Bear with the quotations for a minute.
Me, on July 24, 2007: The sycophantic sports writers are in quite a dilemma over this. Dog beats athlete for America’s heart every time, and the sports writers are in a pickle. They are, after all, writers, not reporters. There is no such thing as a sports reporter. Like me, emotions run their version of typing. They have steadfastly refused to investigate steroids in baseball (have you seen Jason Grimsley’s name lately), or football. While Barry Bonds cheats his way past Henry Aaron, the sports writers go whistling through the locker room as if nothing’s amiss. Now they have a problem: America likes dogs.
Me, on May 28, 2009: The sports shows are slowly leaning towards a reinstatement of Michael Vick.
He was released from prison a couple of weeks ago and has given no press appearances, but the sycophants that make up the sports media are already bending. Funny, that. He doesn't even have to say "whoops" or "prison sucks," and already they're kneeling.
Yahoo! Sports writer Jason Cole, July 27, 2009: In short, how many people could commit a crime punishable by prison or jail time, lie to their boss and the owner of the business repeatedly, continue to embarrass the employer and somehow think they could return to their job as soon as the sentence ends?
Realistically speaking, that’s a very unrealistic notion.
To be clear, this is not an argument that Vick, who repeatedly lied to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell two years ago, shouldn’t play football again. On the contrary, Vick deserves another chance.
Just not right away.
That's a sports writer. Once he has his nose in the backside of an athlete, there's no way he's going to pull it out again.
Cole goes on to say, "In this case, Vick brought more punishment on himself by how he treated his employer along the way."
Cole's either an idiot or insane. Only in the strange world of the shameless sycophant will you find a man describing big pay checks as punishment.
The National Felony League has now proven to be a complete joke and a great home for liars and lowlifes. League commissioner Roger Goodell says Vick will only be reinstated after 5 weeks of good behavior. 5 weeks. What a test of character. Does anyone seriously think Goodell is not going to reinstate Vick once those 5 weeks are up?
It's a thumb in the eye of every hard working fan that goes to work, does his job, and tries to live a decent life. Michael Vick ran a dog fighting enterprise on his own property, admitted to strangling and drowning dogs himself as well as watching his friends electrocute them, broke several laws, lied to the league, and lied to the cops. Outcome? Business as usual and big bucks, baby. Hell of a lesson for keeping kids from wandering off the straight and narrow.
Vick disgusts me, but sports "journalists" and Roger Goodell disgust me more. Roll over and beg, boys.
1 comment:
It is pretty disappointing. People may cheer him as long as he helps his team win. If he fails or the team fails, they will revile and despise him, and the history of abusing dogs will suddenly be worth bringing to center stage once more.
The NFL's interest in Michael Vick's second chance at life will disappear as soon as they perceive he no longer has the ability to play at the NFL level. I do not know when that is coming, but that day is coming, and that is the sad truth for all professional athletes.
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