Micheal Vick should play in the UFL (United Football League) if the NFL suspends him next season.

On to my opponents arguments, and then I will present my own: Yes, Micheal Vick was guilty of running a dog fighting ring, which he was convicted for and would be the result of his absence from proffesional football and the open world for the past two years. However, Micheal Vick has been relesed from fedreral prison (. http://sports.espn.go.com...). He has paid dearly for his crimes. Vick is left in debt, jobless, and without two years of his life. You have merely listed the facts of Micheal Vicks case, and stated that he is a convicted felon and that convicted felones cannot play proffesional football. You have no warrent to this claim, so why can't they? Yes, it is likely that the NFL and suspension happy Roger Goodell will suspend Vick from playing this season, but that is soley up to his personal judgement, not based on any rules that prohibit convicted felones from playing. Basically with no warrent to back up the claim that convicted felones can't play professional football (which is rediculous and can't be backed up) my opponent presents no reasons why Vick can not play in the UFL. Micheal Vick, if suspended from the NFL next season, should play in the UFL. Contention 1#- Vick Needs a Job After all the dust has cleared from the horrific dog fighting incedent, Micheal Vick finds himself alone and broke. He actually owes people a lot of money. Vick needs not only a job, but one that can pay well enough to overcome the massive amount of debt he posses. Vick posses only one major proment career path that can make up the money he owes: Playing proffesional football. At this point, it becomes more about paying the bills then playing in the NFL, or getting the big contract with the big endorsments (and trust me, noone is going to endorse him). Vick needs a place he can play and the UFL is just the option Contention 2#- The UFL needs Vick Honestly, how the UFL is still planning to carry out their season is beyond me. The recent american economic crisis has hit the sports industry hard, and crippled many minor and supplemental leagues. The AFL (Areana Football League) cancelled the entire 2009 season, and after 25 years, the future of the league is still in question and it easily could fold. Instead, the UFL looks to fight the recession and open a new football league, and not only do that but play games in the fall on Fridays to compete with high school football games, and have a season run con-current with the premier American Football League the NFL. The UFL is taking a huge risk, and amoung all this risks, they need one certainty: A house hold name. If Vick where to play in the UFL, he would at least be one person everyone knows in a league of otherwise nameless players. Vicks obscure form of playing quaterback, with his flushing out of the pocket speed made him a spectical to watch in the NFL before his legal troubles. Vick could be the face of the UFL, and while doing show use the good fame to help relieve his name and show the world he has changed. The move at most would only be temporary, probally last just one season. But if the UFL doesn't fold after its first season, like other leagues have done that have tried to compete with the NFL (Noteably the XFL), then some at least people would know something about the UFL. With these clear advantages of Vick needing a job, and the UFL needing some plubicity: its clear that Vick should play in the UFL, because my opponent has not presented any reason why he shouldn't play except that his a convicted felon which has paid his debt to society. Should a convicted felon not be aloud to obtain a job, to make a living?