Michael Vick was released this morning after spending the past 19 months in a federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Vick will be making the journey back to his home in Hampton, Virginia where he will spend the next two months under house arrest.
With his future in the NFL still undecided, my take on it is simple: if he can still play, let him play. He has served his time, and by doing so paid his debt to society. Therefore, if he wants to go get a job in the NFL, and someone is willing to hire him; more power to him.
While I’m on this topic of Vick getting an NFL job, I need to make one point very clear. Yes, playing in the NFL is a job, and I am so sick of the morons who like to throw around, “playing in the NFL is a privilege.” Shut up and sit down…no it’s not: it’s a job; and quite a difficult job at that. No one is going to “bestow the honor” of playing football at the NFL level upon Michael Vick. He will have to work, interview, and prove himself just like any other NFL prospect. So what, if instead of an NFL quarterback Vick was a computer programmer for Microsoft; would anyone say, “there is no way he should get to go back to work. Working for Microsoft is a privilege?” Absolutely not, but because Mike Vick happens to work in a high profile field, and because PETA is a bunch of attention seeking nutjobs willing to step on everyone in order to use them as a platform; we want to crucify him.
Don’t misunderstand, I think that what Michael Vick did was beyond reprehensible, but he served his time. The Courts decided on a set amount of time as being an appropriate punishment for this particular crime. In two months, that amount of time will have been satisfied (along with three years of probation), and if a team wants him (there are many that should), they have every right to hire him.
With his future in the NFL still undecided, my take on it is simple: if he can still play, let him play. He has served his time, and by doing so paid his debt to society. Therefore, if he wants to go get a job in the NFL, and someone is willing to hire him; more power to him.
While I’m on this topic of Vick getting an NFL job, I need to make one point very clear. Yes, playing in the NFL is a job, and I am so sick of the morons who like to throw around, “playing in the NFL is a privilege.” Shut up and sit down…no it’s not: it’s a job; and quite a difficult job at that. No one is going to “bestow the honor” of playing football at the NFL level upon Michael Vick. He will have to work, interview, and prove himself just like any other NFL prospect. So what, if instead of an NFL quarterback Vick was a computer programmer for Microsoft; would anyone say, “there is no way he should get to go back to work. Working for Microsoft is a privilege?” Absolutely not, but because Mike Vick happens to work in a high profile field, and because PETA is a bunch of attention seeking nutjobs willing to step on everyone in order to use them as a platform; we want to crucify him.
Don’t misunderstand, I think that what Michael Vick did was beyond reprehensible, but he served his time. The Courts decided on a set amount of time as being an appropriate punishment for this particular crime. In two months, that amount of time will have been satisfied (along with three years of probation), and if a team wants him (there are many that should), they have every right to hire him.
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