To Vick or Not To Vick

I've been perusing social media and gathering responses by Steeler fans about the recent addition of Micheal Vick. And I can tell you that I am both amazed and dumbfounded by how hypocritical and over the top some have been. Tweets and Facebook post about Micheal Vick have been blowing up. Those same tweets and post have proclaimed how the Rooney's are losing their touch and this one signing will destroy the entire legacy that has been built in Pittsburgh. What a load of horse shit.

I've been a Steeler fan my entire life. Now, that doesn't make much sense because as a three or four year old you don't really know shit about football let alone the Steelers. So lets use some logic and say that since my first recollection of football was the entire 1994 season. Therefore I've been avidly watching  the Steelers for the last 22 years. Through my entire life the Steelers have always been an upstanding organization who have set the bar when it comes how to deal with players and issues they have, except when its a star quarterback. Or reciever. Or running back.

Before people start blowing off at me about cracking jokes about past incidents or before they start throwing out "never charged" or "acquitted" let me just explain. The Steelers have seen their fair share of incidents and for the most part stick by their players. While everyone is clamoring about Vick lets not forget about those same fans throwing away the Steelers after legal issues from Santonio Holmes, James Harrison, Big Ben and Le'Veon Bell. After all their crimes weren't that bad. Holmes was arrested multiple times including for disorderly conduct, domestic violence and marijuana possession from 2006 to 2008. Harrison for simple assault and criminal mischief stemming from a domestic violence incident in 2008. Or Ben who was accused of sexual assault twice (2008 and 2010).

My point is not to bring up these men as being bad men, they just made stupid choices and had to pay the price for those crimes. My point is that we pick and choose who to burn at the stake and Vick seems to the man attached to the stake. What Vick did doesn't make him a horrible person it makes him a man whose upbringing didn't teach him that what he funded was wrong. In fact to a lot of people they don't see anything wrong with what he was a part of but Vick committed crimes. He paid for those crimes and has been cleared to play since 2009.

You don't have to like him but you've rooted for years for players who have committed horrible crimes against woman. Men who could have killed someone while driving under the influence, ala Donte Stallworth. I'm not saying you have to forgive him, what I'm saying is don't be so hypocritical in your judging of Vick while your wearing your jersey's of these other players.