| Height: 6-0
Weight: 215
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August 30, 2008
Michael Vick joined a bankruptcy court meeting on speaker phone from the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, on Friday, and he told his creditors that he expects to play in the NFL again, according to the Virginian-Pilot. My plan is to go back into playing football, he said, per the Virginian-Pilot. | August 10, 2008
It is "98%" sure that disgraced quarterback Michael Vick will be playing football in 2009. Not in the NFL, but in the start-up United Football League, the league's commissioner, Michael Huyghue, told SI.com's Peter King. | July 8, 2008
Michael Vick has filed for bankruptcy protection, according to the Sports Network. Vick filed Chapter 11 papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Monday, claiming to owe between $10 and $50 million to numerous creditors. The debt includes a $3.75 million pro-rated signing bonus that the Falcons are attempting to get back.
| May 8, 2008
Michael Vick has been ordered to pay more than $2.5 million to the Royal Bank of Canada in a court order filed Wednesday, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted a motion for summary judgment against Vick for default and breach of a promissory note from Jan. 18, 2007. Vick was found in default of $2,421,170.90. He also must pay interest of the rate of $499 per diem from Sept. 19, 2007 from May 7, 2008 a total of 231 days and a sum of $115,269. The order also states that Vick must pay the bank's attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $11,950.97. | April 25, 2008
Embattled quarterback Michael Vick met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on this same weekend last year to inform him that his dogfighting issues were overblown. With Vick now serving a 23-month prison sentence for conspiring to run an interstate dogfighting operation, his agent Joel Segal met with the commissioner yesterday on behalf of his client, according to NFL.com. | April 23, 2008
A federal judge has denied the NFL's motion that he vacate his earlier ruling that allows suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick to keep $16.5 million in bonuses, according to ESPN. U.S. District Judge David Doty also declined the NFL's motion that he recuse himself from the case, after the league accused him of bias. | April 8, 2008
Michael Vick is not playing organized football in jail, according to ESPN.com. Falcons Owner Arthur Blank earlier commented, "Apparently, there was a prison football team and Vick played quarterback for both sides."
But federal prison officials reported that Vick didn't arrive at the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Camp in time to participate in their football season, and a spokesperson for the prison reported the news of him playing as "incredulous".
| April 2, 2008
Owner Arthur Blank has exchanged letters with quarterback Michael Vick, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Michael has written a couple times. I've written him back. We have that kind of relationship, said Blank. Despite the mixture of frustration, anger and disappointment in him, I believe in second chances and redemption. I would love to see Michael pay his debt to society and come out and play again in the NFL. Blank also said the Atlanta organization is moving forward, while assuming hes not coming back. | March 25, 2008
Michael Vick's trial on state dogfighting charges was rescheduled today for June 27, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Vick has been charged with two state felony counts - beating or killing or causing dogs to fight other dogs and engaging in or promoting dogfighting. Each felony is punishable by up to five years in prison. Surry County Circuit Judge W. Allan Sharrett set a trial date suggested by Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald Poindexter and Vick's lawyers, who did not attend the hearing. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback is serving a 23-month prison term in Leavenworth, Kan., after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting conspiracy. | March 21, 2008
A co-defendant of suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick has been released from federal prison after completing a two-month sentence in the dogfighting conspiracy, according to ESPN. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Friday that Tony Taylor was released Thursday from the federal prison work camp in Lewisburg, Penn. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last July to one federal count of conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of illegal gambling and to sponsor a dog in animal fighting. Meanwhile, Vick continues to serve his 23-month sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. | March 12, 2008
Michael Vick's trial on state dogfighting charges in Virginia was set for April 2, but will be re-scheduled, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Per the Surry County prosecutors office a continuance has been granted, but a new date for the jury trial hasnt been set. The Virginia indictment charges Vick with one count of torturing and killing dogs and one count of promoting dogfighting. Each carries a maximum five-year prison term. Vick is currently serving a 23-month sentence in federal prison after being convicted for dogfighting related charges. | February 4, 2008
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Falcons can only recover $3.75 million of the $20 million in bonus money paid to suspended star quarterback Michael Vick, according to the AP. The Falcons sought to recover the entire bonuses paid to Vick between 2004 and 2007 after Vick pleaded guilty to federal charges in a dogfighting operation. | January 6, 2008
Michael Vick could get an earlier-than expected release from prison. The quarterback applied to join prison-monitored drug rehab program in Leavenworth, Kansas and has apparently been moved to the facility. It's possible he could be released at the program's conclusion in a year, according to SportsTicker. Last month Vick was sentenced to 23 months for his role in a dogfighting operation. |
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