Tony Dungy: ‘Vick wants a second chance’
May 13, 2009 at 6:11 pm by Alejandro A. Leal in SportsSpeaking Wednesday at a workshop for past offenders seeking jobs, the former Indianapolis Colts coach told the AP that disgraced former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick wants a second chance:
From WUSA9.com in Virginia:
Dungy met with Vick last week at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., where Vick is serving a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting conspiracy.
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Dungy didn’t discuss details of his visit with Vick, but told The Associated Press that the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback made a mistake.
As anyone that’s seen the “report dog fighting” billboard on I-85 South would attest to, Vick’s arrest and incarceration helped push animal cruelty front and center. Some would question whether the punishment fit the crime. But I think a more important question is, after Vick pays his debt to society, whose responsibility is it to give him a second chance? The NFL? The Falcons? The Fans? Anyone?
(via former CL-er @LadyMissHeather)
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