Awesome Sandpoint Bar (Hope: felons, job market, price)

[sonrich823]

NFC East -- NFL FanHouse Hopefully more establishments around the country have the guts to do what this owner has done .

[Need2Leave]

Horse $###. The man screwed up and paid a hefty price like many do. One of his co-workers recently drove drunk and killed a pedestrian and hasn't received a fraction of the public outrage.

Stop using one man's story to advance agendas and start fights.

[sonrich823]

Whose looking to start a fight .My personal thoughts that the bar owner has a right to boycott this Felon's actions. He paid a hefty price maybe but now he's making million's of dollars in the NFL and has the admiration of so many young people now that's Horses@#t . As far as his co -worker the family was bought off and it's a travesty that life has so little meaning.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

One more reason to visit Slates! It's nice to see that a bar owner will do what the NFL won't-put decency over (potential) profits. Vick has paid his price to society. However, playing in the NFL is a privlage, and NFL players are all to often held up as role models. Vick, and many others unfortunately, don't exactly exemplify the best of sporting traditions or even basic human decency. More people need and businesses should consider the same action until they clean up their act.

[cleosmom]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

One more reason to visit Slates! It's nice to see that a bar owner will do what the NFL won't-put decency over (potential) profits. Vick has paid his price to society. However, playing in the NFL is a privlage, and NFL players are all to often held up as role models. Vick, and many others unfortunately, don't exactly exemplify the best of sporting traditions or even basic human decency. More people need and businesses should consider the same action until they clean up their act.

Couldn't have said it better myself Toyman I was watching my Steelers first pre-season game when I heard the news. I am a diehard Steelers fan, however had they pulled Vick in, it would have been a long season of watching no Black & Gold.

[Need2Leave]

I beg to differ... playing in the NFL is not a privilege, it's a job. The job market for the position of "potential starting NFL quarterback" generaly has about 50 positions available at any time. Michael Vick has the skill set one employer is looking for. He's also an EX-felon. If your issue is ex-felons in the workplace start looking into local businesses and multi-national chains too. If the issue is animal rights there have been plenty of local cases where you can try to hold someone's behavior over their head for the rest of their life, trying your darndest to prevent their future employment too.

If the issue is "role models"... didn't we settle that with Charles Barkley back in the 90's???

As for the Bar owner... where are all the story's in the papers about self promoting bar owners who refuse to air a Cowboys game, or a Bengals game, or a Browns game, or a Raiders game, or a Bills game?

Just saying... he did a year and a half locked up, and lost pretty much any wealth he'd managed to save... he's fresh out of the pen, fortunate to have a job such as his... leave him alone already and give the guy a chance... one boss did.

[flatlander dave]

heard something like 24% of NFL players are felons. vick did his time and lost his wealth, his punishment has been served. what about o.j., NFL won't take him out of Hall of Fame. NFL is not concerned with role models.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by flatlander dave

heard something like 24% of NFL players are felons. vick did his time and lost his wealth, his punishment has been served. what about o.j., NFL won't take him out of Hall of Fame. NFL is not concerned with role models.

24%? I hadn't realized it was quite that bad. I feel better about not watching football now. Men getting paid way to much money to play a little boy's game, like most pro sports.

[mistyriverranch]

Originally Posted by Toyman at Jewel Lake

24%? I hadn't realized it was quite that bad. I feel better about not watching football now. Men getting paid way to much money to play a little boy's game, like most pro sports.

I agree with this!