Michael Vick in Talks to Become PETA Spokesman

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I would like to think that we as a society are doing something in order to make him see his wrong doing other then letting him sit in a cell and weight lift all day. Otherwise he will come out no different then the way he went in. And in doing so I would like to think we as a society would give the individual a chance at making money to raise his family or future family with a half decent job. His talent is football. I expect he would have something to do with football. Maybe you would like for it to be at the high school level to influence our youth.

There's your problem, you think government or society can change an individual's mind-set. It rarely happens, that's why the recidivism rate for criminals is so high. Vick may not fight dogs again, but it will have nothing to do with some animal-sensitivity training or counseling. It will be because of the punishment and losses he took.

http://www.cor.state.pa.us/stats/lib...sm%20Study.pdf

No one is saying Vick shouldn't be allowed to hold a job, he just shouldn't be re-instated to the NFL. There are several other football leagues he could try out for, CFL, AFL, etc. He has college credits on his resume, not sure what he majored in, maybe he could go out and get a job like the rest of us.

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

There's your problem, you think government or society can change an individual's mind-set. It rarely happens, that's why the recidivism rate for criminals is so high. Vick may not fight dogs again, but it will have nothing to do with some animal-sensitivity training or counseling. It will be because of the punishment and losses he took.

http://www.cor.state.pa.us/stats/lib...sm%20Study.pdf

No one is saying Vick shouldn't be allowed to hold a job, he just shouldn't be re-instated to the NFL. There are several other football leagues he could try out for, CFL, AFL, etc. He has college credits on his resume, not sure what he majored in, maybe he could go out and get a job like the rest of us.

I guess you would be happy to oblige us with giving him a job right? I doubt it. It used to be that when some one became a felon and after they did their time or punishment people would hire them. In this day in age it's even harder for a felon to get a job. I used to say heck they can always get a job in construction making 13-15 dollars an hour, but honestly I've heard from site manager's who now have the mind set of ...."I won't hire a felon cause the chances of them committing another crime is hire." Plus most construction workers make their bigger dollars working on government contracts or local government contracts and the manager can't have felons on government property.

In other words they are not even wanted in construction any more. So if they can't get a job in construction how are felons supposed to support their families? I guess we shouldn't care. I guess we should simply say if your associated with Vick in some way ...it sucks to be you cause he's trash and no one should hire him.

I on the other hand would prefer the NFL let him play. Have him do commercials on TV and radio speaking about how what he did was wrong. Take a portion of his earnings (millions as you put it) and give it to the very organization that needs the money to support their cause of stopping people from torturing animals. I would think the face in the media telling kids that it's wrong would not only be good for our future kids seeing a role model say it's wrong but also be humbling and humiliating every time he has to get on t.v. or radio to discuss it.