Terrell Owens Should Be Commended for Supporting Michael Vick

Terrell Owens's statement that Michael Vick should play immediately should be lauded and added to by other NFL players. In an AP article, Owens was quoted to have said: "Why shouldn't he? I mean, there's a lot more guys around the league that have done far more worst things than that and gotten second chances." Owens was joined by Bills safety George Wilson, Buffalo's player representative. Wilson was also correct when he said, as quoted by AP: "How do you bring a man out of suspension and then suspend him again? I mean, he's paid his debt. I think you just continue to hold him down by bringing him back and then suspend him." This is not to excuse or minimize what Vick did. Although I would understand an NFL-imposed continuance of Vick's suspension, what Owens said made sense. The reason for a continuance is quite simple. The NFL is his employer in a sense. Employers can and do establish personal-conduct policies. Vick has probably already...