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Sandpoint Bar Protests Vick Signing

Football season is just around the corner, but customers at one local sports bar will have to find new accommodations if they planned on watching any Philadelphia Eagles games or drinking any Coors Light. Steve Coffman, owner of Slates Prime Time Grill and Sports Bar, is boycotting the Eagles and its corporate sponsors — including the makers of both Coors and Miller beer — until the team releases Michael Vick, its newly acquired quarterback. Vick, who spent two years in prison for his role in a dog fighting ring, signed a two-year contract with the Eagles late last week. 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/Conor Christofferson, Bonner County Bee. More here.

Question: What do you think of the action taken by Sandpoint sports bar owner Steve Coffman to protest the Eagles signing of QB Michael Vick?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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