Mike Vick

Michael Vick was released from prison yesterday, much to my delight. In my opinion the crime did not fit the time, and because of it his life was turned completely upside down. He virtually lost everything because of his own stupidity, but now it’s time for his redemption. Personally, I’m a big fan of redemption because I believe that everyone makes mistakes. Yet it’s how you handle those mistakes that make a man even more of a man. It’s called growing up. It’s called maturing.

Don’t get me wrong. He should not have been involved with dog fighting or even breeding dogs to fight for that matter. Me being a dog lover myself who has virtually owned dogs all my life since I was five years old, can’t even begin to comprehend that lifestyle. I did grow up in the hood though, so I have seen my fair share of two mean spirited pits fighting, and it is not a pretty sight at all. Yet that is something that you might see in the hood on occasion, but once you become a multi-millionaire with a big house on the hill, I would like to think that you kind a have no business in the business of fighting dogs.

I think most people would agree that Vick handled the whole situation wrong from the beginning. Instead of denying it he should have just owned up to it. Then his punishment plus public perception would probably not have been so harsh. Besides, he should have known better than to lie to the feds, his employer, and especially his fans. In that way he let people down, especially the young people that wore his jerseys and idolized him. However, the man did his time like he was suppose to, and he didn’t cry about it. Now he’s going to be asking for our forgiveness, and I think that after all that he has been through with losing everything that he has lost, we owe him that. I say let Michael Vick play football again. Let that man do what he do.