Thursday, July 19, 2007
Vick
I don't really have too much to say about this guy. His is a problem that is more society than one overpaid athelete. The problem is that we feel no guilt in paying some kid millions to play a game. And supporting that kid from grade school until he's dumped after an injury or old age tosses him out on his keester.
You got to know that a kid like Vick was treated with kid gloves from the time it was noticed he could throw farther and run faster than any other kid on the block. What do you guess his high school and college days were much different than you or me - assuming you were lucky enough to be able to afford college.
I have no idea whether Vick was involved with dog fighting or not. I really don't care one way or the other. He's more guilty of success than of anything else. He may really have not known what was going on at his house - but it doesn't matter since it was his home. I'm guessing that the "friends" of his who were renting that house were hangers on interested in more what they could leech from Vick rather than help him out.
He's paid big bucks to play in a sport where violence and brutality are not only encouraged by rewarded. How many librarian majors do you know who are pulling in millions a year because they managed to teach some kid? Do you figure that cop you just sneered at when she drove past will get a signing bonus after keeping some punk from sticking his knife into you? Naw. Some rich, spoiled kid is going to get those big bucks because he can hit harder, throw farther or jump higher than you do.
