NFL Rumor Central: Does Vick have a future in Frisco?

Its funny that people really think PETA should even have a say in his reinstatement..
Society is really screwed up, when we place more value on an animals life than a human being. This country has millions of crimes everyday, millions of criminals getting released for more serious crimes, and no one says a word, they do thier time and go back to either be productive in society or screw up again...Good luck Michael Vick, hope you get a fair shot

I sell Insurance and have never seen that question aboout felons on any applications but I'm in Va so Nc could be different.

I would imagine that as a painter, he and his employees are bonded to be in people's homes. His bonding would likely cost more.

Just curious was the moose beaten and then asked to fight others for sport and then electrocuted or strangled to death by Palin?

Just askin'...

No the moose was just shot, then had his head sawed off and mounted on Sarah's wall.

Vick did a bad thing and got caught. I'm sure other players in the NFL do worse but haven't been caught. All of us have done things that are wrong and some of us have done things worse than dog fighting. I personally think what he did takes a twisted mind. But whether or not he should be able to contribute to society again. Yes he should. He served his time.

I think the question should be at what standard do we hold the NFL. I look at it as a rare privalige to play football and be paid millions. We as a society allow these athletes to live a dream life and root for them as they live it.

I don't think Vick is a danger to his fellow man. I do not compare him to Ted Bundy or that type. But to allow him the privalige to return to the NFL, to be a role model to our young children. I don't like it.

I don't care what Vick does with his life. I don't wish anything bad to happen to him. I hold him to no standard.

But is there a standard for the NFL? Should there be?

Its funny that people really think PETA should even have a say in his reinstatement..
Society is really screwed up, when we place more value on an animals life than a human being. This country has millions of crimes everyday, millions of criminals getting released for more serious crimes, and no one says a word, they do thier time and go back to either be productive in society or screw up again...Good luck Michael Vick, hope you get a fair shot

I agree 100%. Once Mike pays his debt to society he should be free to earn a living. What he did was wrong but that's why he went to jail. The man did his time now let him get back to being a productive citizen. For him, at this point in his life, that's being a pro football player.

If PETA needs something to do, they can check into my neighbor. He has an extremely dirty fish tank they may want to inspect. I just hope he doesn't lose his job at the pet store!!

HAIL!!

PETA lost all credibility when they asked Ben and Jerry's, one of the more "green" companies, to use human milk for their ice cream.

Not to minimize Vick's crime, but I generally agree with the following Chris Rock quote from election season:

"The crowd went crazy with applause when they showed a big picture of Sarah Palin next to the Moose she just killed, and Mike Vick is saying to himself, 'why am I in jail?'" -Chris Rock

Not exactly. Sarah Palin continues to be criticized for shooting wolves from helicopters. Difference with dog fighting - drugs, crime, etc.

My only question is where was your outrage when Leonard Little killed that woman, served 90 days in jail, and was allowed to play again? Do you even know that the NFL allowed a guy who killed a human being while driving drunk to play again?

Once again, I don't justify Vick, nor do I think he's a good person whatsoever. I'm just sick and tired of people acting like this is the worst thing an NFL player has done (even though his career was ruined and went to jail for a year). Oh and in case someone starts accusing me of being insensitive, I'm a dog owner.

Please people, there are rapist, child molesters, murderers, that b/c they have money are able to get away with their crime, continue with their lives as if nothing happened. Ok, maybe Goodell should ban Vick for another year. But then again, he gave Pacman Jones a chance, so if Jones got a chance, then Vick should.

Agree. No one loves a dog more than me, I've had them all my life, I volunteer for a local animal shelter, I was livid with Vick. But again I have to agree - he's paid his debt, it's time to move on. And if PETA truly had a brain, they'd use this crime to further expose dog fighting and put forth systems to combat it. Instead they just yell and scream which they will certainly do on the doorstep of whatever team would sign him.

No News, Just a thread update.

Falcons seeking to trade rights to Michael Vick - NFL - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-falcons-vicktrade&prov=ap&type=lgns)

BUCS DON’T WANT VICK
Posted by Mike Florio on February 14, 2009, 11:56 a.m.

The Falcons have placed a quarterback familiar with the term “cell block” onto the trading block. And one team already has said that it’s not interested in acquiring him.

According to Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune, count out the Buccaneers.

“No, I don’t see that in our future,” G.M. Mark Dominik told Cummings.

Our guess is that most teams will feel the same way, especially in the unlikely event that Vick is reinstated for all or part of the 2009 season.

Vick’s return, whenever (if ever) if happens, will draw heavy criticism from the team that acquires him. And with the economic downturn making more franchises than ever fret about their ability to consistenly sell all of the tickets in the stadium, the presence of a player like Vick could be the difference between keeping the balance sheet in the black — and having home games blacked out.