Jay Glazer of FOX Sports is reporting NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has ordered Michael Vick not to attend Atlanta Falcons’ training camp this year.
“While it is for the criminal justice system to determine your guilt or innocence, it is my responsibility as commissioner of the National Football League to determine whether your conduct, even if not criminal, nonetheless violated league policies, including the Personal Conduct Policy,” Goodell said in a letter to the quarterback.
This was hands down the right decision by Goodell and the rest of the Falcons players should be grateful. Protesters already showed up at the Falcons’ training facilities in Flowery Branch today, with more likely to come when camp officially opens on Thursday. Owner Arthur Blank and the rest of the Atlanta organization couldn’t guarantee the right amount of security to protect all of its players, so there was no other decision to be made. With Vick absent, the media circus is still going to be horrendous, but it will pail in comparison to if the quarterback attended.
Warning to Michael: this is just Goodell’s warm up – plenty more is to come.
