Let Vick Play

Give me a break. Let Michael Vick play in the NFL. Let him return to his career after he has served his time. This is an example of the problems with the US prison system. Aren’t we supposed to rehabilitate our ex-convicts and reinstate them into society?

I have nothing against dogs, but it is not like Vick killed, raped, and maimed humans. It’s not like after he served his sentence, Vick is going to return to his previous job as a veterinarian or dog walker. By not allowing Vick back into the NFL, it’s saying that it is just to let him pay for his wrongdoing forever until the day he dies.

Let him make a livelihood the best way he knows how. Yes. We can make him suffer by forcing him to find another way to support himself. But is this necessary?

His crime and his job as a quarterback are greatly unrelated unless the new NFL team he plays for has a dog as the mascot.

Is this how we treat ex-convicts? Even after they have served their time and realized their mistakes, we make it so unbelievably difficult for them to maintain lives as honest law abiding citizens. In this instance, I’m not talking about violent offenders or sex offenders. I’m talking about the ex-convicts that sold drugs, stole money, or ran numerous kinds of illegal operations. We brand them with a stigma after their sentences, making it difficult for them to find honest work, which leads many back into the illegal lifestyle they had before prison.

Vick has been humiliated and stripped of his wealth. Give him a chance.

The belief I have noticed from those that oppose Vick's reinstatement as an NFL player is that he doesn't deserve the money that accompanies the job as a NFL quarterback. So, what you are saying to me is that despite his talent as an athlete, he is not worthy of a NFL salary because of his crime? What if NFL players only made $20,000 a year? What would you say now?

Something to think about. The American public wants to dictate who gets to benefit from the fruits and opportunities of wealth despite, in this case, Vick's athletic talent and his debt that he has paid to society.

Interesting. Modern principles of imperialism and colonialism at its best.