This just in from the sports desk: Michael Vick, who is having a  bad year with the Philadelphia Eagles as quarterback is mentioned as a quarterback possibility for the Arizona Cardinals, who are having an even worse season.

How do I feel about this?

Vick served two years in prison sentence for financing a dog-fighting ring, where pit bulls were drowned, strangled, hung, shot, or electrocuted for not winning fights. Of course, dog rings don’t just terrorize pit bulls; the “sport’’ literally chews up and spits out smaller dogs used for training.

But Vick served his time. Got an NFL job back.  President Obama praised the Philadelphia Eagles for giving him a second chance. Heck, Vick even has the blessings of a humane society for now having a new dog.

I have made huge mistakes in my life. And I have been amazingly forgiven by people I have hurt. So I understand the power of fresh starts. Without them, I would be lost.

But I have a hard time giving someone like Michael Vick a second chance.

Human beings are given the strength, talents and privilege to protect the vulnerable and in my book, that includes animals. And I think there’s an unfixable flaw in the wiring of someone like Vick who profited from dogs being brutalized and killed.

Instead of supporting a team that hires someone like Michael Vick, I would rather contribute money to a rescue fund or at least buy Sports Illustrated writer Jim Gorant’s excellent “The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick’s Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption”.  Those alternatives seem like a much better investment in humanity.

Am I being unreasonable about this? Let me know.