Yeah, right. That’ll work out well for the Humane Society when Vick is again caught involved in animal abuse. Anyone out there really believe Vick learned his lesson? Or, was he just sorry he was caught??? I vote the second option. I’m still trying to understand how someone convicted of those charges only received 18 months. I’d be in jail for a lot longer period of time you can be sure of that.
He wasn’t convicted, he plead guilty, and actually got a longer sentence than his non-celebrity cohorts.
You are a soldier and a Dad I must guess. Because some of the commenters above your comment disillusioned me completely. How to defend this guy...tell us to “get off his back”?
Thank you for making me think I’m not the only crazy one that still thinks only an evil person can do what that man did.
He’s out of jail, good. He served his time, good. But no law says I got to watch any football game he’s in, good.
Oh, he's absolutely just sorry he was caught. But I think it's probably been made pretty clear to him that his entire image is riding on constantly demonstrating his remorse, and that the Eagles, the Humane Society, his own agent, and anybody else with a chunk of brain cells has told him that if it happens again his career will be over and he'll end up in jail for a decade.
I don't think he was addicted to dog-fighting, I think he just thought it was fun and thought that the animals didn't deserve to be treated like living creatures. I'm sure his ethics haven't changed, but I strongly doubt he'd ever consider going back to that sort of thing — too many people watching.
Of course, there's a long list of people who whose first stupid act did not preclude their second. We'll see.
18 months in prison for killing dogs seems like a lot to me, when some do less time for killing men.
He paid and paid dearly. It’s estimated that his behavior and subsequent imprisonment cost him approx. $100 million+ in lost endorsements and salary.
I’m with the “He’s paid his debt” crowd. He’s paid his debt quite literally in cash and prison time and that includes forced payouts to the animal rights crowd.
Don’t get me wrong, as a dog owner/lover, what he did was abominable. But where do we as a society draw the line as it relates to the value of a human life over a dogs life?
Another football player can make a decision to get behind the wheel drunk and run down another human being and gets no prison time. It’s called a “mistake” yet Vick’s actions were called “decisions”. Sorry, both were “decisions”.
IMO, our society has lost perspective on the value of a human life and prefers animal lives over humans.
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