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Fresh off his 18 month prison sentence and a 2 month house arrest stint stemming from his involvement in a dog fighting operation. Although the former dog killer has been relased he may not make a quick return to the NFL. Vick, a quarterback, is not eligible to restart his football career until he is reinstated by N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell. Goodell who has previously mentioned that he would not consider re-instating Vick into the NFL until after he had completed his full sentence,but no word has been given as to if he’s begun pondering this issue. The fact that training camp starts in about a week for most teams doesn’t really help his situation much, but it’s not like he was playing before he went to prison. Michael has been out of the NFL for nearly 2 years and while in jail and under home confinement he hadnt had much o an opportunity to train.

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that I doubt Vick will be playing this season in the NFL. He has been offered a chance to become a member of the United Football League, but the caces of him actually taking that job are slim to none, unless his reported pending bankruptcy is true and not just fodder. Maybe Vick shouldnt have been killing dogs and shit and I wouldnt be writing about this, he’d still be playing football, and the world would be a little bit happier…..but we live in reality so Vick we’re glad you’ve done your time, now its time to get your act together and fly straight otherwise your next job might be catching fucking dogs rather than penning them against each other to fight.

For those who don’t know who Dante Stallworth is here’s the rundown: Stallworth is a 28 year old NFL wide receiver currently playing for The Cleveland Browns. As if that couldn’t be bad enough, on March 14th 2009 in Florida while driving his black 2005 Bentley he accidentally killed a man while under the influence of alcohol. Stallworth plead guilty in court to a DUI manslaughter charge which carried a possible 15 year prison sentence. Due to a plea deal Stallworth was sentenced to 30 days in prison, which starts today, 8 years probation, 1000 hours of community service, a lifetime driver’s license suspension, and 2 years house arrest, with the exception of his duties to the NFL. Stallworth’s blood alcohol level on the night of the incident was .126 which is greatly higher then Florida’s limit of .08.

This is an unfortunate thing to happen but I can’t hate Dante Stallworth. Once the police arrived at the accident Stallworth cooperated fully and admitted everything. Many people questioned his sentence compared to fellow NFL player/ inmate Michael Vick’s sentence but we have to remember something, Dante Stallworth made a giant mistake but he was a honest about it. Michael Vick purposely abused and killed dogs all the while lying to the publics’ faces and playing innocent.  Stallworth stood up and accepted the consequences for his actions and for that this blunts for you Dante….drinking and driving really isn’t the smartest idea, when you have more than enough money to hire a driver but everyone makes their own choices and we don’t judge