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Michael Vick is banking on return to NFL
Michael Vick’s plan to climb out of bankruptcy partly depends on the suspended star suiting up again for the NFL after he gets out of prison. 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. ...
Michael Vick thinks Michael Vick is still worth a huge contract
Michael Vick thinks Michael Vick is still worth a huge contract
sports.yahoo.com — 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 ... (more) Michael Vick thinks Michael Vick is still worth a huge ...
VICK THINKS HE CAN GET $10 MILLION
VICK THINKS HE CAN GET $10 MILLION
withleather.uproxx.com — When Michael Vick finishes up his time as a guest of the federal government, he’s expecting to... go back into the NFL and score one more payday before his career goes the way of…wait, his career’s already done that once. To the ... (more) VICK THINKS HE CAN GET $10 MILLION
Goodell: Vick must show 'remorse' to play in NFL again
Goodell: Vick must show 'remorse' to play in NFL again
usatoday.com — Michael Vick, in the final stages of serving a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting ring, will... apparently have to ... (more) Goodell: Vick must show 'remorse' to play in NFL again
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Michael Vick Expects NFL Return & $10 Million Per Year...
Bob's BlitzAJC.com via FJuice : Michael Vick is banking on return to NFL during the dog days of summer - "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." Super Bowl Champion Eli Manning earned $9,950,000 last year. Good luck with that Mike.

Vick Thinks He's Getting a Big Payday
FanHouse — ... is released from prison and looks to pick up the pieces of his life, he's got a lot of financial trouble to deal with. If things go as Vick plans, however, he won't be in that pickle for long. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Vick has filed papers with a bankruptcy court where he claims he'll be raking in upwards of $10 million a season in the NFL. ...

Michael Vick thinks Michael Vick is still worth a huge contract
Shutdown Corner — ... 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: ...

Prison Has Not Been Kind To Michael Vick
Double Extra Point — ... Michael Vick is officially on another planet. According to a story at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the disgraced quarterback who holds the all-time record for fantasy QB draft busts says he is hoping to earn $10 million per year upon release from sabbatical in Federal Prison. $10 million........per year. Please tell me that Vick is just kidding. Did the ASPCA sign him to a Great Dane-sized endorsement deal? I hope he's not counting on special appearances during the offseason at Petco Park. Maybe Vick was channeling alter-ego Ron Mexico and really meant 10 million pesos ...

Mike Vick Has a Disease and There's No Cure
The Sporting Blog — ... What's making me squeamish isn't dubbing his a life lived in the key of dumbass, since there is abundant evidence to point out that Mike Vick isn't that bright, and hasn't been for a while. (Just read the bankruptcy settlement and its listing of unaccounted for millions for evidence of this.) My squeamishness comes in the hope that he'll somehow become something in the public eye other than what he is: a brilliant idiot currently caught in the downcycle of fate's wheel. He could be just as dazzling on the field of play again as a player, and even then the mind ...

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