This is a clip from CNN after shortly after Michael Vick was arrested. As you will see the crime he committed was very horrific. When the commissioner of the NFL decides whether Vick should be reinstated, he will have to decide if Vick has remorse for the crime. Do you think it is possible for him to be remorseful for these actions?
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Any remorse he shows is not towards what he did, rather for getting caught. I am a HUGE dog lover and everything he did honestly makes me sick to my stomache, however, when one has served time and lost millions of dollars... oh they're going to be remorseful alright, just not in the way people expect them to be. What he did was wrong, but at this point any thing he does to show remorse will be something related to a pety pre-written speech. The teams image will be tainted if he doesn't show remorse. I guess what I'm trying to say is that his job is at stake, therefore there is a huge possibility that he will show remorse, it just wont be honest.
ReplyDeleteI defintely agree with Silvia. I think Vick is only remorseful because he got caught. I have no clue how he would even go about showing remorse. I mean he could always make some public statement but I feel like those are so overdone. I do think he will probably get his job back in the end though. I am not sure this crime is looked upon as all that bad by too many people yet. Hopefully, cases like these can bring to light the terrible injustices of dog fighting. But is it possible for him to eventually be remorseful? Yes but I don't see it in the present or in the near future.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the points brought up by Silvia and Katerina. In addition, it is so odd to hear a professional football player was engaged in this. I wonder what other things professional players engage in, aren't they supposed to be role models? I hope he does get sentenced though.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Michael Vick should have the opportunity to rejoin the team especially because of the past decisions that were made by the coaches and NFL to bring previous players who had served time for various reasons. Although the activity is despicable, these players should be judged by how well they play football and not by their outside activities. Because he served his punishment and made a public apology, which I have included below, I believe he should be free to continue his career as a professional athlete.
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I also believe that Vick should be reinstated into the NFL when he finished his sentence. No, I don't think he will ever be truly sorry for what he did to those dogs but the people who have already committed crimes in the NFL, also are probably not extremely remorseful for their criminal actions. You have to put on the sorry face and hope it doesn't ruin your life and career. Below is a link to a video to his apology. It is easy to tell that he is not truly sorry for what he did but he is sorry for how it turned out. If he would have known, he probably wouldn't have done it.
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If Adam "Pacman" Jones gets one year suspension for suspicion of fighting and multiple arrests with no charges, Michael Vick deserves a minimum two years suspension when Commissioner Roger Goddell deems him eligible. And if any team is willing to take the risk of Michael Vick (personally, even if he was a a convicted felon I still wouldn't want him on my team because I don't think he's that good of a QB to begin with) then Vick should be eligible to play.
ReplyDeleteLike many have said prior to my post, I tihnk Michael Vick is only remorseful because he got caught. I am a HUGE animal lover and I do not think his actions can ever be justified. I also do not think that he is truly sorry. It's the fact that his job is on the line and his teams his teams image has been tainted. Anything he says or does at the point is for his own benefit and for his career. He's hoping to be reinstated and to play football again. However, I honestly feel as if his actions in dog fighting have nothing to with his ability to play football. As long as he served his time and paid his dues, I think he should be able to. That is if his team wants him back and he hans't hurt their name "too bad." Although, being from Cincinnati I'm not the one to talk about football players not being able to play after committing a crime or breaking the law. Half of the Cincinnati Bengals are convicts... haha... Therefore, that goes to show what a player does off the field does not necessarily apply to what he does ON the field.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Michael Vick is remorseful. Who wouldn't be remorseful of something that caused them to go to jail and put their job as an NFL quarterback in jeopardy. But more than that, I think knows that what he did was wrong and that he will never do it again. Once is has served the time allotted for his crime, he should be free to do what he wants, like return to the NFL. Playing football and what he does in his private life don't really have anything to do with each other.
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