Vick Out of Prison
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| Wed, 05-20-2009 - 1:15pm |
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Michael Vick has left federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan., to complete his 23-month sentence in home confinement in Virginia.
According to multiple reports, Vick left the prison early this morning without speaking to reporters.
He is to travel to Hampton, Va., for his home confinement for the final two months of his sentence for his role in a dogfighting operation in Virginia.
Vick is to work a construction job while he awaits word from the NFL about whether he will be reinstated for the upcoming season. He remains on indefinite suspension by the league, pending a decision by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about his playing status.
Goodell reiterated Tuesday at a meeting of the NFL's franchise owners in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., that he won't address the matter until the legal process is completed. Goodell has said that Vick would have to demonstrate genuine remorse to be reinstated.
"Michael is going to have to demonstrate to myself and to the general public and to a lot of people: Did he learn anything from this experience? Does he regret what happened? Does he feel that he can be a positive influence going forward?" Goodell said Tuesday. "Those are the questions that I would like to see when I sit with him."
Goodell indicated that he would accept input from others about the situation. Former NFL coach Tony Dungy recently met with Vick in prison. Goodell said Tuesday that he'd traded phone messages with Dungy but hadn't spoken to the retired coach about his meeting with Vick.
"I haven't sat down and determined the process I've never been one to shy away from input and facts that can be helpful in making an ultimate judgment," Goodell said. "It's always difficult to make judgments about people and where they are. If others can provide some helpful information, I welcome it."
Vick, once among the NFL's most dynamic players, remains under contract to the Atlanta Falcons but the team's owner, Arthur Blank, has indicated that it doesn't want Vick back. The club reached the playoffs last season with a standout rookie, Matt Ryan, playing Vick's old position at quarterback.
As the owners' meeting concluded today, Blank said: "There's no question Michael has paid his debt to society, obviously. But beyond that, the commissioner has to decide whether or not Michael, based on his view, has not only the personal remorse but has conducted himself, not only personally but in who's he associating with, in a way that is going to allow him to be a player in the NFL and represent our league well. That's the decision that the commissioner will make.
"... I believe in second chances. I believe in redemption. But the commissioner needs to satisfy himself that Michael has not only gone through his own journey but he's prepared to make other decisions than he's made in the past, both personally and in who he associates himself with. a very big part of that. He's, from what I've read, committed to getting his life back in order, his family and his own personal life and at the same time looking to the future in the National Football League. That was pretty clear going through bankruptcy proceedings."



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Why would any team hire him?
Okay, deep breath.
Oh, I understand the earning potential...I just don't think he'd bring much at this time.
Original post where I made that comment...
"Vick didn't only finance the fights he had those half starved & dead creatures on his property.
"I do find it sad that financing a dog fighting ring is considered a worse crime in the public's eyes than raping a woman."
I haven't heard anyone comparing the two. While we're at it those dogs are helpless & at the mercy of their owners. The young woman went to his hotel room, at night, of her own free will. What did she expect tea & conversation?"
If a man sends a limo to pick-up a woman, with her permission,
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