Michael Vick was conditionally reinstated to the NFL today. Essentially, if there is a team that will sign him (of course there is), he is eligible for all team activities except actual games, and he could potentially play in those as early as October.
And I think he could have killed a man and generated less outrage.
I never much liked him, always having found him a thuggish product of a thuggish Virginia Tech football program. He had his share of trouble before he bankrolled the systematic and ongoing abuse and death of dogs, you know.
But, dig: he was convicted and has served his sentence. Heinous as his crime was, what is it about it that makes it (apparently) unforgivable?
He happens to be a professional football player. On what legal basis should he be prevented from earning a living?
I’m pulling for him, at least partially because I’m entertained by the hysterically excessive reactions of his detractors. Let’s put his balls through a meat grinder. He needs to be attacked by dogs to get him straighten up! [sic] Michael Vick should be killed. You know, something tells me that if we watch these same quarters for outrage when prominent people commit heinous crimes against human beings, we’ll find none.
What is that about?
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bo, my sentiments exactly. i’ve never liked the guy, but he has served his sentence. who knows, maybe after paying his debt he may actually turn out to be decent after all….nah!
I think Vick and players like him are poison. If he had not consistently been in (serious) trouble in the past, I would not be as uneasy about his second chance. I can hope that the NFL will not give him any wiggle room, as in, he gets his 2nd chance because he has paid his debt, but there’s no leeway for screwups.
Yes, he paid his debt. He’s paid a much harsher penalty than a lot of other players involved in manslaughter and worse.
What Vick did was reprehensible (unthinkable to a right-minded person),but they made an example out of him. To his credit, he took it like a man. Now that he’s done his time he should be allowed to earn a living.
One thing that bothers me about his crime is that people who are capable of doing that to animals have characteristics of sociopaths, and might one day move on to children. There is a general disconnect from the suffering of other living beings. I hope he cleans up his act, but I’m as doubtful as seester.