8/17/09 Eagles contact
It's all very unfortunate if Michael Vick did these terrible things. These are things normal people would never contemplate much less act on. To torture and kill; to not only join in , but to promote and celebrate such a torturing says everything about the constitution of this man. By constitution we're not talking about learned behavior, we're talking about the soul a person is born with, their core. It's unfortunate if Vick is so flawed at his core. It's unfortunate that dogs were abused in such a hideous manner. It's unfortunate that Philadelphia will be the place to welcome this behavior. It's most unfortunate that such a great franchise as the Eagles will overlook the moral character of its player. I haven't heard of any other Eagles players who have done such terrible things and for that matter I believe Vick will not play out well for the Eagles. Why? Because Vick has deep inner troubles. Ask yourselves, isn't that obvious? If not, ask yourselves how many people you know who would enjoy watching dogs tear flesh from flesh; blood splattering everywhere, howls of pain and anguish long into the night and the smell of blood permeates the air. Or how many do you know who would electrocute or drown a dog. Who do you know who would do these things? Not one single person, right? That's because it's just not normal behavior. You can't wish it didn't happen, you can't make statements of remorse, you can't spin a good marketing campaign to make it all go away and performance on the field won't change any of the underlying problem. My point is that Vick may speak about remorse and change, but he has no control over these deeply troubled regions inside himself. It is truely unfortunate that the Eagles have chosen to align with this person. It's poor judgement which over time will almost certainly prove to degrade the Eagles image and become known as a poor business decision.