SharrywasBanned wrote:
Ben Roethlisberger was convicted?  Do you know the details of the case because I'm pretty sure he was accused not even tried let alone convicted.  If he wasn't convicted of those crimes why on earth would anyone who doesn't support Vick feel the same way about Ben?
If he wasn't convicted, the law says he didn't need to do time and anyone who says Vick "did his time" would be a hypocrite if they held Ben to the same standard because they law said he didn't do it. The grasping at straws just to defend a dog murderer is disturbing.

I'm talking about how fans perceive Ben did not commit a  crime and he's still in the NFL and has support as Michael Vick. Rape is serious, and I do believe these women that he did. that' my choice to believe. It's fans choice to support him even when he was accused of this crime. Obviously the NFL found a fault and suspended him. My point is that Ben is still playing, he's still getting support. Yet, he was still accused of a dirty crime of "rape". Something as a woman you should find sick and disgusting. If you think Michael Vick is sick, then put Ben in the same category. Yes I have read everything about that case and I do believe the victim. There are reasons why a lot of "rape" victims women don't stick with this.

The same can be said of Kobe Bryant. He was accused of rape, lost endorsements and a lot of fans, but he got his act together. He is still playing and winning championships. You don't get a chance to make the decision for these guys. i don't care if you hate their guts. All three are still playing the game of sports and still have fans.  I'm a Laker fan and love watching Kobe Bryant play. Disgusting right?smiley: indifferent

Baltimore Ravens Ray Lewis:  Following a Super Bowl XXXIV party in Atlanta on January 31, 2000, a fight broke out between Lewis and another group of people, resulting in the stabbing deaths of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Eleven days after Lewis and two companions, Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting, were questioned by Atlanta police, the three were indicted on murder and aggravated assault charges. The white suit Lewis was wearing the night of the killings has never been found. Prosecutors alleged that the bloodstained suit was dumped in a garbage bin outside a fast food restaurant.[25]

Ray Lewis claimed that the prosecution knew he was not involved in the murder but chose to go ahead with the case anyway, saying "You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life."[26]

Lewis' attorney arranged for the murder charges against Lewis to be dropped in exchange for his testimony against Oakley and Sweeting, and a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice.[11] Lewis admitted that he gave a misleading statement to police on the morning after the killings. He was sentenced to one year of probation and was fined US$250,000 by the NFL, which was believed to be the highest fine levied against an NFL player for an infraction not involving substance abuse.[27]

Oakley and Sweeting were acquitted of the charges in June 2000.[28] No other suspects have ever been arrested for the crime.

The following year, Lewis was named Super Bowl XXXV MVP. However, the signature phrase "I'm going to Disney World!" was given instead by quarterback Trent Dilfer.

On April 29, 2004, Lewis reached a settlement with four-year-old India Lollar, born months after the death of her father Richard, preempting a scheduled civil proceeding. Lewis also reached an undisclosed settlement with Baker's family.[28]




You can hate Michael Vick all you want, and think the people that support him are disgusting.  No one's going to lose sleep. The courts felt he served his time, and PETA has moved on. You don't have to support him, and not one person said you had to. But you are attacking those that do support him. What you're doing isn't right either.

I almost forgot. It's a waste if time responding to you because you just want the last word . this thread will be 100 pages long with you trying to get the last wordsmiley: ohwell


Edited By: yankeefanNcali 12/05/2010 11:43 PM. Edited 4 times.