Sports Players are supposed to be Role Models

This is something that we always hear about sports players.  They are supposed to be role models to our children, someone to look up to.  So what is the NFL doing allowing Michael Vick back into the league after he has not only been found guilty, but served time for dog fighting?  What the hell kind of role model is he going to be?

Let’s take a closer look at this.  Vick was “convicted in August 2007 of conspiracy and running a dogfighting operation, and was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison” (Vick, Eagles agree on multimillion-dollar deal).  He was also supposed to have been suspended from the NFL indefinitely, less than two years later he is already allowed back into the NFL.

Now, if this had been any of us non-celebrity type people, we’d have been in jail for several years for this type of conviction.  So, this is not only telling our children that if you become famous in any way, you won’t do the time that “normal” people do (take a look back at Paris Hilton and Martha Stewart).  The NFL should not have allowed Vick to be reinstated so quickly.  The man was barely out of PRISON when he was allowed back into the NFL.

You will find people who will say, he did his time, it’s his time for a second chance. He didn’t do his time.  Yeah, he did the time that he was sentenced to, but that is not the time he should have gotten, he got that time because of him being a football star, he got that little slap on the wrist because he’s famous.  The man hasn’t been out of prison for but a few months (at most) and will earn $1.6 MILLION this year being the backup quarterback with an opportunity to make $5.2 MILLION next year if he continues to play for the Eagles.

Is this fair?  I THINK NOT He was the helping hand to the MURDER of many dogs!  He was doing something he KNEW was illegal to do!  Send his stupid ass back to prison for a few more years and then we’ll talk about whether he’s really served his time!