Vick Out of Prison

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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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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 11:16am

"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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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 12:00pm

As far as if someone has served their debt to society... well, if it's purely a legal idea, as screwed up as our legal system is, then I disagree that some have paid their debt... I see alot of folks getting away without serving their just due to society. Vick and Tyson are both examples, imo.


As far as the woman who went to his motel room. ITA with you there. In my younger day, I went to motel rooms to visit folks. Even men! And never thought I'd get raped.

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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 12:29pm

"I personally feel that Libraone's comments are totally out of line on this one."


>"If a woman voluntarily ends up in a man's bedroom, takes all her clothes off and engages in sexual activity in bed with him she has the right to say "no" at the last second, Dame Helen said.


If the man ignored her it was rape, Dame Helen said.


But she said: "I don't think she can have that man into court under those circumstances.


"I guess it is one of the many subtle parts of the men/women relationship that has to be negotiated and worked out between them."<


Segment from an interview pretty much expresses my POV. (Maybe it's an age "thing" as Mirren's about my age.)


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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 1:14pm

Did you really send me a link from an actress in another country I never heard of.. and she said this, on top of everything else:


I mean, look at Mike Tyson. I don't think he was a rapist."


What?

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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 1:37pm

"an actress in another country I never heard of"

Well that's too bad you haven't heard of this award winning actress Helen Mirren.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mirren
I happen to be from that other country.

I posted the segment that I agreed with. Period!

I'm sorry you experienced being raped. Most of us have had terrible things happen to us too.

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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 4:21pm

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I am not saying necessarily that Vick deserves another chance or even the same chance. I am not really into football and don't really care what he does with his life as long as he is remorseful for what he has done and lives the rest of his life as a responsible citizen and doesn't hurt anyone or anything again.

I just find it interesting that society so readily forgave a convicted rapist as long as he gave them a good boxing match but will not forgive Vick so readily for running a dog fighting ring.

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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 5:32pm

I posted the segment that I agreed with. Period!


Well, if

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

Well, I won't even watch anymore.

I don't think Vick should be reinstated to the NFL. I think the NFL should not allow convicted criminals back on the teams.

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Fri, 05-22-2009 - 7:07pm
As far as I am concerned he should still be in jail. The NFL should *not* take him back. Period. He would not be an asset, but a liability with his tainted image. And a lousy role model because it would send mixed signals because he'd be getting off too light, IMO.


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Wed, 05-27-2009 - 12:22pm

Why would any team hire him?