The number 23

The number 23.

For Michael Vick, the number 23 isn't a very lucky one as he'll be holed up in the clink for a good 23 months (or almost 2 years). It seems that 2 years isn't a very long time for some folks but when you come to think of Vick & all the bad decisions which he made prior to his dogfighting charges, those 2 years mean a whole lot.

Sure, the man says he's going to turn his life around, that he wants to redeem himself. And we want to believe his good intentions, right? But he can't turn back the hands of time in hopes that he can make things right again, in hopes that he can somehow get off scot-free. No, that time has already passed & now the day of judgment has arrived, however suddenly it may have come.

This isn't to say that all is lost. This isn't to say that he can't play in the NFL again (although I among countless others feel that he shouldn't). This isn't to say that Michael Vick won't change his ways; I mean, in 23 months, anything can happen. People change in 2 years time; so can Vick. You can't rule out that his life could make a turn for the better.

But will he truly redeem himself, will he walk out of his cell a honestly changed man? I'm at a loss to say for sure. Only Vick can answer that question; 2 years from now & only then will we know with certainty if he's really turned a corner in his personal life.

Until then, we can only stop to think about Vick's reputation forever tarnished, a NFL career gone down the tubes & with it numerous endorsement deals...everything good we thought we knew about the man himself gone bad because of dogfighting charges.