Apparently when Vick went with the Eagles to play the Raiders, he ran into a number of protesters. I ran into an article addressing the question of why the dog lovers won't move on, since, many argue, Vick has paid his debt and turned over a new leaf.
According to the people interviewed in this article, however, they say he has never uttered a word of remorse about the animal cruelty (which mind you, I'm personally not so hung up on, as I've addressed previously) and, they say, because of the plea deal he never served a day for animal cruelty, but only served time for breaking the law against dog fighting. Their frustration seems to stem partially from the fact that nothing ever had to come out in open court about the kinds of abuses that went on and the sports media didn't really reveal much detail.
Apparently it was pretty bad. Very bad, in fact.
Like on most things, I've of two minds. Emotionally, being a dog lover, I find it excruciatingly painful to read about how so many of those dogs met their ends. But this doesn't tend to translate within me into some great animosity toward Vick himself. On the other hand, my thinking side reckons it really is well past the time to move on and let the guy get on with his life. He's never going to have the opportunity, no doubt, to repeat such activities, so what's the difference, I reckon. I suspect I'd have a hard time were I to meet him personally, but this is purely an emotional reaction which I cannot justify philosophically - in other words, it's my failure and really has nothing to do with him. But maybe I think that way because I accept that we all have dark sides and we all are essentially capable of just about anything, given the right circumstances.
Anyway, you might want to read the story:
Michael Vick's unpaid dues: Why dog advocates aren't moving on