Michael Vick’s bankruptcy lawyer recently said that his client wants to don an NFL uniform again after he’s done sporting prison orange.
“The Debtor has every reason to believe that upon his release, he will be reinstated into the NFL, resume his career and be able to earn a substantial living,” Vick’s attorneys wrote in a disclosure statement filed before a hearing Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Norfolk.
Vick still faces two state felony counts — dogfighting and animal cruelty. They carry maximum prison terms of 10 years, but under a plea deal, Vick would serve a suspended sentence and a year of probation.
The wild card in whether Vick will play again is Roger Goodell. Will Goodell hand out another suspension once Vick is free to play? If Pacman Jones and Ricky Williams were eventually allowed to play again, one has to assume Vick will get the opportunity too. But it’ll be interesting to see when that opportunity presents itself and if a team wants to take on that kind of baggage. (I’m assuming a team like the Raiders would.)
