but I’m glad to see he’s been partially/conditionally/temporarily reinstated. The man paid the kind of dues athletes NEVER EVER pay. I don’t want the Rams to even flinch at him, but I hope he finds a good fit in the AFC, turns his life around and becomes the kind of story we all want the Story of Michael Vick to become.

Now I’m not saying sign him to the rams cuz he just doesn’t fit. I mean I watched him cuz he was fun to watch not because he’s a great person I guarentee there’s many guys in the nfl that are worst than vick there probaly on the rams to we just don’t know.

Vick will probably come into the league and be the same playmaker he was when he left. Won’t be the best quarterback but will be the only one with a 76 yard touchdown run through the middle of the field. He has had some great losses in terms of money and time, which some would say may have even been superfluous as far as punishment, but football should never presume to be a sport of role models. These people are professionals, doing a job that is in high demand for talented athletes and Vick still fits the bill.

I know many will have their peeves with what I am saying and have the right to state their opinion but Vick is from the south, dogfights occur in the south. Vick is mega competitive on the field, and as documented by law also off the field. Horse breeders of the Preakness would never spend years in jail, Army generals don’t go to jail for training their men, Boxing trainers don’t go to jail for years, even sex offenders have it easier. I know Vick could be quite the example to set for the rest of the NFL and could prevent the rest of the league from further falling on the way side but in my opinion this was quite the travesty, showing that athletes are held to a double standard from both sides.

He’ll probably need a season of training before ripping off a 76 yard touchdown run through the middle.

He paid dues athletes never pay – and so maybe they should. I say they should, like anyone else. And unlike anyone else, all he’s done was prison time for what is a serious abusive crime that no, can’t be compared to horse racing and beef cattle.

He obvioulsy got his job right back as soon as he got out andin fact most people don’t go back to their same job agfter prison. They’re hard up to find good work as felons, and financial crimes that cause no blood often mean the perp is ostracized from that field forever. The bankruptcy agreement says he can still take home a million or more every year if he makes a couple million. He’ll live in the lap of luxury forever more, and ok fine. He’ll earn it fair and square.

I can’t defend Little or Stallworth’s thoughtless actions. But I can undertsand the difference in thoughtful actions, as in choosing to pick up a dog over your head and slam him to the ground until he’s dead, or electrocuting him because he didn’t fight well enough. Those are thoughful choices that are just sick enough that they stick with me…like when you hear about how serial killer’s pets turned out to be his early vicitims…its just sick enough that I don’t want to see the guy performing in front of me.

I’m not an angel either. But there’s being drunk and and making a bad decision, which maybe every man has done, and there’s clear headed choosing sickening abuse of life, and to me its just nauseating enought not want him around. I don’t care that ‘it happens’. It shouldn’t

I am all for Vick coming to the Rams , this is not afternoon tea for ladies I want to see some kick ass football this year !

There’s something to be said for what kind of person does it take to be an NFL football player, or an Army Ranger for that matter. You probably don’t get the highest level of football or real life warrior if your rosters are 100% made up of gentlemen. The Commish has to really think about where the line is if he wants to strike the right balance between good product, good marketing, and someone people can stand to watch. Vick is just past my personal tolerance, but yeah I know a lot of guys just want the product, period. And I might feel very different if he had gotten counseling/eductation rather than lockup. The lockup he should’ve gotten for not paying taxes on his illegal dogfighting business!

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