NBAER AVOIDED JAIL TIME AFTER DOGFIGHTING CHARGES: We had just about erased former NBA player Qyntel Woods from our eroding memory banks when the Michael Vick dog abuse case cropped up.

In case you forgot, or more likely weren’t paying attention at the time, then-Portland Trail Blazer Woods was charged with running a pitbull fighting ring out of his house in 2004.

In 2004, he was observed abandoning a horribly injured dog on a roadside and after a police investigation, plea bargained out of dogfighting and first-degree animal abuse charges.

Woods may have received five years in prison and a six-figure fine, but was instead given 12 months probation and measly 80 hours of community service.

Yes, Vick’s dogfighting operation was appreciably larger and more gruesome, but the Woods’ case supports what we’ve said from the outset: Vick will do no jail time.

UPDATE: We’re sure the NFL is thrilled that one of Vick’s co-Defendants indicated today that Vick provided the gambling funds for the operation. Vick’s future with the league just got a lot murkier - but despite the fact that this is federal case and things look rather bleak, numerous past cases have proven that celebrities and high profile athletes are never, ever down for the count in our esteemed legal system.