Atlanta Falcons Michael Vick Caught With Suspicious Water Bottle

This should be old news by now. On January 17, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was boarding a plane at the Miami International Airport and had a water bottle with a secret compartment that contained a substance that smelled like marijuana.

Within a week, authorities announced the substance in the bottle was not marijuana and no charges would be filed against Vick. End of story.

Or is it?

It has now been more than a week since the allegations were made and dropped. Yet this is still in the news. In fact, it is getting so much attention, Falcons Head Coach Bobby Petrino has given a plea to the media to drop the story and just move on.

It's a reasonable request from the first year coach but, as much as I want to, I just can't. I just have to know what was in the bottle.

And, my need to know comes from common sense. He had a bottle with a hidden compartment. You don't put a hidden compartment in a water bottle to smuggle a "legal" substance. And, while the police have said it wasn't marijuana, but there was something in the bottle. And, to date, we haven't gotten an answer as to what it was.

The whole thing smells fishy and someone needs to break the silence about what really happened in Miami.

Until they do, the topic is going to stay in the news. And, until they do, there are going to be plenty of conspiracy theories.

I participate in several sports discussion groups and, in every one, there is a rumor being circulated that either Vick or Falcons owner Arthur Blank paid off authorities to drop the charges against the quarterback. Since that in itself would be a worse crime than possessing marijuana, the mystery surrounding the case is bringing much more bad publicity than the case itself. Not helping matters was the decision by airport authorities to erase tapes of the water bottles being confiscated from Vick. While I believe that is probably the proper thing to do if he did nothing wrong, I can also understand why people would believe it is part of a conspiracy.

My plea to Michael is this, come clean about what was in the bottle. If it was something legal, tell us what it was. If it was drugs, then be honest with your fans. You may have fooled the authorities and Falcons officials but you're not fooling the general public. And, your silence is hurting your reputation more than the truth would.