Michael Vick to play in the NFL again?

[freeradical]

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to make a decision soon.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8116651d&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true

[onthedownlow]

My personal opinion aside...

Yes. We are a country of second, third, etc. chances...somebody will take a chance on him and it will either be a newscycle consuming feel-good/comeback story at some point, or a disastrous 'what were they thinking' cautionary tale. He'll be boo'ed in most every stadium he plays in and heckled for probably the rest of his 'career' - good for him.

Mind you, he probably will not be playing for at least a year, possibly two.

[pRICE cUBE]

Someone will give him a chance to be a mediocre scurrying running back again.

[AAA]

He served his time.
Clean slate.

[kap]

He MUST:
1) regularly donates a % of his income to animal rescue orgs, humane societies and ads against animal abuses, esp. dog fighting.
2) spoke person (for a couple of years) for anti-dog fighting advocacy.

[Michael]

He'll be back. The NFL will slap him on the wrist and then he'll suit up.

He's a remarkable athlete, but flipping off the Atlanta fans in his last season and the water bottle thing at Miami airport, among other imprudent activities, suggested that he had a lot to learn, even before Bad Newz Kennels surfaced. Hopefully he's learned. I'd like to watch him play again and feel good about it.

[ka jowct]

I hate what he did so much that I can't wish him well. He's a thug who can play football. We cut athletes in the big money sports way too much slack.

[djroga3]

He and his kind are not people I care to follow or worry about, there is so much more that is really important in life.

[Drew]

kap wrote:
He MUST:
1) regularly donates a % of his income to animal rescue orgs, humane societies and ads against animal abuses, esp. dog fighting.
2) spoke person (for a couple of years) for anti-dog fighting advocacy.

If he does those kinds of things because he MUST, then he will gain no respect and they will have no meaning. If he does them voluntarily, then it shows true change. Because he's a media figure, it's going to be difficult to determine his motivation. I say let him play and see how/if he's changed.

[DRR]

Clean slate. But my guess is, even in the winning-is-everything world of pro sports, no team will sign up for the PR nightmare that will inevitably follow him.