Thursday, June 18, 2009
Michael Vick got screwed over
Michael Vick to this day is the most exciting player to watch play the game of football. All through High School he was my favorite player and still is even though he has not played for two seasons, I even sported number seven just like him. I am going to just come out and say it, Michael Vick got completely screwed over with his punishment, are you serious? 23 months? Dudes in the league are shooting there guns off in strip clubs, shooting themselves on accident and not getting a single day in the joint. I was watching ESPN two days ago and a wide receiver in the NFL was driving drunk and ran over a person and did not even know it because he was so trashed, dragged him for 3 blocks, you want to know how many years he got? 30 days. He killed a man, a human being and got sentenced to 1/23rd of what Vick got, and the most ridiculous part is that he is going to play this up coming season. Vick never physically harmed anything, or anyone, he got nearly two years because the dog fighting was held on his property, the dogs were fighting each other, it wasn’t Vick fighting the dogs, just because he’s the man they decided to make an example out of him and blew it way out of proportion. Why don’t people go to jail when they hunt animals? That’s them personally killing an animal, and half the time they cut them up and eat them. But whatever, all I know is Mike Vick is going to be back in action this year and will dominate the league again!
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I like you argument about Stallworth, but it was the victim's family that wanted to avoid media coverage, so they didn't push the charges and settled the matter out of court. This allowed him to get off without the 15 year sentence, but still he did deserve proper discipline. I respectfully disagree about Vick. He is undoubtedly being made an example of all dogfight facilitators, but that is a responsibility that comes with fame. Celebrities that partake in questionable situations have a greater risk of being caught, since that is what the public looks for.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think his crime netted him more time than some of the others? It certainly doesn't seem fair, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteOK, so "read" this Brandon? How does this situation reflect our cultural values? How does the media impact our reality? Take your analysis a step deeper.
ReplyDelete(Good choice of topic. I want you to think about these situations in the same way we think about the reading we do in class.)