Vick signed by Eagles

by BirdGT on Aug 14, 2009 9:47 AM EDT

I know it's not college football or very relevant to GT but I think being an Atlanta native gives me the right to talk about Michael Vick and his recent signing with the Eagles. Personally, the Vick case is interesting because it transcends the football field.

This morning, Mike/Mike were obviously talking about the Vick situation and a Peter Gammons call-in was TOTALLY overshadowed by the Vick story. The end of the baseball regular season and upcoming playoffs are less important to the media than Michael Vick's signing. Crazy how big of a story this whole Vick situation has become.

My carpool and myself discussed an interesting topic though. Why is there this need to appease PETA? Isn't that like trying to appease Green Peace or Al Qaeda or the Irish Republic Army? Appeasement is the complete eradication of all other trains of thought, right? Appeasing PETA would be destroying every piece of fried chicken in America and living off of wheat grass 'til the end of time. No thanks. So PETA receiving such a major platform in this situation has been kinda ridiculous but then again vocal minorities typically get way-too-big platforms in issues all the time.

My opinion is kinda summed up by Donovan McNabb in his recent interview. Vick's served his time. He's lost a lot of money and two years of his young life. I don't think he'll even think about hurting a dog ever again and if anything his contributions to society will be that much greater now than they ever were before. Let the guy play so he can pay his debts financially and socially:

Donovan McNabb Interview About Michael Vick (via tbennett78)

And finally, to tie Vick into some remote relation to GT. He played against ACC teams 4 times in his career at VT. UVA twice in their annual showdown and Clemson twice in the 1999 regular season and 2000 Gator Bowl. VT smoked UVA and Clemson in all four games.

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Who is happiest about Michael Vick's deal with the Eagles?

Michael Vick

23 votes

Michael Vick's debtors

20 votes

Rick Pitino and UL for taking the news off his scandal

12 votes

The Eagles and Andy Reid

1 votes

Other

2 votes

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The Falcons are the most happy...

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I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Aug 14, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions

Quick thought on PETA analogy

I believe the organization that Vick has spent time volunteering for and who have been the most vocal is the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), not PETA. The SPCA has much more credibility in the area of animal cruelty and does not care about chicken wings and eating wheat grass. I live in Northern California and wont touch that crap. And I don’t believe there is any appeasement going on here to the SPCA because of the large public outcry and condemnation of Vick’s actions. The negative talk of Vick and the reason why teams wont sign him has nothing to do with the SPCA, but sponsorship $$ for teams. No sponsor wants to be branded as supporting a dog killer. If the general public were okay with Vick’s actions, and only the SPCA was complaining about it then maybe “appeasement” would apply. But to appease you need to be trying to avoid some sort of conflict or confrontation and any actions by Vick volunteering or trying to stop dog fighting will not stop the protests and negative outcry that is going to happen when he starts to play again.

So to wrap up my rambling comments, SPCA great organization, should be supported by all of the dog, cat and any pet owners out there (I have 2 dogs) and Vick should be paying restitution to them and I think it is part of his plea deal. Love the blog, follow every day.

Jeff Rosenfeld RRC 01-04, ChE04

by CaliGT on Aug 14, 2009 1:08 PM EDT reply actions