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Mike Vick gets signed to your team. You still root for them? I am a lifelong Denver fan and if Mike Vick was to sign with Denver I am done with them.

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I say that he has served his time and therefore he has payed his debt to society and will defintely never do it again. If my team (steelers) signed him I would still root for them and feel like that got an excellent athlete. Just my 2 cents.

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I guess everyone should have the right to employment but I only consider myself two options. I can either root against him on another team or stop watching my team if they draft him. The animal cruelty that he partook in is just too much for anyone in any organization I root for to think it would be a good idea to sign him. The things he did couldn't have been fixed by a year in jail and an additional couple months house arrest. He is almost 30 anyway, I guess we will soon find out if he can still even play.

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Well seeing as linebacker Ray Lewis was involved in a fight where two men were stabbed to death and he is still beloved by fans, I believe that Vick should be forgiven. Lewis only ended up with a plea bargain and probation.

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People make mistakes. Not rootin for the guy but he did the crime and served his time. Its in the past now.
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The guy's done his time. Let's see if he's changed.

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Mike Vick gets signed to your team. You still root for them? I am a lifelong Denver fan and if Mike Vick was to sign with Denver I am done with them.

I would absolutly still root for my team. He did his crime, he did his time. If he can help my team win, bring him in. If you say you won't root for your team, you are not a true fan. Did you boycott the Broncos when they drafted Clarrett? How about when they had Travis "30 different babies from 31 mammas" Henrey?

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I would absolutly still root for my team. He did his crime, he did his time. If he can help my team win, bring him in. If you say you won't root for your team, you are not a true fan.

Haha that was pretty good.

I agree, part of being a true fan is sticking with your team no matter what.

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I would absolutly still root for my team. He did his crime, he did his time. If he can help my team win, bring him in. If you say you won't root for your team, you are not a true fan.

Thats part of my problem. Henry was a disgraceful pickup. I am a true fan, and have a right to not root for my team if they sign a guy who got joy from electrocuting animals. I have been a fan forever but there is a line. If Vick killed someone in your family and your favorite team signed him would you still be a fan. Don't tell me about being a true fan and preach what you preach without saying yes, I would.


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Thats part of my problem. Henry was a disgraceful pickup. I am a true fan, and have a right to not root for my team if they sign a guy who got joy from electrocuting animals. I have been a fan forever but there is a line. If Vick killed someone in your family and your favorite team signed him would you still be a fan. Don't tell me about being a true fan and preach what you preach without saying yes, I would.

Did Vick kill your dog? If Vick killed a human being like he did dogs, he would be on death row himself so you arguement is silly.

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Vick will never be a super bowl caliber qb. Why? He is past his prime.
He was past his prime when he was hurt in preaseaon by ray lewis or was it bart scott....? Anyway his legs were his weapons and a few lob passes to crumpler.

PLUS he played in a crappy division so his game reels would always look good.


Put him against the eagles defense on the playoffs and its choke city.

Ditto for the Ravens Patriots or the greatest team of all


Yea STEELER NATION.

In the playoffs the teams become a bit better and the flaws come out of a scrambling qb.

He goes to the raiders or cowboys.

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I would still root for my team. Donte Stallworth killed a man and served 24 days. Mike Vick was involved in a dogfighting ring and served 2 years. Does anyone see what's wrong with the judicial system?

I love animals and I'm getting a lab for my son. I don't condone what Michael Vick did but sadly, it's part of the southern culture. Just like when I go back home to Puerto Rico and see a cockfighting arena, yes, arena, across the street from the Ritz Carlton. I would rather eat these chickens than see them maim each other but that's me. For some, it's their reality.

Vick did his time and lost everything. Are we not a nation of second chances?

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I would still root for my team. Donte Stallworth killed a man and served 24 days. Mike Vick was involved in a dogfighting ring and served 2 years. Does anyone see what's wrong with the judicial system?

Donte Stallworth didn't kill that person on purpose. He also never lied about what happened. He lost his license for the rest of his life and has a very long house arrest/probation. He didn't get off scot free.

You can't really compare the 2 cases. We are a nation of second chances. That is why I would welcome Vick on my Eagles.

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Vick did his time and that means he gets to be a free man. It does not mean he 'wipes the slate clean' for what he did. He still has to live the rest of his life with the knowledge he did that, and has to accept that people will judge him based on what he did. "Paying his debt to society" = doing the time. He can never repay society for the sick torture of those animals - you cannot put that toothpaste back in the tube.

A child molester can server his time but I won't welcome him with open arms.

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Vick did his time and that means he gets to be a free man. It does not mean he 'wipes the slate clean' for what he did. He still has to live the rest of his life with the knowledge he did that, and has to accept that people will judge him based on what he did. "Paying his debt to society" = doing the time. He can never repay society for the sick torture of those animals - you cannot put that toothpaste back in the tube.

You aren't seriously comparing Vick to a child molester are you?


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You aren't seriously comparing Vick to a child molester are you?

He involved in the killings of thousands of animals. The comparison is not that off. Someone that is sick enough to do that is sick enough to do many other things. Signing a guy with a mind that sick as someone will probably do (Al Davis), shows me that the ownership and management do not agree with my philosophies on life.


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Did Vick kill your dog? If Vick killed a human being like he did dogs, he would be on death row himself so you arguement is silly.

On death row for murder, talk about a silly argument. What country do you live in?


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