Deadspin has an insightful and biting comment on Michael Vick being the Eagles' nominee for the The Ed Block Courage award. The award is intended to honor players for sportsmanship, and is often seen as a personal tribute for overcoming unlikely odds. Players on each NFL team vote to nominate one player from their team for the league award.
Seriously, Eagles? You'd think that players in Philly, the city of Rocky, would get what this is all about and award their teammates accordingly. Instead they gave it to Mike Vick.
In Vick's case, I'm all for moving on, letting him prove himself, move on with his life, just so long as he doesn't hurt any more dogs, etc. The guy served his time, apologized, blah blah blah. Should he get to go out and play football again? I don't have a big problem with that. Does he deserve an award for his "efforts"? Hell no. But I don't think there's anyway the NFL will let Vick get the overall league honor.
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Daniel, I agree with you. The emphasis should be on the fact that a team/organization took him back, not award him for breaking no laws for three months while he became an instant millionaire again! Dad
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