Vick release won't speed up return to league
There was a time in Michael Vick's career, around Atlanta's playoff win in Lambeau Field, when it felt like his Falcons career would be something special. Something different.
On Friday morning, when the team finally released Vick from his ten-year, $103 million contract, the move was just a formality. The Falcons disowned him a long time ago.
Don't expect this to speed up the process of Vick re-entering the league. Interest in the quarterback has been minimal since he was released from prison, and is unlikely to pick up until Commissioner Roger Goodell reinstates him from suspension. There is no timeline for that move, although speculation has centered on a meeting of the two parties in August.
Today's release was a recognition by the Falcons that no team was going to give up even a conditional seventh-round draft pick for the right to re-negotiate Vick's onerous contract. If Vick makes it back to the NFL this year, it will be at the bottom of the NFL payscale.
On Friday morning, when the team finally released Vick from his ten-year, $103 million contract, the move was just a formality. The Falcons disowned him a long time ago.
Don't expect this to speed up the process of Vick re-entering the league. Interest in the quarterback has been minimal since he was released from prison, and is unlikely to pick up until Commissioner Roger Goodell reinstates him from suspension. There is no timeline for that move, although speculation has centered on a meeting of the two parties in August.
Today's release was a recognition by the Falcons that no team was going to give up even a conditional seventh-round draft pick for the right to re-negotiate Vick's onerous contract. If Vick makes it back to the NFL this year, it will be at the bottom of the NFL payscale.
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u have senators,public officals committing all types of crimes and there back in office. he did his time every one knows that what he did was stupid but there is no body that has not done something careless in there life move on he is not the only person in the world thats was doing this insane thing but what is sad is that everyones trying to make him pay for everyones mistakes pls let him move on its not that serious now
I agree with ed...he's paid for his crime and is only trying to move on...and he even publicly apologized..It's called let go, let God. I think he should go to Denver, they need lots of help right now, with everyone wanting to bail since Cutler whined enough and we all got tired of it. Crap..he didn't even try getting along with McDaniels...big baby! Now Marshall...let's bail too...troublemaker, woman beater..who needs them??? Denver will just kick but next season when we get tons of first picks!!!
good luck