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Originally Posted by Doodlegirl

I'm an old duffer now...but fortunate to have had my sports loving Dad for
98 years until his passing a few years ago. My Dad always spoke of good
sportsman (woman)-like behavior both on the field, the pool, the court, wherever. And, how that translated to home, hearth, neighbors, business, and relationships. Fair play and thoughts for the so-called 'underdog' or a neophyte player in terms of role model.

I'm not sure at all Mr. Vick learned those same lessons, and certainly not in the decades in which I grew up. For my father, uncles, aunts, "fair play" was
an ingredient in sports endeavors. Athlete was a term endeared by him and
passed from him to his children as almost a title of joy and fairness and strength in all things.. I simply do not know how I would describe to a ten
year old the oxymoron of Michael Vick, what occured, and that 'star' quality
discussed here. Possibly I wouldn't use the word athlete about him, simply,
football player.

I wish that mr vick could have leveled eyes with the likes of Dick Butkus,I think that he would have understood the fear those dogs felt..........