Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Poor, Poor Michael Vick

Lean On Me is one of my favorite movies. It's about a high school principal, Joe Clark, doing everything in his power to turn around a troubled inner-city school. One of the dilemmas that Mr. Clark had was that even though the school doors were locked from the inside, kids were opening the doors and letting the drug dealers in. Mr. Clark's solution? Chain the doors. Of course, he wasn't supposed to chain the doors but he was determined to save all the students at East Side High that wanted to be saved. Consequently, the Fire Marshall was called in and he was arrested. In this arrest scence, as they were hauling him off into the police car, surrounded by students and faculty, he delivered this line, (or something like it) "You break the law; you pay the price." Lean On Me was based on a true story.

According to USA Today, between 2001 and 2006 Micheal Vick made a total of $61,910,630 (if my math is correct). So I'm supposed to be outraged because Michael Vick broke the law and may not be able to play professional football again? You break the law; you pay the price, whatever that price may be. Here are few stories you should actually care about: the kid who dunked on LeBron, Jon & Kate, who will get MJ's kids and Tony Romo's love life.

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