Micheal Vick signs with Philadelphia

I can't stand this guy. Sure he did the time and all that BS. When is the NFL going to raise their standards so we don't have to watch thugs make good money playing a sport I used to love. If Philly makes the Super bowl it will be the first time since I was born I will have to turn it off.
Thugs like this is why I switched to NASCAR

I agree he should have been banned for life .

I don't know much about Vick, other than the dog fighting stuff. If the dog fighting details are what upset you, I think you're overreacting. I lived a couple years in the Southern backwoods (the route I lived on was even called "Backwoods Road" - no kidding), and while you may think dog fighting is barbaric, it isn't to them - no more than catch and release fishing is intentional infliction of pain on fish. I'm not agreeing with that perspective, only telling you that for folks raised in that culture it is not an especially heinous crime, and in doing so illustrating that he isn't necessarily the EVIL :devil: that the cloistered elites make him out to be.

He has also lost tens of millions of bucks for his stupidity, and did more time than many worse offenders. Like Teddy Kennedy.

All that said, I hope the Eagles suck - but that's because I hate all the NFC East teams........

The ones that think betting on which dog will rip the other to shreds isn't barbaric also think marrying your sister is the natural thing to do...Vic isn't from the backwoods, but maybe he should be sent there for a while.

There is a lot of hate in this thread. I think he should play for whoever... He is no longer a superstar, so what... Tell me that no one here ever did something as bad or worse??? Kinda look at it this way... Those without sin can cast the first stone... I ain't gonna...

OK I say it, I have never did anything that stupid. I feel bad even when I step on my dogs tail. I can't even imaging ENJOYING ripping a dogs teeth out, smashing it to death or electrocuted. He did not do it for food, self defense, or money. He did it because he enjoyed it. Sick plane and simple.

I been a Philly fan since about 1977.

Vick is big, fast, shameless, guiltless, an x-con and hurts puppy dogs. Just the kind of guy on want on my team. Bring it! Are you scared? You should be!

It's gonna be interesting. :roflmao:

I have no hate for the man. I think that people that are kids are going to look up to as a hero need to be held to a high standard and if they brek the law they need to be punished to the full extent of the law.What kind of message does it send to the kids that looked up to him by letting him back into the NFL ??