[redwitch]

Good grief! I hate, loathe, despise what Rainey is accused of doing. Morse and family more than likely broke some laws (not as severe as Rainey's from what I can tell). What Rainey and Morse, et al. did pales in comparison to what Michael Vick did. His actions were despicable.

Now I'm going to get a few (??) people upset. Vick did his time. From the sound of what has been said about him by those who are in the best position to know (animal right advocates and associations), he has truly repented. As a matter of fact, the SPCA has said that the best advocates against animal abuse are those who had previously abused and seen the light so to speak. The SPCA feels Vick is a prime example of a former abuser turning himself around. They feel Vick would never again deliberately abuse an animal. Vick has given large sums of money to various animal shelters and the SPCA. He has spoken almost weekly at schools denouncing dog fighting and animal abuse.

So, add to his willingness to admit his previous behavior was wrong; his continued speaking to kids about how wrong his actions were (not that easy to do -- try it one day); his giving very large sums to animal protection; and his truly God-given talent, I say he has every right to continue his career and be the outstanding quarterback he is.

Do I agree that he deserves the sum of money he is getting? No, but, then I can't think of a single big-name athlete or actor or other public figure who deserves the obscene amount of money he/she/they make.