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Michael Vick
Can we learn from our mistakes? That is what the world of professional football is asking about Michael Vick. No stranger to criticism, Vick had been known as the superstar quarterback who had little regard for what others thought. He had even been seen once flipping off his fans during an at home loss. However, the circumstances have changed for Michael Vick as all eyes are drawn to him once again.
Pleading guilty to felony charges to include conspiring to sponsor a dog in an animal-fighting venture, Vick has spent 18 months in federal prison. As a result of his conviction, Michael Vick lost not only the richest contract in NFL history, but Nike suspended its endorsement, Reebok stopped selling his jersey, and two trading-card companies dropped his trading card. For all appearances, Vick’s poor choices cost him everything. As the media began to tell the story of his animal brutality there was little place for sympathy. Many felt that he deserved what he got, after all why should a superstar have to resort to such utter depths for his enjoyment?
Is there a place for Michael Vick in the NFL today? We should hope so, for our own sakes. It is convenient to look at this icon and scorn the events that have transpired while we neglect to look at our own lives. Perhaps you and I have never mistreated a dog, but how about a spouse, a child, a friend, a co-worker, or even an employer. Are the crimes Vick has been prosecuted for any less devastating then the ones we keep hidden? Fortunately for you and I there aren’t reporters crawling through our garbage looking for the next big story.
Tony Dungy, when speaking of Michael Vick said that the quarterback explained he had strayed from God while working to become the best paid player in the NFL. Vick also explained that he needed to bring his faith back. Dungy told the Washington Post, “That’s when I felt this is a young man who is on the right direction. I think he has a better understanding of who he is.”
It is a hard thing to admit your faults. It is even harder to own up to them and take responsibility for them. It is what we call in the Christian faith, repentance. Acknowledging your faults and mistakes and yielding one’s self to God for admonishment and correction. However, God’s desire is not to make us slaves to our guilt, but to restore us back to a relationship with Him and a life that is thriving. There are still many who feel that Michael Vick should not receive a second chance and their arguments have merit. However, if there is no second chance for him, what of us?
Michael Vick made his first NFL appearance since 2006 in a 33-32 victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Congratulations, Michael. Keep your head up and your eyes higher.
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