Vick reinstated conditionally, may play by Week 6

[Daisy and Delilah]

Good point phesina. The sports figures are supposed to be role models. Too bad the NFL didn't consider that more in their decision.
We have enough animal abuse in this world. I hope his reinstatement doesn't cause kids to think it's okay to do it because you get to go back to playing football so why not?

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Sports figures where once role models, sadly that time has passed.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Sports figures where once role models, sadly that time has passed.

Yes, that time has passed. What has happened to this country?

[Edwina's Secretary]

The sports figures are supposed to be role models.

Say it isn't so, Joe...


Scandals in sports...and not such good role models are nothing new...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_World_Series

[smokey the elder]

True, that. I don't care for the mixed message Goodell is sending, by reinstating Vick, conditions or no conditions.

[caseysmom]

I have never understand professional athletes being called role models. In my opinion they are not role models, parents, pastor, aunts and uncles are role models not professional athletes.

[RICHARD]

Here's the deal.

RG, the commish cannot bar MV from coming back-all because of the likes of whas his name from the Ravens...

MV 'just' fought dogs.

GoodHell has to reinstate MV because, at the least he will be called 'unfair' at the most?

Al Sharptongue will come on the scene and call the NFL racist because if this was a white man........................

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Let's play this as a 'real life' scenario.

If he's Joe Eff-up, he gets canned from his job and can't vote, own a gun and all the other fun shiat that pro athletes get away with?

Plaxico, again, who comes up with these names?, Almost neuters himself and is supposed to get jail?

There is a certain amount of payback in the sports world. If you do something stupid and your teammates know about it?

You will not live it down.

I don't care for Vick, Burress or most of the AHs that screwup. I want to slap the kids that STILL wear the jerseys of these morons.

As a recovering Catholic, I should be able to forgive this punk. MY love of animals puts a kink into that idea. As a football fan? I love the game and don't care to see players get hurt trying to run down the "dog fighting QB".

The NFL doesn't have a 'minor league' to pull players from-Look at Manny Ramirez. When he was on the last legs of his 50 game suspension, the effing moron fans in the minor leagues, where MR 'tuned up' for his return, sold out all the games he played in.

LOL, In NY they would run your arse out on a rail before they forgave you. Here in El Lay no one gives a carp, as long as you win.

If the LAD's were losing, I bet that MR would have been a little more contrite.

Here's the deal,

Part of me says, "let the dude play..." I want to see a HUGE SAMOAN defensive lineman eat MV's lunch.

As a Christian, I want to see him play the "lions"!

As a practical person (FB fan), Eff him, I don't get the breaks he does, so why should I be so forgiving of the moron?

It's like the Brett Farve thing.....

Shut up and do wrangler commercials, you'll make money and don't bleed.

If you have any bits, like Lance Armstrong has, You'd come back, settle for third place, LA played teammate to an unappreciative Spainard who never thought to thank his team, especially the old man who still can bring it.

If the Arena or World League was still going, Goodhell could send Vick there to play. NOT this time, the NFL has to take this ah back, like it or not.

As a fan, it really irritates me to have stories like this one distract me from the game, But, since I am a "raid-uh" fan I have to shut up-LOL, the fans are worse than the players!

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I have never understand professional athletes being called role models. In my opinion they are not role models, parents, pastor, aunts and uncles are role models not professional athletes.

I may be wrong in this but at one point pro athletes where role models, and in some sports they still can be considerred as such.

[Medusa]

I have never understand professional athletes being called role models. In my opinion they are not role models, parents, pastor, aunts and uncles are role models not professional athletes.

I'm w/you. The only time someone should be considered a role model is when they conduct themselves so as to be emulated.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Every occupation - professional athlete, actors and actresses, lawyers, business people, teachers, police, politicians, doctors, astronauts, soldiers - there are some good and there are some not so good.

If we need role models to admire it should be for their accomplishments - not their occupation.

I would suggest Sonia Sotomayor might be a good one...

[Lady's Human]

Congrats, ES.

You finally found a way to bring politics into an otherwise politics-free sports thread.

*golf clap*

[Daisy and Delilah]

Sports figures as role models does seem to be in a distant past. Way back when sports figures were downright good people and known for what they had accomplished, Not just for their occupation. Today, they make way too much money and many of them have little or nothing that makes them a person worthy of being called a role model.

I think alot of the "role model" persona was given by people in the media. Years ago, we possibly looked up to people because they were well known and someone we could use as examples for our children. If your son liked baseball, Mickey Mantle was a great guy to aspire to be.

Any person can be a role model. Alot of ideal people for that are at the end of ABC News on Fridays. The Person of the Week. Really fine people.

Richard::::::you're cracking me up as always!!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Congrats, ES.

You finally found a way to bring politics into an otherwise politics-free sports thread.

*golf clap*

You are very welcome!

Since it already had race and religion...why not?

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WHere is race or religion in this thread?