Michael Vick files for bankruptcy protection
Filed under: Debt
In the midst of a 23-month prison sentence on dog-fighting charges, former Atlanta Falcons star quarterback Michael Vick has filed for bankruptcy protection. The bankruptcy filing says that Vick owes between $10 million and $50 million to creditors.It's hard to know what to say here besides the obvious: Michael Vick is a complete moron. He jeopardized his career and freedom by participating in animal cruelty and mismanaged his money. Is there some facet of his life that Vick hasn't messed up royally?
In the bankruptcy filing, his lawyers stated that Vick hopes he "can, after the conclusion of the bankruptcy case, rebuild his life on a personal and spiritual level, resurrect his image as a public figure, and resolve matters with the NFL such that he can resume his career."
Anything's possible. He's broke and in prison, so there's nowhere to go but up. Perhaps he can make a comeback as a late-night televangelist.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-09-2008 @ 1:44AM
RON said...
MUHAMUD VIC, late-night televangelist TO SAVE THE DOGS
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7-09-2008 @ 1:48AM
RON said...
MAHUMAD VIC, Perhaps he can make a comeback as a late-night televangelist, ON HOW TO SAVE THE DOGS
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7-09-2008 @ 12:28PM
vanessa said...
It seems you can beat, stomp and kill a black man - get off, don't spend jail time. Get time in the lime light, make money off your story - be a black man, hurt or kill a dog and you are damed for life by the media and people alike. What a world we live in. Look at current history if you think I'm wrong.
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7-12-2008 @ 12:46AM
Bruce Watson said...
Vanessa-
I met Michael Vick when he was at Virginia Tech. Unlike his rotten little brother, Marcus, Michael was beloved by the students, faculty, and fans. This had nothing to do with his race, and everything to do with his talent and the decency that he displayed on a regular basis.
With that in mind, I, like many others, was incredibly dismayed to hear about Michael's pit bull ring. While I will always have fond memories from Tech, I really have a hard time getting around the cruelty and irresponsibility of his actions. Michael displayed a lack of respect for life, a level of brutality that is truly disturbing, and a total irresponsibility to his fans, his teammates, and to the kids who idolize him.
If all you can see here is a black man being damned by the media, then I think you have a very narrow and reductive view of Michael. Those of us who have met him, cheered him, and respected him have higher expectations, which he has totally failed to fulfill.
7-15-2008 @ 11:18PM
jacque said...
when will race stop being the first thing we hear when the bottom line is the brutality he inflicted on his dogs all americans take responisibilty for there actions now it is time for the americans that are victims to be held accountable for ones actions im an american indian and i dont hear them yelling about race all this years after there land was taking =
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