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jaysey

On the NFL and Vick

Aug 23, 2007 15:35

August 23, 2007

Now that Michael Vick has agreed to plea guilty, the question running rampant through the media is “Should he be banned from the NFL?” CNN.com asked readers to e-mail their responses to that question, and they published some of those e-mails online here.

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mitsu99 August 23 2007, 20:19:22 UTC

Yeah, I was going to mention that connection between animal abuse and Serial killing. It's a definite warning sign of psychosis.

As for a ban on people who commit a felony, that's an interesting idea.

Our society places so much value on sports and entertainment stars. They ARE role models. And because the public eye is on them, they need to hold themselves to a level of professionalism and high character at all times, not just on the field. High character should be a job prerequisite.

jaysey August 23 2007, 20:36:03 UTC

And if the organizations in charge of allowing them to hold those positions (or not) placed more value on high character (or just legal character), they'd be more inclined to behave appropriately (at least that's my hypothesis).

mitsu99 August 23 2007, 21:02:04 UTC

Well, we can wish anyway.

When it comes to corporations, they have to see things in terms of monetary bottom line. In other words, if a person has low character, people will become disenfranchised with them and sales will suffer. Low character individuals become risky business, and no one wants to deal with loose cannons. Which is why any film with Lindsay Lohan will have too much trouble getting insured. They can't guarantee that Lindsay will complete the film.