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Originally Posted by Rain Man
I may be an outlier, but I think that off the field stuff should stay off the field. If a guy gets put in jail and can't play, then he crossed the line. But taking action on anything else is the NFL just doing public relations and generally mangling it.
I absolutely despise what Michael Vick did, and I was glad that he didn't sign with the Chiefs, but in the end the off-field stuff was handled and he's got a right to earn a living after that. I feel the same way about any other player or any other worker in America.
I guess it's the employer's right to fire an employee if the employee is publicly doing stuff that the employer doesn't like, or that might hurt the employer's business, but come on. This is the NFL. A few whiny fans will boycott until their team is in the playoffs, and then they'll be back.
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This.
I don't watch football because the players are great human beings. I watch because it's fun to see some amazing athletes do things I could only dream of.
I don't care what someone does off the field, good or bad--everyone calling for Hill's head would not advocate keeping someone like Alex Smith on the team just because he visits hospitals or raises money for charities or whatever.