stillers4me
08-26-2015, 06:07 PM
The crowd around the backup quarterback's locker was three or four deep. Somewhere in the middle, underneath the bright lights that never seem to go away, Michael Vick spent 13 minutes answering the same questions that never seem to go away.
Six years removed from the end of a federal prison sentence for his role in a dogfighting ring that changed his football career — and more importantly the arc of his life — Vick understands his mere presence in the NFL remains difficult for some.
As the newest member of the Pittsburgh Steelers spoke Wednesday less than 24 hours after agreeing to a one-year deal, a handful of protesters armed with homemade signs gathered outside the team's training complex to remind Vick of personal missteps he understands will follow him forever. One sign read: "Jail time is not enough."
"There still are some people who feel the same way about what happened," Vick said. "But I think you've got to look at the bottom line. You can't look to the past, because everybody's different from when they're 20 to when they're 35."
And the man in the white No. 2 jersey who spent Wednesday jogging and getting his left arm loose is decidedly different from the football supernova that once appeared to be a video game brought to life..............
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Six years removed from the end of a federal prison sentence for his role in a dogfighting ring that changed his football career — and more importantly the arc of his life — Vick understands his mere presence in the NFL remains difficult for some.
As the newest member of the Pittsburgh Steelers spoke Wednesday less than 24 hours after agreeing to a one-year deal, a handful of protesters armed with homemade signs gathered outside the team's training complex to remind Vick of personal missteps he understands will follow him forever. One sign read: "Jail time is not enough."
"There still are some people who feel the same way about what happened," Vick said. "But I think you've got to look at the bottom line. You can't look to the past, because everybody's different from when they're 20 to when they're 35."
And the man in the white No. 2 jersey who spent Wednesday jogging and getting his left arm loose is decidedly different from the football supernova that once appeared to be a video game brought to life..............
Read more @ http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:bd5c417fd0cc4778b090ffa9d5a7c3 97