Mike Vick has been like watching a video game this year. Ever since he took over for injured Kevin Kolb, he's the number one QB in the league in just about every category. He's a legit candidate for MVP. He has downright owned every team that has lined up against him this year. So why aren't people loving it? I'll tell you why, because for some reason the majority of sports fans are, for lack of a better term, assholes. They have this made-up subjective criteria for who they deem "acceptable". Could anything have been more predictable than Vick's success directly leading to fans turning into smug pricks. People say, "I'd be ashamed if he was MY quarterback", or "I wouldn't want him on MY team." Really?(Read some message boards, this stuff is actually being said.) These people can't be serious. I can't stand uppity fans who think that no matter how good Vick plays, he's not acceptable for THEIR team. It's the most ridiculous logic I have ever heard. Stop pretending you're his mom. If you are watching sports because you want the athletes to be good people then you better stop watching, because guess what boss, YOUR team isn't stocked up with the most perfect, moral citizens in the universe either. These folks just happen to know more about Vick's transgressions than others. You might be a Dolphins fan and say you would never want him on your team, but you have no clue if there's some jerk ON the Dolphins who is a way worse person than Vick. Maybe Chad Henne throws kittens in his wood chipper. How the hell do we know? Trying to apply any ethical standard to sports is just plain stupid. We don't strictly root for the guys who spend time at children's hospitals or don't cheat on their wives. If this was the case Jeff Reed would have been every one's favorite Steeler. Obviously we like those guys more, but if the biggest dick on my team does his job, I cheer for him too. But seriously stop trying to boost your own self-esteem. You're just tricking yourself into thinking your a good person because you don't cheer for guys like Vick, or that YOUR team would never dare employ such a horrible guy. It's a crock of shit. If Vick were a Steeler right now and playing the way he is, I'd be rocking that Vick black and gold jersey every week. Why try to make a stand when the dude is lighting up the whole league like a Christmas tree? Enjoy it, because he has proven he can do something totally idiotic at any time. But so could anyone else on the team. I don't know them personally. And to assume that Vick is the only bad person in the league makes you an ignorant dip shit. Give the guy a break. Ray Lewis killed a couple dudes, and I'd take him on my team too.
