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After Writing About Michael Vick, I Have a Changed View of NFL Fans
Published: May 31, 2009
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Except for the odd article about Tennis, NASCAR, Horse Racing, Baseball memories, etc. I seldom venture off my MMA site.
I so seldom watch other sports that I have little interest in them.
However, being a person who reads the news every day and watches at least one newscast a day, and I am not just referring to the sports and comic sections; when I read a paper, it is the whole deal.
A lot has been written about the number of criminals, drug users, and other bad boys in National sports leagues; even if I wanted to, I couldn’t miss it.
So being an American who has not been lulled into La La Land by all this drivel, I decided to use my Constitutional right to express my opinion on the Michael Vick situation.
There have been times in my past when I have talked to coaches and had conversations with pro athletes. In fact, I wasn’t a senior citizen then and was still active at the time.
How refreshing to be talking to pros who called me “Ma’am” and treated me with respect, regardless of my opinion.
Well! Color me clueless, because the response to my Op Ed piece on Michael Vick has brought me way too much attention from people who have harassed me and let me know that I do not deserve to have an opinion on “their sport,” let alone have the gall to publicly express it!
In the future, I will have much less respect for the NFL crowd and will be unlikely to read their articles even if invited.
How disturbing it is to be an elderly woman in poor health, who lives life via a laptop and gets the rude responses I have gotten because I “dare” to differ from them.
I have never been treated so roughly and continually harangued by people with whom I simply would not care to spend the time of day.
Most usually readers will express their opinion once, maybe even up to four times, but seldom have I been so besieged by bleeding hearts who think that they will be deprived of a legendary force in football if Michael Vick is not reinstated.
In my opinion, which I am being ostracized for much worse than Vick was for his crimes, Roger Goodell will not be cleaning up the sport or improving its image by bringing Vick back into the public eye.
I would not deprive Vick of a second chance in life; just not a second chance in the NFL.
My opinion that Vick would be a horrible role model for the youth who worship NFL players won’t change under pressure from my critics here, and I hope Goodell has the guts to make a wise decision and stand by it, if he really hopes to accomplish anything as a Commissioner.
Just knowing that there are men out in the world who react as violently as the five or six that will not take their own advice to me and “let it go,” is very disconcerting to a woman my age.
No, I did not think that the age of chivalry I was accustomed to experiencing in my 40s would go on forever, because in my opinion the whole world has gone to hell in a hand-basket since then.
But I would expect better sportsmanship and acceptance of other’s opinions than what I am seeing from these jaded NFL fanatics.
To end my part in this futile war of words I will just say that I am a very stubborn, opinionated woman. I admit that I have high ideals and will not apologize for it. At the age of 63, I am unlikely to change either.
I believe that it was Rod Stewart that said in a song, “You can stand me up against the gates of Hell and I won’t back down.”
And in case it wasn’t Rod, then let’s go with Kris Kristofferson: “Everybody’s got to have somebody to look down on, who they can feel better than at any old time they please, someone doin’ somethin’ dirty peaceful folks can frown on. . .if you can’t find nobody else, then help yourself to me!”
Jesus was a Capricorn and so am I.
Get used to it.
Why Michael Vick Should Not Be Allowed Back into the NFL
Published: May 29, 2009
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Once again I have read an article written in an attempt to sway the public and the powers that be in the NFL to let Michael Vick return to Pro football.
The writer lists all of the terrible crimes that Michael Vick perpetrated against dogs but basically throws all the charges out the window, because they were, after all, “just dogs and not people.”
This is like the average Joe saying, “Aw, yeah, I did hit my wife, but everybody does it at least once in his life,”
No excuse is going to make what Michael Vick did insignificant enough for him to be allowed to play pro football ever again.
Yes, I love dogs, but I also love little children, women and men.
Crimes against animals are the gateway to cruelty and unspeakable crimes to human beings.
Devaluing life because it is not human life is still not justifiable.
Having worked many years in Adolescent and later Adult Psychiatry, I can attest to the fact that pulling the wings off flies, using a magnifying glass to fry ants and other so called “insignificant crimes” lead to animal abuse and are only a heartbeat away form ” hm, what would it be like to do this to another person?”
It is never good to turn your back on a crime and give your children the impression that some crimes are okay to ignore, “for the good of the team.”
They are not.
Crimes against animals lead to crimes against man.
Nobody wants Michael Vick to starve, but why should he be allowed to return to a lavish way of life after what he has done, when so many honest law abiding individuals are losing their jobs and unable to feed their families.
Why does Michael Vick deserve a pass?
If he was the greatest player to ever take the field it would just be wrong to reinstate him no matter how much time he has served for his crime.
To allow him to play in the NFL would be a mistake with many repercussions.
No, I am not saying that Michael Vick will start torturing and killing humans, but allowing him to be a respected player in the NFL would be sending the wrong message to our children and the rest of the world.
Football players are not gods. They do not deserve anything above what an ordinary person does.
You can not preach goodness to children and let an example of pure evil become an American idol as a NFL player.
Would you have your children worship the devil because he says he has changed his ways?
Evil is still evil, you can’t put a NFL jersey on it to dress it up and let it assume a heroic status.
The youth of America need good role models.
No one would let John Gacy or Jeffry Dahmer play in the NFL and make millions no matter how well they could play.
Why should Michael Vick be any different?
Please consider it an act of mercy that he was apprehended and punished the way he was. He has a chance to turn his life around and better himself, but does not deserve to do it on a national stage in the presence of impressionable young people.
There is a lot of talent in America yet waiting to be discovered.
Unless you would let a known sadist be your surgeon, do not allow Michael Vick to resume life in the spotlight of a sports arena.
Better choices exist and should be found.
