Should Michael Vick be able to rejoin the NFL?

I see no rational reason why not.

56% of people polled on CNN think otherwise.

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Elaborate.

He will be allowed to play again, simply because his celebrity status and his amazing talent at football. And most of the time when you're in prison you bulk up, so he might even be bigger, faster, and stronger than every before.

Hai HOH.

I think he should be allowed to play. There's no fairness in continuing to punish him for his mistake. Now WILL HE play? We'll see.

Elaborate.

When I was a kid, sport stars where my idols. Wayne Gretzy, Jordan, Bo Jackson, Will Clark.....

I think that is what being a star athlete is about. Being able to be a rolemodel. How many young kids read about Vick when he got caught, and thought it was cool to do what he did? Children are very easy to influence. If we want to have a better generation of kids growing up we need to focus the people who get to stay in the spotlight. Let this be a lesson for kids, if your going to do something like Vick did, your going to be punished.

He was punished in accordance to the law. Perhaps this will teach kids to idolize people who actually contribute to society, instead of running up and down a grassy plain in an exercise of futility.

In accordance to the law, which is exactly perfect.

When I was a kid, sport stars where my idols. Wayne Gretzy, Jordan, Bo Jackson, Will Clark..... I think that is what being a star athlete is about. Being able to be a rolemodel. How many young kids read about Vick when he got caught, and thought it was cool to do what he did? Children are very easy to influence. If we want to have a better generation of kids growing up we need to focus the people who get to stay in the spotlight. Let this be a lesson for kids, if your going to do something like Vick did, your going to be punished.

I do agree with your points, and I do think athletes should be role models for kids. The problem with that is, athletes aren't paid to be role models, that's what barney and the guy from blue's clues is paid to do, Athletes are paid to do just that, be athletes. What they do off the field has nothing to do with the sport they participate in and it doesn't make a ratass difference who the player is. I have heard now that the NFL comissioner has stated that Vick is eligible to return.

As for the universal rule change? Hell no. Some of us like the players with bad attitudes and off-the-field issues. It adds depth to the game.

You're right athletes are not paid to be rolemodels. I am not paid to be human. But I am, and athletes ARE rolemodels for young ones.