Regulations are accompanied by penalties for non-compliers, ranging from fines and suspension to prison sentences.
That would keep Vick out of football for at least the 2007 season while he awaits sentencing, but would also give the N.F.L. the option of having Vick serve part of his suspension after his prison term ends.
"The suspension of the prison term could have negative implications," Park said, warning it would henceforth be difficult to halt crimes committed by those at the heart of South Korea's family-run conglomerates.
Prisons themselves may be the bigger factor than suspensions in filling the prison pipeline.
While they could refer addicted doctors to rehabilitation programs and punish others with license suspensions, fines or recommend prison terms, they had almost no resources to help doctors who seemed salvageable if they could be re-educated to correct bad habits or areas of ignorance.
We found out much later that the "dark side" meant torture, secret prisons, the suspension of due process, and a notion of judicially unassailable presidential power.
When a child is blamed as a "bad kid," they are more likely to be punished, receive school suspensions, or even face prison time.
He now faces up to four years in prison and the suspension of his medical licence.
"I think the players' union needs to step in because the guy's already suffered so much, and to add a four-game suspension onto a two-year prison sentence, I mean, that's ridiculous".
The implication for the 27-year-old Vick's career is clear: The combination of a prison sentence and a suspension by the league could make his return to the N.F.L. a long shot.
