Letter to the editor: Michael Vick should not be honored

Thank you, Kristin Buccigrossi, for your commentary “NFL, how could you honor Michael Vick?” (Dec. 31, TribLIVE). I couldn’t agree with you more. In the NFL, it seems the more you do wrong, the more publicity you get.

I believe 99.9 % of NFL players are good people who care about their families, the communities they live in and the images they project. Why aren’t those players being honored? No, the NFL, as you have shown, decides to honor a convicted felon and animal abuser. I get it — you did your time and you said you’re sorry. Good, now go away so we can honor real men who never killed a dog or were convicted of racketeering.

Baseball is also guilty of the same type of behavior. Alex Rodriguez flat-out lied to the public when he said he never took steroids — then was suspended for their use. He came back to sit on the bench to collect on his contract until the Yankees let him go. Somehow this year he was a part of the World Series broadcast team. How did that happen? Was no other Yankee more deserving?

The NFL and baseball are making a joke of the ideals they supposedly say they uphold. The images they project to their patrons, the ones who actually pay those salaries, are a sham. Forget ’em.

Mike McHenry

Sunnyvale, Calif.

The writer is a Castle Shannon native.