After becoming a free man two weeks ago and meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last week, Mike Vick is expected to learn his NFL fate this week. The word is that it will be a conditional reinstatement, meaning that if he finds a team he can go to training camp, but will possibly be suspended for the first 4 games of the season. What do I think about this?
Vick has certainly served his time, serving two years in jail. He has also gone bankrupt, lost his NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons, lost his sponsors, and lost part of his fanbase. Some might say he’s served his time and that a further NFL suspension would be overkill (Terrell Owens thinks this) and that he deserves to be reinstated immediately.
However, some, especially in the animal rights community, believe that what Vick did was so horrible and so heinous and that he should never get the privilege of playing football again. What do I think?
I think 4 games is about right. In the interview with Vick, the commissioner apparently noted that he was upset with Vick’s use of pot in the run-up to his jail sentence, and is unsure about what his mental state truly is. A 4 game suspension, assuming an NFL team wants Vick, would give him a reminder that he needs to remember that playing in the NFL is a privilege, not a right.
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