Vick conditionally reinstated by NFL (updated)

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by ethat001

BUT let's face it, we signed AH for $100 million dollars who ran someone over (and almost paralyzed him) and stomped on someone's *face*. We signed Jeremy Bridges who was arrested for assault and battery last year. Plax shot himself (<grin>), Matt Jones did cocaine, and others have done a lot of other crimes (I think there were 58 nfl player arrests in 2008)..

Sure what Vick did was bad, but why is everyone else let go with a slap on the wrist?

Stallworth - Indefinite Suspension
Haynesworth - 5 games for "stomp", 2006 Reckless driving charges were dropped. 2008 Reckless driving charges were misdemeanor.
Matt Jones - 3 game suspension
Leonard Little - 8 game suspension
Jeremy Bridges - 2 game suspenison by Panthers for misdemeanor assault. No suspension for "simple assualt & battery" which was basically a bar scuffle with a bouncer.
Plax - who knows, he'll likely be in jail for 2+ yrs minimum.
Tank Johnson - 8 games
Pacman - 2007 season

Hardly "slaps on the wrist".

While Vick has been suspended during the case and subsequent jail time, the only real punishment from the NFL would be 4 games. As Matty said, this is a huge benfit for Vick. Be thankful I'm not commish, you wouldn't see Vick in the NFL again (you wouldn't have seen Little after his second DUI incident either).