Honestly, the future does not bode well for Michael Vick. In addition to his looming sentence from his federal plea of guilt, he was indicted for violating Virginia state laws last Tuesday. According to MSNBC's website, Vick has been charged with two separate felonies related to dogfighting, which include beating or killing or causing dogs to fight one another and promoting dogfighting. But, I will get into that ordeal another time.
I am curious as to what his future holds, specifically in the employment sense. Hypothetically, lets say the state charges are dropped, Vick is sentenced to serve eighteen months in prison, and successfully completes his incarceration. Upon serving his time, he is released and perhaps rehabilitated. That would be the best case scenario in my mind. But, what is he to do for a job and a means of supporting himself? Would the NFL take him back? Would the public at large ever embrace him again? Has he already burned his bridges? Why am I asking so many questions?
Personally, I think he should consider a new career. After he serves his time and is integrated back into society, I do not know of any rules that would lawfully keep him out of his employer, the NFL. However, I don't see him coming back to the NFL for two reasons: no team would willingly adopt all the scrutiny that is sure to follow him and certainly his skills will diminish during his imprisonment, regardless of the length of his stay. Suffice to say, football is all Vick knows. After all, Vick entered the NFL after only two years at Virginia Tech. What potential life skills could he apply to help gather wages? I sarcastically offer a new means of income for Vick...
You know how some judges creatively think of ironic punishments for certain offenses: i.e. making a drunk driver attend AA meetings or perhaps ordering a convicted litterer to spend countless hours cleaning up debris on the free way? I was thinking along those lines.
Please let it be known that the audio track I borrowed was provided by Bocan and Tom Larkin, from their podcast, "Aggressive Observations." I located it, for non-commercial use, here.
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5 comments:
hahaha very clever/humorous brandon. one of your better traits, if i may say so.
ROFL. Hilarious video. Great use of pictures, and they all matched up tot he sound great. Your post set it up perfectly, too.
Great pictures on the video. Michael Vick should be absolutely barred from the NFL forever. It's bad PR for the league to allow him to come back.
I really enjoyed your video! It looks like you put a lot of effort into arranging those clips with the audio. I just saw on ESPN that the NFL has the right to request that Michael Vick pay them back...I can't remember how much, but it was ridiculous. He's going to have a rough time finding a job, and after paying the team back all that money he won't have much to rest on, especially without all his endorsements!
Excellent work on the video -- I love the faint doggie noises beneath the narration/announcer's voice in the beginning. You kept the visuals really energized with quick cuts and a variety of images, chosen and placed to punctuate the humor of the narration. Really well done. The super-sped-up disclaimer was a brilliant touch, as was the text caption accompanying it (that line was too good to risk losing).
Excellent post, too; just a few bugs:
The list within this sentence needs a bit of restructuring:
...let's [add apostrophe] say the state charges are dropped, and [add "and"] Vick is sentenced to serve eighteen months in prison [omit comma] and successfully completes his incarceration.
"Freeway" is one word
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