I'm the biggest Vick hater there is, but he's paid his penance. He shouldn't be punished for life and I can pretty much guarantee you he won't do that shit again.
I have no need to punish Vick, and that's certainly not why I bring him up here. Vick's got his own
dog albatross hanging from his neck whether he wants it, deserves it, or not, and just because he CHOSE to step back into the NFL limelight, it'll probably be there - for at least a segment of the fanbase - until his dying day.
Nope; my only point here is that the only time the NFL will come down hard on thuggishness is when it's directed in defiance of THEM. The owners don't like their property getting uppity, ya see...