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Scanning the thread, I keep seeing the suggestion that Vick should be given a ‘second chance’.

He is being given a second chance. He’s out of prison, and now on probation.

That has absolutely nothing to do with his being allowed to represent the National Football League.

The ‘logic’...if you want to call it that, is upside down because he was a professional athlete.

If a bank teller robs the bank they work at, upon release from prison, is it only a ‘second chance’ if that bank hire’s the convicted teller back?

No. Fact is, the bank would be insane to rehire this person.

We all know it. So why is it you want to insist Vick only gets a ‘second chance’ if he’s allowed to return to the NFL, which is a Privilege, not a right?

Another point. Look it up, he’s no different than Pacman Jones. He’s caused quite a few headaches for the NFL over the course of his rocky career as Atlanta’s quarterback. To be clear about ‘no different’ he’s repeatedly embarrassed the Falcon’s, the city of Atlanta, and the NFL. Same as Pacman, noting not the same type of activity.

The fact is Vick got a HUGE break when the RICO statutes were not applied to his multi state CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. Had that happened, he’d have gone to prison for two full decades, possibly more.

I’ll just sit back and watch what happens. I guarantee the outburst from the dog rescue types - not to be confused with the lunatics at PETA by the way - will picket the team dumb enough to hire this guy. They will go after the advertisers, they will go after the stadium owners, the leage itself. Its going to generate a repeat of every single aspect of this incident, with even mor graphic details due to Vick having to state what he did, how he did it, and how long he did it.

I wouldn’t hire a convicted felon into one of my companies. How anyone can assert the NFL should is beyond me.

Final point. Goodell wasn’t commissioner when Larry Little killed somebody while driving drunk, nor was he Commissioner during the Ray Lewis incident. Don’t assign any weight to those in this debate, because the league’s policy has changed so dramatically since then (primarily to my Bengals running amok for two seasons as we all know).