http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/injuries Atlanta Falcons Status Date Michael Vick Out Dec. 10 Comment: Vick has been sentenced to 23 months in prison for his role in a Virgina dogfighting operation, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Michael Vick Out Dec. 9 Comment: Vick will be sentenced on Monday for his role in a dogfighting operation.
I think I read somewhere that the most he can get shaved off his sentence is three months for good behavior. Someone probably already mentioned that. Sorry if so.
Vick has apparently found a get out of jail early card. http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10563579 So, let me get this straight - he's sentenced to 23 months, but because he lit up a doobie while he was awaiting sentencing he gets the opportunity to cut a year from his sentence? Yeah, that makes sense.
Damn... when I saw this bumped I was hoping to see a Vick ass raped in shower headline... Sounds like he planned this from the start.... I knew he's a dope but even I was shocked he'd get bagged with pot while awaiting sentencing.... it makes sense he would get caught on purpose if his lawyer found a loophole to get his time lessened
That's unbelievable. Well, maybe not... EDIT: Ollie: If this was a ploy all along, I guess it wasn't that big of a "gamble", all things considered. Thing is, I would have said get your 'treatment' exactly where you are and serve out your sentence (isn't it 'available' in almost every jail?). What a load of cr*p. Where do you draw the line with these things? What's next, everyone that has a "disease" doesn't have to pay the full price according to the law? What a joke.
thats good news, I'm happy the system works for everyone. Unfortunately, this will also delay his return to the NFL, because the commissioner will certainly suspend him for a long time after he's free from prison.
Mike Vick's lucky streak continues!!... now, unless some dog drops a civil siut on him, he should still have some dough left over. Unless his lawyers got all of it> http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3229782 Federal judge rules that Vick's roster bonus can't be recouped by Falcons Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS -- The Atlanta Falcons cannot recover nearly $20 million in bonus money paid to suspended star quarterback Michael Vick, a federal judge ruled Monday. The National Football League team sought to recover the bonuses after Vick pleaded guilty to federal charges in a dogfighting operation. The bonuses were paid from 2004 through 2007. A special master ruled in October that the Falcons were entitled to recover the bonuses. The Falcons argued that Vick used proceeds from a contract he signed in 2004 to finance his illicit activities. The NFL Players Association had asked a federal judge to overturn a special master's decision that Vick should forfeit the bonus money because of his guilty plea. But U.S. District Judge David Doty of Minneapolis ruled that the Falcons recovering the bonus money would violate the NFL collective bargaining agreement. The agreement does not allow signing bonuses to be forfeited for years a player has already performed. Doty, who has handled cases involving the collective bargaining agreement for nearly 20 years, compared interpreting the relevant section of the contract to "alchemy" late last year. Arguments turned on interpretations of the collective bargaining agreement. At a November hearing, a union attorney argued that Vick's "roster bonus" should be treated the same as a "performance bonus," which can't be forfeited under the agreement. The league maintained that the roster bonus should be treated like a "signing bonus allocation," which could be forfeited. Doty ruled that once Vick made the Falcons' 80-man roster, he earned the roster bonuses and the team cannot demand their forfeiture. Vick received a 23-month sentence. He entered a minimum-security prison in Leavenworth, Kan., last month.
