Vick generating wide range of opinion

What does Michael Vick’s future hold? Should he be allowed back in the NFL?

There’s no shortage of opinion as media members from across the country sound off.

Many, including the Hartford Courant’s Jeff Jacobs, argue Vick deserves a second chance if he proves himself worthy.

“Vick’s redemption can be found only in his deeds,” Jacobs wrote. “His atonement will be found in his actions. He is a fortunate man in that regard. Some professions offer no second chances. Professional athletics does. Still, that path must be made available by the NFL commissioner.”

Others, like Paul Woody of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, say “nothing can erase the sickening feeling that comes from reading [Vick’s dogfighting] indictment.”

“When Michael Vick applies for reinstatement to the NFL, he must hope Commissioner Roger Goodell does not have a nearby copy of the indictment that was filed in U.S. District Court in July of 2007,” Woody wrote.

“If Goodell is reminded how the dogs at Bad Newz Kennels were treated — drowned, electrocuted, strangled, shot, slammed to the floor — he never will let the quarterback step on an NFL field again.”

Spencer Hall of the Sporting News says Vick suffers from an incurable condition: stupidity.

“Wax romantic about the possible convoluted complexities of his psyche, of the excuses of his hard upbringing, of the intricacies of dogfighting culture,” Hall wrote. “Ultimately this comes down to the condition of being a very talented idiot, a fortunate condition Vick has squandered magnificently.”

And ESPN.com’s Lester Munson details how Vick squandered millions of dollars by listening to “a remarkable number of the wrong people.”