Posted by
Bob Wood aka TrekTek on Friday, August 14, 2009 6:04:30 PM
So... Michael Vick served his time?
How about eighteen months of a 23-month sentence? And the last few months were at home!
This sleezeball tortured, electrocuted, and killed dogs. He gambled on dog fights. He funded the operation. To him, this disgusting display of dogs tearing each other apart was enjoyable.
The "conventional wisdom" says that he has paid the price for his misdeeds, and he should now be allowed to make a living and turn his life around. And he should...
But it should not be with the Philadelphia Eagles or any other team in the National Football League. He should be banned from professional sports. He could get a job in a department store unloading trucks. He could work on a road crew digging ditches. He could become a painter or a window-washer. Those are all honorable professions.
But you can not make millions of dollars doing those jobs. You don't get to be on national television every week doing those jobs. You don't draw the attention of young people to be just like you in those jobs.
ESPN talked about him as if he was the second coming. Apparently, they don't know that we got that last November.
Your thoughts?