On 8/22/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Was just saying that teams are in the business of winning, and for the > >most part, will put whoever on the field they think will assist in > >that goal. > > Ah, but they are also in the business of making money...and there's a big > question of > whether the fans are angry enough about this to boycott a team that puts him > on the field. > I wouldn't be surprised to see him return at all...but I think it's still > going to be a risky call > for the NFL to allow it. I really wish he *wasn't* black because then people > wouldn't be > able to turn it into a race issue and we'd just be able to look at the > despicable acts he did > for what they are.
I agree 100%. -IF- a team does want to sign him in the future, they'd have to determine whether or not there would be enough negative publicity to hurt the team, versus the chances that Vick might give the team to win. Again, I'm all for banning his ass permanently. This is just what (at least) one GM seems to think. FWIW, found the linky: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/sportsline/main10307386.shtml -- Charlie Griefer ================================================ "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241128 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
