The Vick Factor

[SkinDogg]

Originally Posted by Daseal

A team that takes Vick better be ready for loads and loads of backlash. Including losing fans, protests on game day, etc. I don't think Snyder would be willing to go through that because unlike most bad publicity, this one could truly hurt the team.

That said, I think Vick a) gets suspended for more games by the league when it's over. b) Did something terrible. He made a conscious decision to break a dog's back... over his knee. That's disgusting to me, and I have a hard time forgetting that. It wasn't just dog fighting, then killing the animals when they're of no use to him anymore, he took time and fun to torture these poor animals to death.

He's a piece of shit, and if he were on the Redskins, I may have to seriously consider abstaining from the Redskins till he was no longer a part of the team.

For the record, no one loves a dog more than me, in fact I volunteer for an animal welfare organization. I also think we have more pressing needs than a QB. Still, I wouldn't be immediately opposed to Vick in teh B&G.

Sure, the Peta crazies would picket, holla and scream instead of actually being productive to, say, decrease fighting rings by changing laws, work w/ at-risk youth (young Vicks) exposed to fighting, bring reform, etc. Eventually everyone has to return to their day job.

As for Vick, he has a lot to regain, to prove, there's redemption, he's hungry, well, I think it would be good for a struggling team to be on that wave. We've seen the last of his hostile attitude to fans. Besides, this team needs a pulse.

Lose Redskin fans? Sure you'd drop a few (plz, plz, plz, let it be the posers in the Club Level), but if Vick made us A Contendah again they'd come crawling back. Personally as a 25+ year fan who has gone far too long without, I'd never budge. Actually, it's Dan Snyder who challenges my religion every day.