Years ago in my private blog, I commented on Michael Vick.  I went to reread what I wrote at the time and the hatred that I had for this man (or moreso, what he had done) bled through the monitor at me.  Dog fighting is not something that I could ever condone.  While I am not a true animal lover, I am not one who enjoys watching them suffer cruelly for our amusement either.

I am not terribly close to animals because I was always allergic to them.  As a result, we never had a family pet other than some fish and my brother’s hamster.  A few years ago, I had a rabbit, which oddly I did not have an allergy too.

Regardless, what Michael Vick did was wrong, both legally and morally.  And for his crimes, he has paid a huge price.  It has cost him his freedom, fines, his career, shame, and personal bankruptcy.  I am shedding no tears for Michael Vick, as he got what he deserved.

In so saying that, he deserves a second chance.

Today, the NFL reinstated him as an active player, allowing him to try and ressurect his career.  He is unable to play in a regular season game until at least Week 6, but can participate in practices, training sessions, and player meetings.  Hopefully he is able to catch on with a team and live up to the high expectations that people had for him when he was the NFL’s highest paid player (to clarify, by “high expectations” I mean both personally and professionally).

I hope Micheal Vick can turn his life around.  Nobody wants to see somebody fail.  I would say though, to all the PETA demonstrators hounding Vick, to go home.  You have had two years to say your peace and the man has paid his debt to society.