Michael Vick Research Paper
Michael Vick
When Michael Vick went to federal prison the general thought was that he would never be an NFL quarterback again the redemption of Michael Vick to being NFL quarterback again has started. Michael Dwayne Vick was born on June 26,1980 in Newport News, Virginia to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddle . The second of four children Michael and his family lived in the Ridley Circle Home, a public housing project in a financially depressed and crime-ridden neighborhood. Michael Vick told the Newport News Daily Press in 2001 interview that when he was 10 or 11, “ I would go fishing even if the fish weren’t biting, just to get away from the violence and stress of daily life in the projects”(Wood, 2001).
Michael Vick started his football journey at Homer L. Ferguson High School in Newport News. AS a freshman he impressed many with his athletic ability and continue growing as a player who till this day holds many of the records in the High school history (Wood, 2001). In 1998 Michael Vick left the housing project with a football scholarship to Virginia Tech. Michael Vick redshirt his freshman year but the next …show more content…
The old Vick had been plagued by indecision, by a lack of work ethic ("I had none sometimes," he admits), by on-field impatience, by off- field distractions that were so numerous they almost turned football into a distraction, and by the unbearable weight of being Michael Vick, Preternatural Talent (Leitch, 2011). In Philadelphia, coaches praised the New Michael Vick as a diligent worker and perfect teammate, a leader deserving of the team’s Ed Block Courage award for exemplifying commitment to the principles of sportsmanship and courage so Michael Vick is on the road of redemption on the field as well as off the
When Michael Vick went to federal prison the general thought was that he would never be an NFL quarterback again the redemption of Michael Vick to being NFL quarterback again has started. Michael Dwayne Vick was born on June 26,1980 in Newport News, Virginia to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddle . The second of four children Michael and his family lived in the Ridley Circle Home, a public housing project in a financially depressed and crime-ridden neighborhood. Michael Vick told the Newport News Daily Press in 2001 interview that when he was 10 or 11, “ I would go fishing even if the fish weren’t biting, just to get away from the violence and stress of daily life in the projects”(Wood, 2001).
Michael Vick started his football journey at Homer L. Ferguson High School in Newport News. AS a freshman he impressed many with his athletic ability and continue growing as a player who till this day holds many of the records in the High school history (Wood, 2001). In 1998 Michael Vick left the housing project with a football scholarship to Virginia Tech. Michael Vick redshirt his freshman year but the next …show more content…
The old Vick had been plagued by indecision, by a lack of work ethic ("I had none sometimes," he admits), by on-field impatience, by off- field distractions that were so numerous they almost turned football into a distraction, and by the unbearable weight of being Michael Vick, Preternatural Talent (Leitch, 2011). In Philadelphia, coaches praised the New Michael Vick as a diligent worker and perfect teammate, a leader deserving of the team’s Ed Block Courage award for exemplifying commitment to the principles of sportsmanship and courage so Michael Vick is on the road of redemption on the field as well as off the