Tackling Vick is for the Dogs

From the write up, this seems to be a good campaign.

over 2 years ago cavortingEagle 4 comments 0 recs |

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Cavorting, I’m pretty much in your corner when it comes to Vick (would rather the Eagles have just not signed him).

But, I don’t like this campaign. The Main Line Animal Shelter is a nonprofit I’m assuming, and they’re going to give away their limited resourses, donated by Philly area animal lovers, to out of state animal shelters? If I were a donor, I’d be kinda pissed about that. (I am a volunteer for a shelter in my county, working in the cat adoption center almost every Sunday)

I don’t know…it just rubs me the wrong way. Most of their donors, and most of the people in the area remain Eagles fans, and yet Main Line Animal Shelter has taken a very antagonistic approach to the Eagles, who seem to have reached out to local animal shelters.

If you’re Main Line, rather than sending resources elsewhere, wouldn’t it be better to partner with one of the most popular, well-funded institutions in the region?

It’s great publicity for them, so maybe that’s their goal. As an Eagles fan and animal lover (disclosure — I’m more of a cat person myself. Cat fighting is also a scourge that needs to be eliminated), it just leaves me with a bad taste.

I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.

by BrianS on Sep 10, 2009 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

Good point

I didn’t consider the local shelter angle myself, I was focused more on the publicity/statement aspect.
Dog food is expensive (my man – because of allergies – gets food that costs $60/bag), even with cheap stuff, 2 tackles means $250.

Re: Cat fighting. My wife and son just went to South America for a month, in a week (or a couple of days) I could probably stand to take in a good cat fight.

by cavortingEagle on Sep 10, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Why does it matter

Who donated the food and where the dogs are living that get to eat it. It’s food for needy dogs in shelters. That’s all that really matters, imo.

And kudos to them for displaying their anti-vick sentiment in a good way. They could have chosen to form angry mobs, or done some other stupid protest that would wind up netting them nothing but jeers, and lost time that could’ve been spent doing better things. This way they actually make some good publicity, and put there donations and time to what they really want to achieve… bettering their cause over themselves.

by Sparki on Sep 11, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions

That’s one way of looking at it.

But, if you donate a bag of dog food to your local animal shelter, which is probably pretty frequently appealing for donations, only to find that they then gave it away, wouldn’t you be annoyed?

Like I said, it just rubs me the wrong way as a fan, too. I was/am against the Vick signing, and I’m hoping that he doesn’t somehow this year or in the future end up as our starting QB because of the mental gymnastics that rooting for him requires, but I want to root for the Eagles.

Despite my distaste for Vick and revulsion to his crimes, I’m rooting for him to succeed because that helps the other 52 guys on the team. This promotion just seems like it’s rooting against the Eagles. I’m guessing that most people who are opposed to Vick still remain Eagles fans and thus aren’t rooting for him to get sacked, even if they wish he’d signed with Oakland.

I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.

by BrianS on Sep 23, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions