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btp2k2:
Yeah, but the point you are missing, Zero, is that Lewis is good.
To call Vick a QB is an insult to all that have played that position. Just add a 2 in front of the 7, and call him what he is...a good running back.
Jouster:
From what I have read, they have video of Vick hosting the event...and ushering in a dog. Sounds like a pretty tight case to me. The way that the animal rights people in this country work means that Vick will get a harsher penalty for this than some others get for murder.
Jouster
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Zero_Hour on July 23, 2007, 01:14:08 am ---Innocent until proven guilty still has some meaning in this country.
--- End quote ---
In court. Not in private business. Notice how all of his sponsors except Nike have bolted? They didn't need a conviction and neither does the NFL. The NFL is more afraid of the NFLPA suing them over Vick than they are of the PR nightmare that will be Vick playing. The main fear is that the NFL knows it has many other tens of players in dogfighting and if Vick gets tossed out the witch hunt will begin in earnest. That is where the worst PR nightmare lies... not in one player committing heinous crimes, but in the media running with a "the NFL is full of dogfighting scumbags" storyline.
tommy:
Nothing should be done till he is proven guilty. All these companies and people losing faith in a person because of accusations not cool. If and when he is found guilty then and only then he should have to pay the price, not before.
shardian:
IMO, who cares if the NFL suspends the guy. Personally I think suspension is not really the answer, but I do think a paid leave of absense would be right and entirely acceptible. It is common practice for police officers under investigation to be put on paid leave. Same for Teachers in most cases. Due to unions, contracts, etc. The NFL can't just suspend the guy "because he may make them look bad".
It's too late for the current crop of bad boys in the NFL. I think the new commisioners crackdown on "thug life" is a good thing for the NFL, AND all of the future prospective NFL players, and even college ball players who won't ever make it to the NFL. Think about it, if these kids know that if they do wrong that they won't make it to the NFL, they will clean up their act pretty well.
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