lets have a vote. who wants vick to play?

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 3:11PM

i know i am gonna get slammed but i don't

1 go home, 0 play.

mike92694 · August 14, 2009 3:16PM

<< i know i am gonna get slammed but i don't

1 go home, 0 play. >>

do i want vick? no. do i think he deserves to play? yes. after all. what else can he do if he doesn't play? he's paid his dues, so ...

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 3:22PM

<< 

<< i know i am gonna get slammed but i don't

1 go home, 0 play. >>

do i want vick? no. do i think he deserves to play? yes. after all. what else can he do if he doesn't play? he's paid his dues, so ... >>

so what your saying is because i am a nobody, i get a felon charged to me, and i go out looking for a good paying job, i can't get one because no one wants a felon.
i paid my time.
what makes me so different.
he gets paid millions and i get paid 20K a year. not enough to live on.
but its ok for him?????

Carew29 · August 14, 2009 3:28PM

I believe he is saying NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii200/Dillon1961/images.jpg

Carew29 · August 14, 2009 3:31PM

JackWESQ · August 14, 2009 3:33PM

I do not want Vick. Vick may have paid his debt to society by serving his prison time. As far as I am concerned, however, he forfeited the privilege of playing in the NFL by being a convicted felon.

What can he do if he is not playing football? That is not my concern. But if all he is good for is being a football player, then I would imagine he has much bigger concerns as he has, at most, five (5) years left of being a professional football player.

/s/ JackWESQ

mike92694 · August 14, 2009 3:34PM

<< 

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<< i know i am gonna get slammed but i don't

1 go home, 0 play. >>

do i want vick? no. do i think he deserves to play? yes. after all. what else can he do if he doesn't play? he's paid his dues, so ... >>

so what your saying is because i am a nobody, i get a felon charged to me, and i go out looking for a good paying job, i can't get one because no one wants a felon.
i paid my time.
what makes me so different.
he gets paid millions and i get paid 20K a year. not enough to live on.
but its ok for him????? >>

it's up to the employer as to whether they want to hire convicted felons or not. there is no law per se outlawing such. the nfl allows it, so therefore he should be able to ...

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 3:45PM

<< 

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<< i know i am gonna get slammed but i don't

1 go home, 0 play. >>

do i want vick? no. do i think he deserves to play? yes. after all. what else can he do if he doesn't play? he's paid his dues, so ... >>

so what your saying is because i am a nobody, i get a felon charged to me, and i go out looking for a good paying job, i can't get one because no one wants a felon.
i paid my time.
what makes me so different.
he gets paid millions and i get paid 20K a year. not enough to live on.
but its ok for him????? >>

it's up to the employer as to whether they want to hire convicted felons or not. there is no law per se outlawing such. the nfl allows it, so therefore he should be able to ... >>

maybe i'll go and rob a liquor store, and then i am released, i'll try out for the NFL.
i'm a convicted felon, they can't deny me

mike92694 · August 14, 2009 3:46PM

<< 

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<< i know i am gonna get slammed but i don't

1 go home, 0 play. >>

do i want vick? no. do i think he deserves to play? yes. after all. what else can he do if he doesn't play? he's paid his dues, so ... >>

so what your saying is because i am a nobody, i get a felon charged to me, and i go out looking for a good paying job, i can't get one because no one wants a felon.
i paid my time.
what makes me so different.
he gets paid millions and i get paid 20K a year. not enough to live on.
but its ok for him????? >>

it's up to the employer as to whether they want to hire convicted felons or not. there is no law per se outlawing such. the nfl allows it, so therefore he should be able to ... >>

maybe i'll go and rob a liquor store, and then i am released, i'll try out for the NFL.
i'm a convicted felon, they can't deny me >>

they can't deny you the tryout, but they can deny you playing time for other reasons, like you're not good enough.

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 3:51PM

they can't deny you the tryout, but they can deny you playing time for other reasons, like you're not good enough.

probably not, but i bet you once they find out i have a felon they will say bye, bye.

besides i have a better chance at base ball. unless they think i'll beat someone with a bat

csmtampa · August 14, 2009 3:51PM

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

storm888 · August 14, 2009 3:52PM

"it's up to the employer as to whether they want to hire convicted felons or not. ..."

//////////////////////

Absolutely.

Within a few days, there will likely be HUNDREDS of sites similar to

Sponsor Boycott

His employer is free to make any decision it chooses to make.

His employer's advertisers will have some difficult decisions to
make, too.

..........

It's NOT his "felon" status that makes the guy so creepy to
so many folks. It's the nature of his crimes.

SDSportsFan · August 14, 2009 3:54PM

I say NO!!!!!

I do not want him in the NFL. As for the argument that football is all he knows how to do...SO WHAT!!!!! What about a player who suffers a career-ending injury? What do they do? Answer...they LEARN to do SOMETHING ELSE!!!!! They go back to school; they learn a trade.

Same thing with someone who joins the Army at 18 and the Army puts them in the Infantry or Cavalry. Driving a tank or firing a howitzer doesn't relate too much to any civilian jobs I know of. So...what does someone do when they get out of the Army after 4-6 years? They go back to school and learn to do something else so they can make a living!!!!!

Michael Vick needs to do the same thing...go back to school and learn to do something else!!!!!

Steve

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 3:55PM

i see it as making money

EB22 · August 14, 2009 3:57PM

Which one is Vick, the one who shot dogs, or himself?

If he's the one who shot his self, then yeah, let him play again, no problem!

If he's the one who shot dogs and all that other stuff to them, fry the

Sorry, i'm not big on football, baseball and others, i'm a basketball guy...

joestalin · August 14, 2009 3:58PM

I want him to play.

Sincerely,
So some defensive end can break his legs.

lawnmowerman · August 14, 2009 4:04PM

The Eagles will be playing him at wide receiver since that is the position he has played for the last two years.

grote15 · August 14, 2009 4:04PM

Just long enough to watch him tear his ACL on the first play from scrimmage...

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 4:05PM

<< Just long enough to watch him tear his ACL on the first play from scrimmage... >>

that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nightcrawler · August 14, 2009 4:07PM

Dogs are good people, better than people by far. It's no wonder we love our dogs.

lawnmowerman · August 14, 2009 4:09PM

<< Dogs are good people, better than people by far. It's no wonder we love our dogs. >>

I agree. They taste almost as good as cats!

nightcrawler · August 14, 2009 4:10PM

<< The Eagles will be playing him at wide receiver since that is the position he has played for the last two years. >>

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 4:11PM

more of a chance of getting knocked the f---ed out

SidePocket · August 14, 2009 4:12PM

I really dislike Vick but Matt's comment may be the all time best I've ever heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nightcrawler · August 14, 2009 4:19PM

Yep, I was kind of lookin to try and crack a funny of my own. That would be like Brian Adams going on after Led Zepplin.

csmtampa · August 14, 2009 4:20PM

<< I say NO!!!!!

I do not want him in the NFL. As for the argument that football is all he knows how to do...SO WHAT!!!!! What about a player who suffers a career-ending injury? What do they do? Answer...they LEARN to do SOMETHING ELSE!!!!! They go back to school; they learn a trade.

Same thing with someone who joins the Army at 18 and the Army puts them in the Infantry or Cavalry. Driving a tank or firing a howitzer doesn't relate too much to any civilian jobs I know of. So...what does someone do when they get out of the Army after 4-6 years? They go back to school and learn to do something else so they can make a living!!!!!

Michael Vick needs to do the same thing...go back to school and learn to do something else!!!!!

Steve >>

I can concur with your statement. And I am a living breathing example of that. I served 4 years in the Marines as an artillery man with 2nd MOS as a machine gunner. I got out as a nothing, and am going to school to become a Radiologist Technologist. After 8 more years I will be a Radiologist.

Im doing things the hard way, and so should he.

PS- I can still hit a baseball 330+ feet with a wood bat!!!!

DRAFT ME!!! hahaha

lawnmowerman · August 14, 2009 4:22PM

<< Yep, I was kind of lookin to try and crack a funny of my own. That would be like Brian Adams going on after Led Zepplin.

>>

The song that started it all

link

nightcrawler · August 14, 2009 4:29PM

<< The song that started it all

link >>

Ha ha, would you believe I saw a concert from the Cuts Like a Knife tour in 1981.

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 4:32PM

what matt said.

lets say you have a great job. great pay. you get busted and go to jail.
do you expect to have the same job when you get out?
i know i wouldn't.
there is no dues paid here. i'm on the streets

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 4:34PM

i would say that VICK, STALLWORTH, and BURRASS could play Russian roulette, well we know who lost that game

SidePocket · August 14, 2009 4:35PM

Question - is Vick sorry for what he did or is he sorry he got caught?

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 4:38PM

hell, i can say i am sorry too, and won't mean a thing.

nightcrawler · August 14, 2009 4:39PM

<< Question - is Vick sorry for what he did or is he sorry he got caught? >>

Maybe he'll be sorry when he's older. But he's more than likely just angry right now.

csmtampa · August 14, 2009 4:42PM

He could always sell drugs in Atlanta....oh my how bad

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 4:43PM

<< 

<< Question - is Vick sorry for what he did or is he sorry he got caught? >>

Maybe he'll be sorry when he's older. But he's more than likely just angry right now. >>

if i got paid what he just got, i wouldn't be angry. even if i know i don't deserve it

storm888 · August 14, 2009 4:45PM

<< Question - is Vick sorry for what he did or is he sorry he got caught? >>

/////////////////////////////////////////

That would NOT be possible to be "certain of."

Based on his conduct after his arrest, I would
say it is "pretty certain" that he is ONLY sorry
he got caught.

The pre-sentencing reports from his probation
guy suggested that he was a liar, who refused
to accept responsibility for his actions, and was
only sorry that he got caught.

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 4:47PM

sorry, sorry, sorry
if he was sorry, he wouldn't have done it in the first place

fry him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

storm888 · August 14, 2009 4:48PM

"if i got paid what he just got, i wouldn't be angry. even if i know i don't deserve it."

/////////////////////////

Even if he collects the 2-year money, it really does not make
much of a dent in what he owes.

It has cost him MILLIONS to just get to this phase of his plan.

nightcrawler · August 14, 2009 4:54PM

<< 

<< 

<< Question - is Vick sorry for what he did or is he sorry he got caught? >>

Maybe he'll be sorry when he's older. But he's more than likely just angry right now. >>

if i got paid what he just got, i wouldn't be angry. even if i know i don't deserve it >>

True, but you and I, and most other people are not at all like him. My bet is that he feels hard done by.

BassPro77 · August 14, 2009 4:59PM

<< "if i got paid what he just got, i wouldn't be angry. even if i know i don't deserve it."

/////////////////////////

Even if he collects the 2-year money, it really does not make
much of a dent in what he owes.

It has cost him MILLIONS to just get to this phase of his plan. >>

so the NFL wants to bail him out

ga5150 · August 15, 2009 12:04AM

I think he's sorry for what he lost, not for what he did, or getting caught.

And my answer to the original question is NO.

<< Question - is Vick sorry for what he did or is he sorry he got caught? >>

mtcards · August 15, 2009 12:15AM

Throwing my vote in....

No, Vick should be banned for life. Its time the major sports leagues did something about the criminal behavior in their leagues. Whether they want it or not, they have the role of influence and the league should realize that. The problem is that so many of the athletes are all criminals in waiting before they enter the league, the money just gives them the ability to do it. Look at the NFL headlines recently...Stallworth, Burress, Vick, not to mention the many other minor law infractions. Honestly, Ive been able to get up, put my shoes on, go to work and manage to make it all day for 40 years without being arrested. These guys need to start paying the price. Playing in the NFL and making millions should be a priviledge, if you cant obey the law...McDonald's is ALWAYS hiring.

Carew29 · August 15, 2009 12:25AM

Just a thought for the day--And a definite stretch

Aiding and Abetting

A criminal charge of aiding and abetting or accessory can usually be brought against anyone (THE NFL) who helps in the commission of a crime (MIKE'S DOG RING BY PROVIDING HIS INCOME). A person (OR THE NFL) charged with aiding and abetting or accessory is usually (NOT PRESENT) when the crime itself is committed, but he or she (OR THE NFL) has knowledge of the crime before (OR) after the fact, and may assist in its commission through advice, actions, or financial support(NFL SALARY). Depending on the degree of involvement, the offender's participation(THE NFL) in the crime may rise to the level of conspiracy(RE-HIRING HIM).

WinPitcher · August 15, 2009 12:41AM

Sure.

Steve

Estil · August 15, 2009 12:43AM

I can't believe someone is actually taking a chance on Vick the Dick. Moral issues and bad-PR aside, wouldn't he be quite a bit rusty now? Not to mention he was never that great a QB to begin with.

bobbybakeriv · August 15, 2009 1:19AM

No. He brutally tortured dozens of dogs to death. He didn't just gamble on dog fighting. He participated in horrific an absolutely inhumane acts. I hope the Eagles go 0-16. This is just my opinion. It is a free market....for now.

Yankees001 · August 15, 2009 1:22AM

<< i know i am gonna get slammed but i don't >>

I don't want him to play. I'm a dog kind of guy.
The things he did makes me sick.

But the comish let him come back, he never asked my opinion.

bigwilli · August 15, 2009 1:43AM

Yes , he should play . I hope he helps Philly win a Super Bowl too.

Hey look , I would never condone what he did but everyone is entitled to make a living . He served his time , lost millions
of dollars . Who are we to decide whether he plays or not. The fans of Philly wont care what he did if he ends up helping
them win it all.

The real question is , Is he truly sorry and will he mess up again.

WinPitcher · August 15, 2009 2:18AM

Unless the NFL has a clause where it states no person convicted of a felony can play I see no reason

why he should not be able too. With all that said I too was not happy with what he did.

Neither was my staffordshire pit bull April.

The only team where I would think he should not be able to play is the Packers.

Simply because they are owned by the city of Green Bay.

Steve

Stone193 · August 15, 2009 2:31AM

I said this before - what he did can't be imagined in any of us here - so "doing the time" - is a legal term - and doesn't assuage the outrage of many people.

Does he deserve another chance?

Yes

Do I like the guy?

No

Does he deserve to have someone give him a job?

Yes

With the NFL?

No - this is my opinion - some things are just too heinous - and I can understand people wanting him bannished for life from the opportunity for "this" job.

mike

rbdjr1 · August 15, 2009 2:42AM

Michael Vick,

Just move to South Korea and maybe you can open up an illegal dog and cat restaurant with your signing bonus?

Officials should "look the other way", now that the Seoul Olympics are history. They do luv dog and cats there!

Vick can serve up gourmet food and have a very profitable fur business on the side.

Good rid-dens!

rd

lets have a vote. who wants vick to play?

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