Vick Out of Prison

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Wed, 05-20-2009 - 1:15pm

Complete article at link......
http://views.washingtonpost.com/theleague/nflnewsfeed/2009/05/vick-out-of-prison.html

Michael Vick has left federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan., to complete his 23-month sentence in home confinement in Virginia.

According to multiple reports, Vick left the prison early this morning without speaking to reporters.

He is to travel to Hampton, Va., for his home confinement for the final two months of his sentence for his role in a dogfighting operation in Virginia.

Vick is to work a construction job while he awaits word from the NFL about whether he will be reinstated for the upcoming season. He remains on indefinite suspension by the league, pending a decision by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about his playing status.

Goodell reiterated Tuesday at a meeting of the NFL's franchise owners in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., that he won't address the matter until the legal process is completed. Goodell has said that Vick would have to demonstrate genuine remorse to be reinstated.

"Michael is going to have to demonstrate to myself and to the general public and to a lot of people: Did he learn anything from this experience? Does he regret what happened? Does he feel that he can be a positive influence going forward?" Goodell said Tuesday. "Those are the questions that I would like to see when I sit with him."

Goodell indicated that he would accept input from others about the situation. Former NFL coach Tony Dungy recently met with Vick in prison. Goodell said Tuesday that he'd traded phone messages with Dungy but hadn't spoken to the retired coach about his meeting with Vick.

"I haven't sat down and determined the process I've never been one to shy away from input and facts that can be helpful in making an ultimate judgment," Goodell said. "It's always difficult to make judgments about people and where they are. If others can provide some helpful information, I welcome it."

Vick, once among the NFL's most dynamic players, remains under contract to the Atlanta Falcons but the team's owner, Arthur Blank, has indicated that it doesn't want Vick back. The club reached the playoffs last season with a standout rookie, Matt Ryan, playing Vick's old position at quarterback.

As the owners' meeting concluded today, Blank said: "There's no question Michael has paid his debt to society, obviously. But beyond that, the commissioner has to decide whether or not Michael, based on his view, has not only the personal remorse but has conducted himself, not only personally but in who's he associating with, in a way that is going to allow him to be a player in the NFL and represent our league well. That's the decision that the commissioner will make.

"... I believe in second chances. I believe in redemption. But the commissioner needs to satisfy himself that Michael has not only gone through his own journey but he's prepared to make other decisions than he's made in the past, both personally and in who he associates himself with. a very big part of that. He's, from what I've read, committed to getting his life back in order, his family and his own personal life and at the same time looking to the future in the National Football League. That was pretty clear going through bankruptcy proceedings."

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Wed, 05-20-2009 - 3:11pm

If the NFL ever let's him play football again, I'll be very upset. I love football. But this guy has no place ever being considered as a player again.

If they allow him to play again, then Baseball better let Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame.

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Wed, 05-20-2009 - 4:57pm

Michael Vick committed a horrible crime. He paid his debt to society, did he not? Unless the NFL has rules about hiring convicted felons, he should have every right to play (if someone would hire him).

Heck, Mike Tyson was allowed to box again after raping a woman.

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Wed, 05-20-2009 - 5:37pm

The NFL has enough problems. Vick would open the door for just anyone to come in. Sorry, but there are millions out there that would love to play pro football. As far as I'm concerned, there are enough pampered punks in pro sports. I'd like to see a rule that if you use drugs---Bye-bye. If you get caught breaking the law, Bye. I have never seen an NFL contract. But I would imagine if you commit a felony, your gone.

Forgot to add: I think Tyson should still be in prison. I don't watch boxing. I'd never watch anything with him in it.




Edited 5/20/2009 5:39 pm ET by ohearto
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Wed, 05-20-2009 - 7:32pm

I love football, too.

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Wed, 05-20-2009 - 8:11pm
I can't imagine any Owner, GM or coach that would want to put up with the wrath of animal lovers.
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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 9:47am

I agree with you completely. However, the NFL is all about $$$$. If Vick is still any good I am sure that some team (probably the Raiders) will pick him up. Just imagine the ratings.

I do find it sad that financing a dog fighting ring is considered a worse crime in the public's eyes than raping a woman.

It doesn't seem to matter to anybody that Mike Tyson raped a woman. He still rakes in the millions when he fights. I believe he got more attention for biting off an ear than raping that woman.

Pathetic society we live in today.

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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 9:58am

"If they allow him to play again, then Baseball better let Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame."


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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 10:03am

>"Officials of some other NFL teams have said they are not interested in Vick because they would rather not face the wrath of pet lovers and groups such as PETA, which has been a constant fixture at Vick’s hearings."<


I hope they mean that.


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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 10:23am

Vick didn't only finance the fights he had those half starved & dead creatures on his property.


"I do find it sad that financing a dog fighting ring is considered a worse crime in the public's eyes than raping a woman."


I haven't heard anyone comparing the two. While we're at it those dogs are helpless & at the mercy of their owners. The young woman went to his hotel room, at night, of her own free will. What did she expect tea & conversation?


Tyson Found Guilty of Rape


http://tech.mit.edu/V112/N4/tyson.04w.html


He served 3 yrs for the crime.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson#Rape_conviction.2C_prison.2C_and_aftermath

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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 10:52am

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Vick is being demonized WAY more than Mike Tyson ever was. And, I am sure that the young woman going to Mike Tyson's hotel room wasn't expecting to get raped! You sound as if she deserved it or had it coming because she went to his room on her own free will. ????

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So when Tyson pays his debt to society all is forgiven but when Michael Vick pays his debt...all is not forgiven?

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