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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 8622340" data-attributes="member: 19675">I agree.&nbsp; However, I still wouldn’t want to be the one explaining to a preteen why people are cheering an animal killer.&nbsp; It’s not the most difficult job in parenting, but it’s not an easy one.To be clear, I agree he did his time and paid his punishment.&nbsp; I even cheered his return to the league…on the condition that he “go forth and sin no more.”But just because he did so, it does not follow that he has to be accepted back into the fold.&nbsp; Everyone else involved has a right to choose between associating with him or not.&nbsp; His coaches &amp; teammates have a say.&nbsp; Other teams, coaches and players in the league have a say.&nbsp; The league itself has a say.&nbsp; The fans and corporate partners and sponsors have a say.He has a right to be able to feed, clothe and house himself, but he doesn’t have a right to be paid millions to throw and run with a football for millions of dollars a year.Entertainment industry jobs- particularly the ones in front of cameras and microphones- have a very high profile that tends to magnify the good &amp; bad that the members do.And the public’s appetite for forgiveness/tolerance of any particular kind of behavior waxes and wanes.&nbsp; I guarantee you, before players like Vick had a right to play in the NFL, there were players who engaged in dogfighting just like he did.&nbsp;&nbsp; Before the 1990s, athletes’ drug and domestic violence issues were&nbsp; generally not widely publicized, but neither were they secrets.&nbsp; And they rarely cost anyone a job.These days?&nbsp; The bar is MUCH lower. And I don’t have a problem with that.Lastly, pro tip: it’s not a good look to be drawing parallels between condemnation of past criminal behaviors and being LGBTQ, even if the arguments are the same in form.&nbsp; </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 8622340, member: 19675"] I agree. However, I [I]still[/I] wouldn’t want to be the one explaining to a preteen why people are cheering an animal killer. It’s not the most difficult job in parenting, but it’s not an easy one. To be clear, I agree he did his time and paid his punishment. I even cheered his return to the league…on the condition that he “go forth and sin no more.” But just because he did so, it does not follow that he [I]has[/I] to be accepted back into the fold. Everyone else involved has a right to choose between associating with him or not. His coaches & teammates have a say. Other teams, coaches and players in the league have a say. The league itself has a say. The fans and corporate partners and sponsors have a say. He has a right to be able to feed, clothe and house himself, but he doesn’t have a right to be paid millions to throw and run with a football for millions of dollars a year. Entertainment industry jobs- particularly the ones in front of cameras and microphones- have a very high profile that tends to magnify the good & bad that the members do. And the public’s appetite for forgiveness/tolerance of any particular kind of behavior waxes and wanes. I guarantee you, before players like Vick had a right to play in the NFL, there were players who engaged in dogfighting just like he did. Before the 1990s, athletes’ drug and domestic violence issues were generally not widely publicized, but neither were they secrets. And they rarely cost anyone a job. These days? The bar is MUCH lower. And I don’t have a problem with that. Lastly, pro tip: it’s not a good look to be drawing parallels between condemnation of past criminal behaviors and being LGBTQ, [I]even if the arguments are the same in form. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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