Did the Falcons have any other choice?

[hagams]

Here's my take. Whether or not the punishment from the Falcons went through or not, I think it will start to set the standards higher for the teams to get involved a little more with punishing thier players. Maybe they are thinking that if they punished Vick before the commisioner does, it will A. Show the other players that they will not sit by and let thier players do what they want, and wait for the leauge to punish them. B. The leauge might take it a little easier on Vick if he's already been punished (time served). C. It let's Vick know that they don't support his actions, and he's on his own on this one.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by hagams

Here's my take. Whether or not the punishment from the Falcons went through or not, I think it will start to set the standards higher for the teams to get involved a little more with punishing thier players. Maybe they are thinking that if they punished Vick before the commisioner does, it will A. Show the other players that they will not sit by and let thier players do what they want, and wait for the leauge to punish them. B. The leauge might take it a little easier on Vick if he's already been punished (time served). C. It let's Vick know that they don't support his actions, and he's on his own on this one.

I agree with what you have said but do the Falsons have the legal part on their side to support those actions. You have to remember that there is still an employee and employer relationship which each state has laws which must be applied before the Falcons can do anything to avoid legal issues themselfs. Also he has not been convicted of anything and different states have different laws on how an employer can handle these situations.