Just when it seemed that no self-respecting NFL team was ready to take a chance on famously crestfallen super-athlete Michael Vick, the sporting world’s collective ratings heads sighed a breath of anxious relief: Philadelphia has come calling.
The former dog-fight organizer, fresh off a year in prison, will now call himself an Philadelphian. And while hive-minded animal lovers of the world may have a bone to pick with the Eagles organization for taking a chance on a convicted felon, it wouldn’t be the first time a team has done so:
+ Ray Lewis was tried for murder earlier in the decade and continues to play
+ Jamal Lewis has been convicted of drug trafficking, and also continues to play.
+ Donte Stallworth was convicted of DUI Manslaughter earlier this year (he has been suspended for the upcoming season and served less than five days of jail time).
+ Christian Peter was arrested twice for rape in college and went on to play for three different NFL teams.
So while this news of Michael Vick (who did nothing to people, only dogs) being reinstated in the league is hot today, chances are it will be all but forgotten by the time his new contract expires.
Damn it! You are so right.
They couldn’t suspend a guy like Ray Lewis for knifing someone to death because he was just doing it to prove the law of natural selection. Ray Lewis with a knife is bound to survive when forced to compete against someone who isn’t Ray Lewis with a knife. Ray Lewis is Darwin’s Best Friend. Michael VIck on the other hand…I’m not sure what theory his dog fighting ring proves.