Michael Vick officially apologized for his role in dog fighting Monday and while there were some positive things that came out of it, I still felt it was somewhat hollow.
The good thing I thought he did was not read from a prepared cue card like most celebrities do. I’m sure his lawyers instructed him on what to say and not say, but at least he wasn’t a robot. I also think he generally feels bad that he let so many people down and lied to those who backed him.
However, it seemed to me that he’s still confused on what he’s apologizing for and why this is all a big deal. He said he’s owning up to everything and not pointing the blame, but he already did that when he blamed his family back in April. He apologized for, “not (being) honest and forthright” to Roger Goodell and Arthur Blank, but he kind of danced around it like a kid owning up to his parents. Take responsibility for lying, killing dogs and using dog fighting as a way to make money off of defenseless animals. It might not be what your lawyers want you to say, but in the court of public opinion it counts.
I hope people do forgive him because it’s what I would want if I messed up this bad. But first I hope he actually learns from all this before being forgiven. I want him to learn in time that damn it, I not only screwed up, but I really did an inhuman thing and caused a lot of pain for a lot of people. I don’t just want him to be sorry because he was caught.
