This past weekend Michael Vick went to a prison in the Tampa area and spoke to the prisoners there. The article here says that he talked to them about his experiences, and how he learned from his time in prison. He hoped to "be an example to somebody" and let them know that they could always change. Michael Vick committed his crime, and for a long time he was despised by many different people. When he was finally released from prison, he slowed tried to work his way back up again. He went back to playing football, and had an extremely successful season. After a lot of work, he ended up earning some respect back. He had once again become a beloved football player. There are still people who will never forget what he did, and still despise him from it, but there are also others who think the exact opposite. The question is, does he deserve to be forgiven? Everyone admits that what he did was wrong; however, he has not shown any signs of doing anything similar ever again, and on top of that, people think he's amazing because he is good at football. I personally don't have much of an opinion either way. I don't despise him because he did it, but I don't necessarily think he's an entirely good person and everyone should just forget that it ever happened. I definitely wouldn't make my decision just because he had a good football season, but that could just be because I don't like the Eagles. (GO COWBOYS!)
-Los Spurs
Who cares? It's a football player.
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