Enough Already!

So I wasn't going to comment on the whole Michael Vick thing as I think it has been way over done. But hey, I just can't help myself.

First, let me way that I am very disappointed in Vick and what he did was absolutely wrong. Having said that, I have to admit that I'm little amazed by the outpouring for these animals. While I believe that animals are God's creatures and harming them in the way that Vick did means you may have some serious demons to deal with, but I can't say that I remember the same outpouring when an athlete has done harm to a human being.

Kobe Bryant was accused of rape, get that, rape. During the trial and all of the drama surrounding it, Bryant would fly back and forth to court on a Laker plane and never missed a game.

Jason Kidd hit his wife in the mouth, allegedly because she objected to him eating one of their son's fries, and not once, did he miss play.

Many have been arrested for drunk driving, turning tons of steel into a deadly weapon, but they play anyway.

Now some may say hey, Bryant had a right to play until he had his day in court.  But Vick didn't get that chance. He was suspended immediately and tried and convicted before he ever rendered that guilty plea. And then there are those who say he should never be allowed to play again. Give me a break. Whatever happened to doing your time and then having the chance to redeem yourself and become a part of society?They allow convicted felons, child molesters, murders, you name it, to work. Sure, I don't think he should be allowed to be a manager in a pet store, but not play football? I don't know if I can go along with that.

He's pleaded guilty, he'll be sentenced and punished. After that, let the man move on with his life, what more do we want from him? Football is all he knows and like many athletes, I am sure he was given a pass on a lot of things he may have done wrong because he was good on the field. And now, because many of us believe he's taken his privilege too far, we want to strip him of it all. In my city a coach just recently suspended eight players for leaving campus more than once even when they were told not to, during the school day.

They didn't get to play in the season opener. Some parents thought the punishment was too harsh. I disagree. If we don't start holding them accountable for their actions now, then later, when we think they should know better, we want to impose rules that they've never had to follow - talk about a double standard. Say what you will, Vick was an awesome football player and no matter what the league does, no matter what anyone may think of him now, there's no taking that away from him.