You don't have to be a football fan to read this, or to understand it because it isn't really about football. What it's about is our priorities, what we allow as a society.

I can't get it out of my head how horribly dogs died at the hands of Michael Vick and, for my part, I think he's a monster. Many people defend him with the notion that 'he did his time and he's trying to do better, raising awareness, etc'. Well and good but, yes, he's a monster. He didn't make a one time mistake, he mercilessly killed several dogs. We're not talking an isolated incident, we're talking something a sociopath/psychopath does. As to the 'he did his time' part, yes, I get that - but let me ask you this: do we completely forgive the rapist or the child sex abuser? No, we don't. For the crime of whatever sort of sexual congress with a child you are branded for life. If you raped someone you should be, but that depends on who you are in this country - a female raping a male is treated with contempt, as if there were no abuse despite the data. Female on female seems almost unheard of. Male on male is so shrouded in shame that authorities believe it to be widely under reported.

Looking at this football season, in Steeler Nation (of which I am not a member) they are arguing 'well, you have a rapist for a quarterback, shouldn't that count more?' These people are asking the wrong question, trying to make it about if an offense is against humans or dogs. They are BOTH reprehensible and this is just as despicable as the way Minnesota Vikings fans are welcoming back serial child abuser Adrian Petersen. Because you know what matters? Winning. Money.

That is how our society is constructed. If you can still make us enough money, you still have a job.