Just what the Eagles need as the NFL season is about to get underway: QB Donovan McNabb backs his buddy, accused dog fighter/torturer/killer Mike Vick, and to top it off whines that penalties for pampered athletes are too "tough":
"I'm a supporter of Vick," McNabb said. "That's because I'm a good friend of his and also we're guys that obviously compete to win the Super Bowl. We push each other."I think for some of the guys that have made the mistake and now that their season is taken away from them, the question goes out of what happens next? Because when some people get things like that taken away from them, they just continue to go down. You hope nothing but the best, that they've learned from their mistakes to move on where they can get back out on the field and play. Being suspended for a year? That's tough. That's tough...."
OK, I can sympathize with the first sentiment somewhat. A guy's a friend is a friend, and you gotta stick by him to a degree ... especially as the official (legal) word is "still out." But "tough"? A convicted-Vick being suspended for possibly a year ... too "tough"?
Just yet another example of how overpaid athletes are out of touch with the real world.