I don’t like it. Normally when I watch football I can cheer for either team. I like it when any team does something amazing. But I can’t cheer for Michael Vick. To me, it would be like cheering for a pedophile.

It makes me sad how easily people forget. He’s done his time, but I just can’t get over it. Honestly, I don’t want to get over it. I care too much about dogs to ever get over it.

Michael is doing his job and doing it well and he has every right to do that. But I just can’t be happy watching him. I look forward to the day when I can watch football and not be forced to think about the cruelty of dog fighting.

I felt Michael was in fact just trying to say the right things in his 60 Minutes interview. While I believe he feels regret, I don’t think he feels it about the animals. He was kind of trying to rewrite history. He said he should have stood up and been a “leader” and stopped the dog fighting. That’s a very finessed statement. Because it makes it sound as if he regretted the fighting while he was doing it. And he said it such a way that James Brown, the interviewer, did not question him on that. However, I have a firm belief that Michael Vick did not feel bad at all during that time. It’s fairly obvious. If you feel bad about electrocuting dogs, chances are that you’re not going to do it again.

The interview was a softball interview presented in a hardball way. The questions were like, “Do you really regret what you did?” as opposed to, “How do you get to the point where you enjoy electrocuting dogs?” So not really hardball.

The guy from the Humane Society answered my main question, which is “Is it OK for Michael Vick to be out of prison and pretending to regret his actions?” The answer is yes. Here’s why. I’m quite sure Michael Vick will not re-offend. I’m also quite sure that he is motivated to campaign against dog fighting as hard as if he really means it. So it doesn’t matter if he’s still evil, the best possible thing is happening. This is better than if he were in jail, because he’ll be helping to stop dog fighting.

Do I like Michael Vick? No I don’t. Do I forgive him? Not really. Do I believe he has really changed inside with respect to the humane treatment of animals? No.

But it doesn’t matter, because he’s being forced to do the right thing now. That’s a “prison” I can get behind. I really do hope that over the years Michael Vick learns to appreciate the animals he works with. I hope he does experience both true regret and true love for dogs. Everyone needs to understand what it means to love an animal. Unfortunately I also know it may not be possible for him to feel that, which is sad.

CNN has posted a story about the latest news with Michael Vick. Michael Vick was convicted of bankrolling a dogfighting operation.

It’s too bad he got arrogant and disrespected both the people and animals around him. It seems to have really destroyed his life. I hope it will make other people who are considering getting involved in dog fighting think twice.

Vick was suspended from the NFL after his conviction but remains under contract with the Falcons, Segal [his agent] said, though he does not expect the Falcons to retain Vick’s rights if he is reinstated.

Vick and many of his creditors are depending on a return to football as his main source of income. But Segal admitted that he has no way of knowing whether Vick will be reinstated, because the decision lies with Goodell.

In the meantime, Vick is ready to “get back in the community in a positive light” and demonstrate remorse for his actions, Segal said.

He has agreed to participate in a documentary about him that will net him $600,000, Segal said. He will also work 40 hours a week for W.M. Jordan, a construction company based in Newport News.