Michael Vick

Michael Vick thinks Michael Vick is still worth a huge contract

By MJD

I don't know what kind of access Michael Vick has had to newspapers, magazines and the Internet in prison, but it seems like the news that he is no longer a hot commodity has not yet filtered down to Michael Vick.

In papers he submitted to a bankruptcy court, Vick indicated that he plans on making $10 million per season, which I'm pretty sure would be a record for an ex-con who had a career quarterback rating of 75.7 when he went away. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

The embattled Atlanta Falcons quarterback is hoping to earn as much as $10 million a year or more, according to court filings in his bankruptcy case. Under the plan he submitted to the court, Vick would keep the first $750,000 of his annual income over the next five years. After that, a percentage would go to his creditors based on a sliding scale. [...]

In a March 4 court filing, Vick’s attorneys say he “has every reason to believe upon his release, he will be reinstated into the NFL, resume his career and be able to earn a substantial living.”

“He is hopeful to play quarterback,” Daniel Meachum, an attorney and business manager for Vick, said in an interview. “There is no person with his talent in that position in all the league.”

That may have been true at one time, but there are also no quarterbacks in the league who have spent the last nine months sitting in a jail cell and eating prison food. I'm not a nutritionist or anything, but I'm pretty sure that's not what NFL team doctors would recommend for keeping a guy in optimum game shape.

The fact of the matter is that no one knows how Vick will perform when he gets out of the joint, though it seems extraordinarily unlikely that he'll look exactly the same as he did when he went in. Factor in the amount of teams scared off by the P.R. nightmare, and I think we're looking at a salary closer to $605,000, which was last year's veteran minimum for a seventh-year player.

 

what a scumbag

 

$605,000? Thats screwed up too!
Karma doesn't have a price tag fortunately

 

No team would ever sign him unless they love dealing with pickets and protesters by the thousands.
I spose they could sell Vick doggy chew dolls to offset some of the security costs but other then that it would be a money losing contract

 

hopefully karma hits him before he is released....

and hopefully karma is a lonely 6'2" 300lb guy doing 3 consecutive life terms...

 

exactly what i was thinking, I used to be a big fan of vick. But I also am a big fan of dogs and what he did is inexcusable IMO, so screw vick hope hes getting plowed by the big dawg as your karma has suggested.

 

Think of the endorsements.

Vick invisible fences and pet care products.

Someone will sign him and do it as a rehabilitation. The team will make him hug a bunny after every touchdown.

 

what happened to my banana butt secks?!?!

 

haha yeah im almost certain he wont get a 10mil check every year..still dont like the guy though

 

Hahaha, good luck with that Vick. You don't even have a chance of signing on with a team in the CFL.

 

im a falcons fan..

i would take matt ryan over vick any day