Earlier this week the NFL denied a possible year long suspension for Michael Vick was about to be handed down. The NFL is likely waiting to see if Vick takes a plea bargain or decides to fight the accusations in court and early word is that the plea deal has a year long jail sentence...which would be less if Vick decides to try and fight charges and loses. With all the other co-defendents accepting plea deals - likely in exchange for testimony against Vick - I would think that Vick will not play in the NFL for a year because he will be in jail for the duration of the season. And of course because he is a superstar and will have a kickass legal team, his one-year sentence might turn out to be 60 days because of good behavior or some bullshit like that...but regardless, I wouldn't plan on drafting Vick for my fantasy football team this year!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
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Lots of anger on the web about Michael Vick. Hopefully all this energy we are putting out there creates something positive in the long run...
I watched his public apology with my little son who USED TO wear Michael Vick jerseys to school. It is disturbing to think a certain percentage of the population is honestly going to be swayed by Michael Vick\'s \"enlightenment\" carefully crafted by his overpaid attorneys. Call me a cynic, but I don\'t believe a man who has been allegedly torturing animals since childhood coincidentally has a religious epiphany as a result of getting caught and losing his job. I hope I am wrong.
If there is anything good about the Michael Vick story, it is that there is an emerging increased awareness about animal cruelty and animal fighting. However...
I think it is a sad commentary that we, as a culture, are using the Vick story to compare \"What\'s worse?\" \"What\'s worse\", we ask, \"carelessly fathering illegitimate children, or dogfighting?\". \"Dogfighting or gambling?\" \"Dogfighting or rape?\" \"Dogfighting or racism?\" \"Dogfighting or hateful nationalism?\" \"Dogfighting or (fill in the blank)....?\" The comparisons to dogfighting have been endless.
Dogfighting is one more piece of evidence our country is in need of a spiritual transformation (please note I said spiritual and not necessarily religious). Animals are sentient beings - they feel pain, and they suffer, just like we do. They are not more important, or less important than human beings, but like human beings, they are important, too.
Every major faith teaches its followers to be responsible stewards of animals and the Earth. Please help us get the word out that caring for animals, just like caring for people, is an important part of just being a decent person and citizen. If we make this a priority, there will be no more dogfighting horror stories, and no more pointless comparisons of evils. Let us all rise, together, to be better people than we are today, shall we?
Chaplain Nancy Cronk
Founder, www.AnimalChaplains.com
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