tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post530921704654953319..comments2023-09-25T03:57:22.736-06:00Comments on The Decorum Forum: Has Michael Vick Paid His Debt to Society?Bob Newlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05388226473052858297noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-37861446325796276622009-05-27T06:48:23.451-06:002009-05-27T06:48:23.451-06:00Gladiators.Gladiators.bill flemingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-305063422138133172009-05-26T21:16:01.349-06:002009-05-26T21:16:01.349-06:00Thanks Bob for reminding me that everyone – EVERYO...Thanks Bob for reminding me that everyone – EVERYONE – needs an editor. The spelling error has been corrected.<br /><br />Sadly, most stellar college athletes never graduate, even from the cream puff curricula they face as freshman.<br /><br />It might be interesting if professional organizations refused to draft anyone who does not complete college.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the opposite is the case. Those professional organizations are the ones encouraging illiterate teenagers to leave college and get rich.<br /><br />But the problem is uglier. Why were they illiterate when they left high school? Same reason, I'm afraid.<br /><br />Yeah, they're barely functional off the field...but it's justified because they're fun to watch.Michael Sanbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523147171085428754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2123919364122433432.post-37349573509535592852009-05-26T06:47:17.006-06:002009-05-26T06:47:17.006-06:00Niagra: a cascade of chemically induced erectile d...Niagra: a cascade of chemically induced erectile dysfunction.<br /><br />Niagara: a river running through New York into Canada noted for its cascades on the border.<br />=======================<br /><br />As for role models, what better role model than someone whose athletic ability has been rewarded by an institution of higher learning with a diploma that required only attendance at athletic practice and games?<br /><br />We only learned after OJ had retired from his college-facilitated career that he was functionally illiterate.<br /><br />I think Michael Vick is a perfect role model for aspirants to a career that is devoted largely to injuring opponents, and that results in its astonishingly-rewarded stars mostly being flat broke seven years after their leaving the game.Bob Newlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388226473052858297noreply@blogger.com