ESPN Posed The Question: What if Michael Vick were white?

August 26, 2011 0

576x324_vickwhite ESPN Posed The Question: What if Michael Vick were white?

Race is an undeniable and complex element of Vick’s story, both because of his style as well as the rarity of black QBs in the NFL. A decade after he became the first black QB to be drafted No. 1 overall, about one in five of the league’s passers is African-American, compared with two-thirds of all players. But after his arrest for dogfighting, so many people asked: Would a white football player have gotten nearly two years in prison for what Vick did to dogs?

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