I agree that Cohen is off base here (and probably at least a little jealous because he probably couldn’t hit the ground with a football if it weren’t for gravity), but I also think if this were “Michael Vick, normal person” committing the same offense he’d still be rotting in prison.
I sincerely hope Vick has learned his lesson, but I wouldn’t let him have a dog just yet.
Good possibility. Or, he might not have even been prosecuted. Or, he might have simply pleaded out.
One of the more observant, and non-PC FReepers mentioned at the time of his arrest that he'd have been better off if he'd sexually assaulted a woman.
A charge like that - IMHO, orders of magnitude worse - would just have been made to go away.
There certainly is a double standard, in more ways than one. I saw him play my Panthers a number of times back in his heyday with the Falcons. Refs did their best not to even let him get his uniform dirty - minimal contact drew a whistle and a flag. Sez me, they're all grown men and all wearing pads. Let 'em play.