micheal vick still an idiot

[robtrox0]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Michael-Vick-thinks-Michael-Vick-is-still-worth-?urn=nfl,151410

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.

[Falcons1stPanthers2nd]

Read this earlier. Had me rolling laughing.

[PanthersWin]

when he comes out of prison, he is going to "revolutionize" the qb position

[Cyclonus]

Ten million per year? He'll be lucky if he pulls that much for the rest of his life!

[mantal]

Problem is he might be right...

[Jangler]

Maybe with a few endorsements.....oh wait.

[Darth Biscuit]

OK, it is well established that Michael Vick is a first-class idiot... but what I want to know is, who the hell is this guy that is advising him? I think that guy is a first-class idiot too.

[Carolina Husker]

Bernie Madoff must be his agent.

[bigmanstew]

He doesn't deserve to play in the NFL and the guy might be right. No other qb has his talents. Most qb's can read a defense.

[Snake]

This guy is a PR nightmare. Making statements like that is not helping matters ether. Really I would be surprised if any team touches him this year because he is prob way out of shape and his mechanics were horrible to start with.

[Johnny Rockets]

Not sure if there is any stipulation in his sentencing or not that won't allow it but something tells me there will be more than enough companies wanting to buy his rights for a book deal and/or movie deal which could be rather lucrative. He could also pimp himself out like Octomom and sell is story to news agencies also. If he came out of prison making millions each year whether it be in the NFL or elsewhere it would not surprise me.

Will it happen? Don't know....but it won't surprise me especially as long as Al Davis still runs the Raiders and tabloid magazines/shows continue to make many millions off this kind of stuff.

[Guest]

Not sure if there is any stipulation in his sentencing or not that won't allow it but something tells me there will be more than enough companies wanting to buy his rights for a book deal and/or movie deal which could be rather lucrative. He could also pimp himself out like Octomom and sell is story to news agencies also. If he came out of prison making millions each year whether it be in the NFL or elsewhere it would not surprise me.

Will it happen? Don't know....but it won't surprise me especially as long as Al Davis still runs the Raiders and tabloid magazines/shows continue to make many millions off this kind of stuff.

Off of you?

[Johnny Rockets]

Off of you?

Only if he is in US Weekly or In Touch magazine. I don't buy that other garbage.

[scpanther22]

He doesn't deserve to play in the NFL and the guy might be right. No other qb has his talents. Most qb's can read a defense.

i think everybody deserves a 2nd chance..people can change..