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Will any NFL team sign Vick?
In a recent episode of NBC's "30 Rock," Alec Baldwin says to Tracey Morgan's character, "You're a celebrity you can do anything you want and the public will forgive you, except for dog fighting, they seem to not like that."
Here are just a few sins that celebrities and athletes have been convicted of, but were able to over come and continue lucrative careers
Drug Possession; To list all the celebrities would take too much time, but family movie star Tim Allen served prison time for possession and distribution of cocaine, if he was unforgiven we have never of had the wonderful movie, "Wild Hogs."
Statutory Rape; Another minor sin soon forgiven by the public, again daily headlines of celebrities involved in the indiscretion are so numerous that it would be silly for us to hold any anger towards them. Just let Ben Rosenberger play, he is a Super Bowl champion, the girl must be lying or wanted it.
Rape; I wish women would stop accusing famous people of Rape, look how much money Kobe Briant lost in endorsement deals, he was the real victim, and the kids that accused Michael Jackson were not trying to "Heal the World, he was the greatest person who ever lived. A special mention to R Kelly who is both a statutory and real rapist at the same time.
Murder; My main man Ray Lewis, while most citizens would at least see some jail time for man slaughter, the world and the NFL just could'nt let that talent go to waste just because he killed a guy in a silly fight.
None of these offensives could possibly be worse than dog fighting. The main thing that separates Vick's case from the rest, is that the public views those other crimes as racially neutral. Every one likes drugs, sex with minors, and murder. Dog fighting is viewed as a Black man's game and Michael Vick was getting to be to uppity anyway. How dare he abandon the pocket and destroy decades of NFL defensive stradedy by being perhaps the most versatile and game changing Quarter Back of his era. He should of been smart and unmovable and predictable as Dan Marino. His salary was also way too outrageous. He needed to be reminded whose world he lived in, and he is not the first African American to learn this lesson.
I know that people love their dogs, but Vick should be playing. I'm also not saying that everyone who anti-Vick is a racist but there has to be a reason that his crimes are greater than the ones mentioned above, and I see race or perception of race as playing a factor.
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