A 2 year ban from the NFL is punishment enough for Vick?

Question

What do you think?

Answer 1

After carefully thinking things through, I do not feel any type of ban from the NFL is really fair for Vick. He should be treated as any other person would be in this situation. Would the engineering world ban me for 2 years if I were put in prison for a year or two for my first criminal offense? Would that be fair? No and no. What he allegedly did was awful and wrong, but if he is banned, it should be because he lied to the commissioner. That is the only justifiable ban that the NFL should be able to give him. A fine would be more appropriate because "actions detrimental to the league."

Answer 2

Not only should he be fined and jailed he should be banned for life. I was reprimanded by Yahoo for stating that he should be given to the dogs. I agree with the other responder to this question on that point.
Vick demonstrated his blatant disregard for life and shows no remorse towards what he is involved with. His worry is he got caught. Not the image the NFL wants to present.
Its simple. You are involved in professional sports, no gambling. Again, perfect examples listed, Shoeless Joe and Pete Rose. They didn't kill anything.
Vick suffers from what many professional athletes and celebrities do. A sense of entitlement and that they are above the law. They are entertainers and no more. You never see any legal consideration given to a returning veteran that gets into trouble.
Vick is human garbage at best. His actions reflect directly on the NFL(like no one else knew about it) and his upbringing.
Banned for life, fined and jailed for a long time. He is only a damned football player. If it was you or me we would be gone. With no press coverage.
Good-bye, Ookie. Don't come back.

Answer 3

If he's convicted, I don't think the punishment of 2 years is enough. If he weren't a celebrity, what would his punishment be? I don't think he would have been offered such a deal as this is if he weren't, which is a crime in and of itself. Michael Vick should be treated just like any other person who breaks the law, if not a little more harshly in order to set an example for all the children who looked up to him because of his celebrity status.

Answer 4

NOPE, needs a lifetime ban for his association with gambling. He BET on Dog-fights and this lifetime ban would also be the perfect publicity for them. I realize a two year ban would basically end his career(already saying AT LEAST a year in the plea so that would mean 3 years out of the league and he would be going into what the 10th season) but that isn't what this needs to be about.

Well I see according to han that the NFL should have come out in Support of "Tank" Johnson, Chris Henry, and "Pacman" Jones. All three serving suspension(length varies) but NONE committed a FOOTBALL crime. All their criminal acts were OFF THE FIELD. So what if a football player likes to drink and drive, the NFL shouldn't worry about its image and suspend the man for BREAKING HIS CONTRACT(they have personal conduct clause and trust me DUI/DWI would be breaking that). I'm so sick of people getting in trouble for violating the terms of their employment, aren't you?

Answer 5

I think banned for life is best. Punishment for major crimes by Pro Players needs to start being stronger, and they might as well start with Vick.

Answer 6

If he pleads or is found guilty, he will be banned for life. The reason is simple, gambling. In the NFL code of conduct it is grounds for immediate bannishment if found gambling or sponsored gambling. He sponsored dog fights that were wagered on. No question or discussion here, any guilty plea or conviction and he is done.

Answer 7

It's overkill. I'm not condoning what he did, but there are felony convictions all the time in the NFL. If they want to suspend Vick, then they need to make a consistent policy. The rule should be...if you get convicted of a felony, you can't be in the league.

The NFL players are supposed to be role models. Our kids look up to them. I don't care if a player came from the 'hood, he either changes his ways, or he can't make the big bucks. That's the way it should be.

Answer 8

He may be in jail for longer than that. Baseball banned Pete Rose and Shoeless-Joe for gambling. Vick's biggest crime against football is heading a gambling ring. (They were betting on dogfighting) This will likely get him banned for life. His crime against humanity was the abusive way they put dogs to sleep. Anyone who could take such obvious joy in murder of a dog, is a pretty frighting and evil human.

Answer 9

I think he should plea out, take a year in jail, and get a hefty fine from the NFL. The reason is say fine instead of ban is because he didn't do anything wrong in the sport of football. His activity was off the field. So Vick's punishment should come from the courts and then maybe the NFL should make a supportive statement. Maybe a half-season ban, or large fine for "conduct unbecoming" or something like that.

Answer 10

No I would say at least 5 years. Two years is not that long. He wouldn't have lost much physically and he would know that. But a lot can happen in 5.. ..