So now, Michael Vick's going to plead guilty and may wind up in the pokey for an extended visit.
Sounds good.
Dogfighting is incredibly inhumane and brutal and gruesome and ugly, and Vick's alleged role in it was pretty inhumane and brutal and gruesome and ugly.
The sports commentariat is going bonkers over the Vick thing. Will he ever play football again? Will someone give him a second chance? What does he have to do to get back in the league's good graces.
Funny. I don't seem to recall such gnashing of the teeth and concern over his career when Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was involved in a case of murder a few years back. That is, murder where a human being was killed.
And I don't recall such apolexy over former Ravens' running back Jamal Lewis, who did time on drug charges.
The National Football League has a number of players who have run afoul of the law, from drugs to being involved in shootings to accusations of domestic abuse. And those players continue to make livings playing a game.
Vick is planning to cop a plea to charges surrounding his role in a dog fighting ring. Now, that's despicable, certainly. But to be banned for life from football for it?
The lesson?
People care a lot more about dogs than they care about human beings.
I'm not making an accusation, just an observation.
Care more about animals than people? In most cases you can say that statement is accurate. But, animals also cannot speak for themselves. In dog fighting they are forced to fight. And in this case, subjected to a disgusting amount of abuse.
Somone in Vick's position is a representative of a whole team and should also be a role model for his fans. As far as I am concerned, the penalty is far too lenient.
With Vicks, I'd say, let the punishment fit the crime. Maybe a few minutes in a pit with some of those doggies he's trained to fight, would give Vicks a slightly different perspective on what it is like to be put into a ring with another vicious animal that wants to rip you to shreds. I don't think he quite "get's it". A year in prision is way too lenient.As for the money he'll lose, let's see if he can get out and make an honest living.