The alleged post-penal pastime of a dog-killing quarterback

15.34? Seems a little high ...

 

There's no point in suing.
There's no way Vick could prove damages. His reputation is such that reporting that he's at a strip joint doesn't lower it.

 

Couldn't he argue that he is in the process of trying to rehabilitate that reputation, and this erroneous report led to him having an even bigger hill to climb?

 

If the commish gives him a conditional on his reinstatement, a shrewd mouthpiece could make that work to Vick's advantage in court.

 

Why does he get credit for saying he is sorry? He only did that after lying to everybody about it failed.

 

He lied. He went to jail. He paid fines. What more do you want the guy to do? He says he's changed and has made amends by apologizing. Nothing is bringing the dogs back to life. Give the guy a chance to see if he has changed. I'd like to think that the message of dog fighting is bad has gotten through to him and to many others. Time to move on.

 

I'm not saying he shouldn't be allowed to come back, though a four-game suspension to start wouldn't bother me. I'm saying he deserves no credit for aplogizing.

 

Goodell is under no obligation to reinstate him, now or ever. Playing pro football is a privilidge, not a right. If my employer makes it a condition of employment to avoid places of ill repute, then they have every right to do so.

Vick has fulfilled part of his legal obligations (still has a suspended sentence from the state charges). But that doesn't mean he is automatically back in 'the club' of NFL players.

 

That's cool but the guy has already been suspended. How much more blood does Goodell want? And I'm not a big Michael Vick fan but enough is enough.

 

Actually ... being a holy roller is no guarantee of morality ...