles and shooting dear in the head…..freakin Dear.
we have a kids under 5 maimed or killed every week by a family pet that was bred for protection,…and we worry about Mike Vick.
Odd
5:39 pm on August 21st, 2009
I love all the public outcry over a dog killer.. I mean in the NFL alone you got stallworth drunk and running over somone. Plax shooting himself inthe thigh in a crowded club. (which could have just as easily hit someone else) and Pacman running around doin dumb sh*t , nobody even talks about the fact Bens accused of rape (even if she does seem like a nut) But a guy that goes to jail, loses millions, has publicly repent over and over …for killing some dogs. Id think people be more upset with the fact the police swept all his gambling ties to the dog fighting under the rug to keep vick in the nfl.
11:29 am on August 22nd, 2009
does anyone even care what idaho does? how does this even make news?
8:31 pm on August 26th, 2009
By the way, you can leave this tool comments on his website at URL: http://www.slatesprimetime.com/contact.php. I highly suggest some “colorful” commentary! Lunatic! I’m starting a local ban of Idaho potatoes to counter his ridiculousness!!!
9:49 pm on October 8th, 2009
Vick and all “professional” cronies should not be considered, ever, to the sport that payed them what no one on this blue ball should ever receive. Ban all “PRO” sports and let them all smell the roses!
10:58 am on October 15th, 2009
HeyHey, way to go!!! Thank you for making a public stand. Almost hate sending this cause it looks like only mentally ill send these. I am a registered nurse and I don’t know anyone including Eagle fans would like M. Vick. I have ask several people. May the Eagles should sign Osoma to maintain there image.