michael vick
In all of my days, I never dreamed there would come a day when I would think that Terrell Owens made any sense. Just considering that possibility seems foreign to me. Truthfully, I must say that I agree with alot of what he said about the Michael Vick situation. It still rings as shallow to me coming from Owens, but it is at least grounded in reality which is a big step for the Buffalo star receiver.
In case you didn’t know, Michael Vick, former NFL football star, is recently released from prison and allowed to pursue a return to the NFL. He had just been in prison as a result of helping to run and fund a dogfighting ring. He served a prison sentence, and then was on house arrest for a long time. He also lost his entire fortune made from playing NFL football and endorsement deals.
Now, commissioner Roger Goodell is looking like he is going to accept Vick back, but give him a four game suspension to start the NFL season.
To me, that is really kicking a man when he is down. I understand that Goodell wants to swing a big stick. I get that. Really. I was the first to stand up and say that Vick should be punished. The bottom line is that Vick was punished. Does it really matter if it was mandated by Goodell or not? Should societies punishment not be strong enough?
Why does it even matter? Well, for one thing not many NFL teams are going to want to take on Vick given the situation in the first place. When you tack on a four game suspension to start the season, then Vick is even less attractive as a worthwhile investment. He already has a huge challenge in front of him.
I am not a Michael Vick fan. I am not a Terrell Owens fan. But I do think that Goodell is being rather idiotic here. Give the man a chance in full, or give him no chance at all. If you are going to suspend him, you should just enforce the lifetime ban. Otherwise, give him a zero tolerance policy, and let the man play football.
[...] get me wrong. I feel that Michael Vick should be allowed another chance in the NFL as I stated here. I feel that the man served his time and should be allowed another chance at making things right. [...]
[...] Terrell Owens debuted as a Buffalo Bill and played only one series. In that series, he had two catches for 27 yds. Not a huge deal, but still Buffalo fans got to see their new wide receiver catch a few balls of the first time. [...]