In his defense …… well, I was gonna come to his defense, ’til I realized I just hadn’t had my coffee yet.  
  Or maybe it was the picture of the Pit Bull because I have a chihuahua named Taco who thinks she’s a Pit (picks fights with Great Danes) – and I just can’t imagine anyone abusing my Taco like that.
   But mostly likely I changed my mind about saying lay off and give him a another chance was his ‘heartfelt humility’.  What he really should have said is – “I can’t accept this because …” and then go on to explain how he wasn’t courageous, was more likely a coward to subject helpless dogs, man’s best friend to such horrific experiences. He could also add that to accept this would be an insult to the truly courageous around the world.
  So, yeah, to the Eagles I say — WTF!!!!!

And a big hearty “Negro, please” to you, Michaelabout how much you’ve overcome.
Add to that, when Donovan McNabb went down early in the season, Vick had the stunningly unmitigated gall to say that he thought that he should be starting. I have to find the exact quote.

I don’t want to hijack this thread…but honestly, do we really expect anyone to offer equality to us in a society in which this disgusting muthafu@ka is rewarded for what he has done?

He has, indeed, given up a lot and shown much courage.He gave up his freedom when he made a plea deal on felony animal cruelty, racketeering and interstate gambling — all federal felonies — with a latter addition of criminal drug use (marijuana) while free on bail.
He — temporarily — lost his very lucrative job as a player in the National Football League.
He gave up a multi-million dollar income and lifestyle to serve less than two years in federal prison.
He declared Chapter 11 bankrupcy to protect his many assets from creditors.
What a brave and selfless man.  

go steelers!as a non-sports person, I never thought I’d say that.

The most ironic point…The Washington Post today describes the award as going to the teammate “who best exemplifies sportsmanship and courage.”  Am I alone in thinking that training dogs to kill one another for your own entertainment is about as unsportsmanlike as it gets?

Go, NY Giants!

There’s another possibility…How many of you are considering the possibility that, as uncourageous as Vick is, he might still be the most courageous man on his team?

The city of Los Angeleshas put up signs all over the place offering $5,000. rewards to anyone turning in others over dogfighting.
Love it!

Getting paid millions is courage?Hardly
What courage was required?
The courage to take a bit of abuse?
Every single LGBT on earth has taken far worse verbal abuse than michael vick will ever experience.

Vick didn’t get HALF the grief he deservesCynic that I am, I normally shrug off bad behavior by athletes.  In fact, I pretty much expect it of them.  But nothing gets my blood boiling more than the abuse of children or animals.  Nothing.  If Vick actually had anything that could be described as “courage,” he’d have picked on larger, fiercer animals–at the very least.  Animals that stood a fighting chance of defending themselves.  When he tries doing what he did to those dogs to, say, a pride of lions or a few assorted grizzlies, then we can talk about his courage.  Until then, I’ll stand by my conviction that Vick, along with the teammates who voted him this award, is a piece of shit.

At first I thougt thatforgives is a process and as long as michael vick sees it as a process he needs to spend the rest of his life going through, let he be.  there is a lot the he could do that would do a lot of good.
but the more that I learn the more I think fuck him.  the only thing that he is sorry for is that he got caught.
what’s with the “I’ve overcome a lot” BS.  its sounds as though michael vick thinks that he has been unfair persecuted or something, when in fact he got a pretty good plea bargain.

They are the Philadelphia Eagles, after all . . . . . . and during the regular football season, they, the Cowboys and the Redskins, are the teams I like the least. (On the other hand, during the playoffs, if the Giants are not in the mix, it’s those same NFC East teams that I usually hate that I root for – so I can see myself rooting for the Eagles against the Colts in the Superbowl, even if I don’t like Michael Vick as a human being.

wow…This is one of the most repugnant things I’ve heard in a long time.

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What YOU had to endure? WHAT YOU HAD TO ENDURE? Fuck, what you had to endure was a motherfucking cakewalk compared to what we walk every single day of our lives. You would cower in fear (and rightfully so, it seems) for your LIFE if you had to walk in our shoes. You talk to someone repeatedly raped for the first 20 years of their lives and compare that to what you’ve had to “overcome.” Talk to Matthew Shepard’s parents and see if you could overcome what they have been through. Talk to Gwen Araujo’s family about their shoes. Talk to anyone who is gender variant and see if you could walk in their shoes. We even have a vigil every year for those who no longer CAN walk in ANYONE’S shoes because they are DEAD!
YOU think you are so fucking SPECIAL that you deserve an award for “overcoming” a mess of your own damn making? There wouldn’t have BEEN a “media circus” at all had you NOT killed dogs for sport. You stupid motherfucker. COURAGE? There’s a picture of you under the “antonym” section for courage.
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And FUCK YOU TOO Eagles, for even considering giving this asshat an award labeled “courage” because he gets to throw a ball for obscene sums of money after serving time in prison for ADMITTING what he did. I will hate you more than the Steelers and we are required by law here in Washington State to detest them more than even the Yankees. I could lose my Washington State citizenship for hating you more. Where’s my Courage Award?

Bravo!

Trust but VerifyDon’t leave him alone with your gerbils.  

Doggies are a gift to us allDoggies will grab a ball and run to the door to greet their owner no matter how horrible the owner treats them. Doggies are loyal even to the people who do not deserve their loyalty. I just do not understand how anyone could be mean to a doggie because they are the one creature on this earth that will love you no matter what or who you are.
If only people could be more like doggies.

He IS telling the truth in one aspect…“You ask certain people to walk through my shoes, they probably couldn’t do.”
Yeah, they wouldn’t be able to torture dogs.

Convicted felons usually don’t get their job backWhenever someone applies for a job, there is a section on the application and in the background check about criminal records.  When someone gets out of prison after being convicted of a felony, they usually have to work their way back.  Michael Vick should be working fast food, road construction, or cleaning toilets.  He should not be allowed to work at the same high-paying, high-profile job he left when he was sent to prison.  But the NFL rewards thugs.