Posted on 09/30/2009 7:21:57 PM PDT by blake6900
Nike has announced they've resigned Michael Vick to an advertising contract. You can tell them what you think of that by clicking here
I understand Nike has entered into another advertising agreement with Michael Vick. While some would argue that Mr. Vick has paid his debt to society for his dog fighting conviction the reality is that he also was behind the abduction of stray and family dogs in his neighborhood for training purposes. He's never answered for that. So, I will never purchase another Nike product while he is under contract with your company. This is sad and you should be ashamed of yourselves.
I’m sure the Qb from “the Ohio State University” will be tickled pink his hero has been hired.
I hate Ohio State too.
I guess wife beating pro players are ok?
What the heck are they thinking?
I think that whoever the Nike Executive who resigned Vick should himself resign.
It is ok to kill a person if you are a pro football palyer?
Nike prices are out of my league anyway.
This is about the worst market positioning error that I've seen on the part of a well-known multi-national company in a very long time.
No matter what you may think about Michael Vick personally, he'll be radioactive until the day he dies to millions of consumers. There will forever be something of a "scarlet letter" stamped on this guy.
I think it's suicidal for Nike to associate their name with his.
Congratulations. You certaintly are well within your right to whine, bawl, piss and moan to Nike. I’m sure you got them quaking in their boots.
I’m going fire off a counter e-mail to them, thanking them for not burying someone in the ground who already served their debt to society.
I have no idea what the hell you're talking about. If you're not troubled by this, fine. But don't put words in my mouth. I can do that myself.
here is what I wrote
I am writing to let your company know how disappointed I am in your decision to resign Mike Vick. Your decision illustrates the fact that your company is not interested in standing up for what is right, only in the bottom line. Now that Vick is marketable again your company is full steam ahead. I will not spend a dime on Nike products until this decision is permanently reversed.
Nike can go to hell.
Agreed. I love dogs, but the man has spent time in Federal prison over this. He’s paid his debt, and he should be allowed to pick up the pieces and move on.
I am a believer is second chances...I think he has paid his price. Now if he returns to his old ways...maybe
I am a believer is second chances...I think he has paid his price. Now if he returns to his old ways...maybe
You obviously didn't read my entire post but that's fine. Go try it again, then run your mouth.
BTW. Be sure to remember that "paid his debt to society" stuff the next time some politician you don't agree with goes down that road.
You don’t have to bury him. But you don’t have to reward him either. If a child molester paid his debt to society and got out would you reward him also? Forgive and forget? I highly doubt it.
Let’s cut the personal abuse and stick to the topic, please.
Does Nike make hushpuppies? Just askin’
No thanks - Why would I want to give Nike my email address just so I could vent about what a POS Vick is?
He can find work somewhere else. I respect the NFL and staffing a lowlife like Michael V_ck demeans it.
LOL...so much so you said it twice. Not tryin' to pick a fight. Just thought it was funny.
Are you equating his crime(s) with child molestation? That’s quite a leap. I’m not required to forget; I am required to forgive.
I do not have a problem with this. Vick paid his dues for his crime. Let him live his life in peace!
good for michael vick he paid for his crime. thats all i need. everyone deserves forgivness. gl vick
Name 'em and I will.
Guess all those people who agree with me are idiots too.
Thought this was America, guess not. People who support lifetime crucifixation after serving their sentences are the real idiots. Apparently that is you.
I think I’ll wear my Nikes to a dog fight.
i agree he paid his debt to society and his sorry. every man deserves to make a living regardless of his past sins that he paid for
I am sure there are some around me, and you and there are adulterers,blasphemers,drunks,....I dont celebrate him or anyone else..but I do think in society we say you do this...this is the price...they you have to do it....he did his time...now what...you want him dead? come on rapist get 3 years and out in 15months...they are around you everyday...you dont like it...protest the judicial system..dont hate your neighbors
Again the molester/pedophile comparison; it’s a straw argument. We’re discussing a totally different crime, totally unrelated to child molestation and/or pedophilia.
He held dogs under water and drowned them. He slammed their bodies to the ground until they died. Sorry. He doesn’t put me in a forgiving mood.
I think it’s great.
He has paid his debt to society.
Justice has been served.
My bad on the name calling. Please accept my apologies.
It’s not a straw argument at all. We are discussing crimes, paying your debt to society, and then getting on with your life. We are just using a different crime as an example, the theory is the same.
Let’s use a different crime if you are uncomfortable with our example. If you owned a company and somebody embezzled money from you, got caught, went to prison and “paid their debt to society”. After his debt to society was paid would you hire that person back to handle your finances?
Another lousy comparison. That person doesn’t have to be hired to do your finances. He can be ruled out on incompetance.
How does dogfighting mean no longer allowed to play football? To no longer being allowed to be a veternarian or dogcatcher? Okay valid comparison.
Thank you for the voice of reason.....
I would think Nike would want to wait and see how he is going to develop after being away from the game for 2 years......
wow, i am really shocked.. Vick is one lucky SOB to get back on the ‘gravy train’.
He was competent enough to steal money out from underneath your nose. What does that say about you?
I didn’t say Vick should not be able to play football. I said he should not be rewarded by Nike. I stand by that statement.
It is most certainly a straw argument. To equate crimes of sexual deviancy with what Vick was tried, and convicted for, are TOTALLY unrelated. Do we sentence the first time shoplifter to the same jail sentence a convicted murderer should get? Why not? The crimes are not the same. Trying to draw a corollary between the most heinous of crimes and what Vick did time for is nonsense. Look, I’m not a fan of Vick; never have been, never will be. But, I do believe in the concept of second chances; the man did his time for his conviction...are we to believe the people who’ve done bad things and lived through the appropriate punishment are to be thrown on the ash-heap, with no chance of redemption/forgiveness? I refuse to accept that.
As an aside, all molesters and pedophiles should be shot by firing squad. A poorly-trained firing squad. So it takes a while. :-)
He tortured and killed dogs. Are there any standards anymore?
Wow. Well, you are well within your right to not buy Nike products. But do you want the government to step in and punish Nike for doing this?
I really don’t care. Chickens are raised in brutal conditions too. I still eat them, and by that purchase I financially benefit the people raising those chickens.
I bet you do to.
But if the shoplifter and the murderer both served their time, paid their debt to society and got out, under your argument are they not then equal at that point? Your argument being that once an offender has served his debt to society they should be allowed to resume their life as normal.
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