Vick era officially comes to a close in Atlanta

Ummm…lovin…I think that you may want to consider the FACT that the reason he is being let go from the Falcons is directly related to the dogfighting. I’m not really sure where that disconnect is happening for you, but please stop and think for a moment and I think you’ll agree with me there. In addition you should consider that if these dogs were “on their last legs and wouldn’t have done much good being kept alive “, it was a direct result of what these folks did to them. It’s not like they just saw some old dog walking down the street and though, “Aww poor thing, we should put it out of it’s misery.“ He used these animals, got his jollies from watching them harm each other, and then had them killed when they couldn’t do what he wanted anymore. I think there’s something just not clicking here for you and you really need to think about this situation for awhile and realize the gravity of what happened.

And B, while I agree that if we’re going to eat animals they should be treated with respect and put down in as humane a manner as possible, it’s not even in the same ballpark as torturing dogs for fun. Same goes for hunting, not even close. I guess I just don’t run in the “helicopter hunting” circles though, so honestly I’m not sure what that’s all about.

Why is it that people have so many negative things to say about vick killing these dogs, YET the majority of you all probably eat meat.  Have you ever seen how horrifying it is when they kill a cow, yet you dont try to arrest your butcher.  I know what he did was wrong, but LET IT GO! He served his time.  PLUS none of you all have anything negative to say about the European’s that shoot live animals with high powered riffles from helicopters and have it televised.  I know Europesn’s that take their children hunting with them almost every weekend. (But that is considered to be bonding)  If hunting is a sport, why isnt dog fighting?

The NFL should have a policy barring all felons from playing football. 
Clean up their act and set the example for our children.  Felon = no football.
(Same for baseball, etc.)

Actually somegeye, the story is about Vick being let go from Atlanta, not about him being a dogfighter!!! So get your facts straight. And yes, I’m sure they were restrained while being killed but again, they were probably on their last legs and wouldn’t have done much good being kept alive so it was sort of a way out of the misery, don’t you think? LOL. But anyway, you are right about him playing again. If the fans want him, he will return and i’ll be willing to bet he still has a GANG of fans out there! Go VICK!!! :)

I think you’ll find that the folks here that are ragging(?) on Vick are doing so becuase he’s the one that the above story is about. Make sense?
They can hold their own? I feel pretty positive that when the dogs were drowned or otherwise tortured it wasn’t after a one-on-one may the best man win fight. They were surely restrained in some way. Sound right? Regarding the “it’s OK because they probably liked it defense”. I can’t even begin to describe to you how many ways that is wrong. Besides that, I’m positive they didn’t like being killed. As far as Mr. Vick and the NFL goes, that will really come down to the fans. If people care enough about what he did to not want to go see a game he’s playing in the NFL won’t take him back. If he stays in good enough shape to keep playing at the level he was at, and people will pay to see him there’s no doubt that after a time someone will be able to hire him.