Herpes infected black footballer Vick - Indicted in Dogfight Probe

Even in here in New Zealand you can't get away from this nigger Vick. Unable to get to sleep I was listening to Radio Sport. After midnight the station picks up a feed from Foxnews Sport from the States somewhere. There were 3 presenters - two whites and one nigger. Da nigger kept going on about def is def and dey government is just as bad or more bad dan Mike because def is def dey be putting to def 54 dogs while homeboy Mike only got rid of 14 or so. It was all too much to listen to.
 
NFL to Vick: Get out and don't return

Michael Vick got no leniency yesterday from the NFL.

Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended the Atlanta Falcons quarterback indefinitely without pay hours after Vick filed a plea agreement that portrayed him as less involved than three co-defendants and guilty mainly of poor judgment for associating with them in a dogfighting operation.

Vick acknowledged bankrolling gambling on dogfights, but denied placing bets himself or taking any of the winnings. He admitted that dogs not worthy of the fighting pit were killed "as a result of the collective efforts" of himself and two co-defendants.

Goodell wasn't moved and didn't bother to wait until Monday, when Judge Henry E. Hudson will formally accept the plea in a Virginia court and set a sentencing date likely to land Vick in prison for one to five years.

The commissioner said Vick's admitted conduct was "not only illegal but also cruel and reprehensible." Even if he didn't personally place bets, Goodell said, "your actions in funding the betting and your association with illegal gambling both violate the terms of your NFL player contract and expose you to corrupting influences in derogation of one of the most fundamental responsibilities of an NFL player."

Goodell freed the Falcons to "assert any claims or remedies" to recover $22 million (U.S.) of Vick's signing bonus from the 10-year, $130 million contract he signed in 2004.

"You have engaged in conduct detrimental to the welfare of the NFL and have violated the league's personal conduct policy," Goodell told Vick in a letter after meeting in New York with Falcons president and general manager Rich McKay.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank supported Goodell's decision and said: "We hope that Michael will use this time, not only to further address his legal matters, but to take positive steps to improve his personal life."

The suspension means Vick will not be eligible to play in the CFL, either. A rule approved by the league in the off-season bars clubs from signing players who are under suspension in the NFL. The rule was adopted in response to the Toronto Argonauts' signing last season of running back Ricky Williams, who was serving a one-year suspension for drug use.

Earlier yesterday in Richmond, Va., a "summary of facts" signed by Vick was filed along with his written plea agreement on a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge.

"While Mr. Vick is not personally charged with or responsible for committing all of the acts alleged in the indictment, as with any conspiracy charge, he is taking full responsibility for his actions and the actions of the others involved," the defence team said in a written statement after the plea agreement was filed.

"Mr. Vick apologizes for his poor judgment in associating himself with those involved in dogfighting and realizes he should never have been involved in this conduct," the statement said.

Vick's summary of facts said he provided most of the money for the Bad Newz Kennels and gambling operations.
 
Once a nigger, always a nigger!!

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"Damn, Iz hopes dat dey is some good down low homies waiting for me in nigger heaven"

Vick standing at financial precipice
Dogfighting's cost: Lost salary, endorsements, legal fees.

By TIM TUCKER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 08/26/07

Falcons quarterback Michael Vick's guilty plea on federal dogfighting charges could wind up costing him well over $100 million.

Vick will lose $71 million in salary over the next seven years if the Falcons terminate his contract, which legal experts say the team has the right to do.


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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, center, is escorted by U.S. Marshals, as he arrives at the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va., on July 26.

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He also figures to lose as much as $50 million in endorsement income over the next decade, according to an estimate by the University of Oregon's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center.

Then add to Vick's costs the legal fees and other possible fallout from the case.

Paul Swangard, the Oregon sports marketing center's managing director, said he can think of no other athlete who has hurt himself financially as much as Vick has.

"He has created a new [height] of lost opportunity," Swangard said. "There's an inherent sadness in seeing someone with so much potential wave it all goodbye with poor decisions."

Vick's losses could go even higher if the Falcons sue him for some of the $37 million in bonuses already paid under his contract. The Falcons will soon begin pursuing some of the signing bonus money, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday.

Then there will be the legal bills, which likely will run well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not higher, legal experts said.

Vick's sentence also could include a fine of up to $250,000.

The NFL superstar's attorneys on Friday filed a plea agreement with prosecutors stemming from his indictment last month. Vick is scheduled to formally enter his plea at 10:30 a.m. Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond. He will be sentenced later.

Also Friday, the NFL suspended Vick without pay indefinitely.

The Falcons signed Vick, a quarterback with a penchant for the spectacular, to a 10-year, $130 million contract in December 2004, one day after he was selected to the Pro Bowl for the second time. A month later, he led the team to the NFC championship game. Endorsement offers poured in.

"A Falcon for life," team owner Arthur Blank called Vick upon signing him to the largest contract in league history.

According to the NFL Players Association, that contract calls for Vick to receive a salary of $6 million this season, followed by $7.5 million in 2008, $9 million in 2009, $10.5 million in 2010, $12 million in 2011, $12.5 million in 2012 and $13.5 million in 2013, plus incentive bonuses.

Now, all of that money could be gone.
The only part of Vick's contract that might matter now is the clause that allows the Falcons to terminate it if he "has engaged in personal conduct reasonably judged by club to adversely affect or reflect on club."

Michael McCann, a Mississippi College School of Law professor who often writes on sports legal issues, said the Falcons clearly can terminate the contract, although legal and salary-cap tactics could drive the timing of such action.

McCann said the Falcons "can and probably will sue" Vick for some of the money they've already paid him.

"I think they're going to argue the signing bonus reflects an understanding Vick would play for the totality of the contract, and clearly he's not able to satisfy that," McCann said. "They're not going to get all of it back, but I think they have a pretty compelling argument to get some of it back."

How much is unclear, because of the creative way in which the Falcons structured Vick's bonuses for salary-cap management purposes.

The Falcons have declined to say how they'll deal with Vick's contract, beyond Blank's comment to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Aug. 17 that the team will "move very decisively." The NFL subsequently instructed the team to defer action until commissioner Roger Goodell acted, which he did Friday by suspending Vick.

If the Falcons cut Vick, it is unclear when or whether he could join another NFL team. That will depend on the lengths of his NFL suspension and his expected prison term. The maximum prison term is five years, although federal sentencing guidelines likely would suggest 12 to 18 months.

If Vick returns to the league, it likely would be at a drastically reduced salary.

Unlike Vick's football contract, the specifics of his endorsement deals with Nike, Rawlings and other companies have never been made public.

But in its ranking of America's highest-paid athletes last year, Sports Illustrated estimated Vick's endorsement income at $7 million annually. And Oregon's Swangard said that, if not for the dogfighting scandal, a "conservative" estimate of Vick's ongoing endorsement earnings over the next 10 years would have been an average of $5 million per year.

"There is $50 million on the marketing side that has disappeared," Swangard said.
Nike last month suspended Vick's endorsement contract without pay, and at least seven other deals have either been suspended or allowed to expire.

"There is no corporation that will touch Michael Vick again, ever," said Ronn Torossian, president and chief executive officer of New York-based 5W Public Relations, which has represented athletes and entertainers.

The federal indictment against Vick and his three co-defendants described the dog-fighting operation in chilling detail, including accounts of dogs being shot, drowned or electrocuted if they did not perform well. Animal rights groups launched protests.

"The best advice any PR person can give Vick is 'work out, lift weights and run a lot while in jail,' " Torossian said, "because the only money he has a chance to make in the future is on the football field, not off it."

Swangard said Vick perhaps could get a small endorsement deal from an upstart company seeking "awareness" for a product if he makes it back to the NFL. "But his ability to be a mainstream endorser is gone forever."

The guilty plea will save Vick money in one respect. The case, sparked by a police raid at Vick's rural Virginia property in April, has been resolved quickly.

"His [five] attorneys are high-profile, high-charging attorneys, but it really hasn't been that long a litigation," McCann said. "I would say [the legal fees are] at least in the hundreds of thousands, but if it went to trial, it would be in the millions."


Over a hundred million in cash if only he could control his inner nigger!! Too bad! TNB is inevitable with boons, it is just a matter of time and opportunity! Stupid white owners who gives niggers like this millions of dollars and then think TNB will be controlled! No wonder football no longer is interesting to me!!

Gman
 
This nigger vick went from a welfare shack to multiple mansions and his mentality actually got worse instead of better. Money gave this POS the means to live the idyllic lifestyle that most niggers can only dream of ... what more degeneracy lurks in the shadows.
 


Disgraced quarterback Michael Vick has to return $20 million in bonuses to the Atlanta Falcons, an arbitrator ruled yesterday.

The decision came in the wake of the former NFL superstar's guilty plea to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges, team officials said.

The Falcons argued that Vick violated his $130 million contract when he admitted his role in a dogfighting ring.

The team also argued that Vick used proceeds from his contract to bankroll the illegal operation, and sought the repayment of $19.97 million in bonuses he was paid since 2004.

Vick, who has been indefinitely suspended by the NFL, will be sentenced Dec. 10.

He faces up to five years in prison.

He is also facing state charges in Virginia.
 
Vick's behavior is sure to have the effect of the pro sports leagues limiting the up front money that they lay out for all of this degenerate breed. Therefore, Vick has in effect screwed all the brothers.

Any of these jigs are always on the verge of some negritude that could leave the owners short on the money.

Niggers should never be hired for anything.
 
Vick surrenders, jailed before sentencing

RICHMOND, Va. - Michael Vick surrendered to U.S. marshals Monday and will remain in jail until his sentencing on a dogfighting charge in three weeks.

The Atlanta Falcons quarterback is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 10 but turned himself in because he anticipates a prison term on the federal dogfighting conspiracy charge, according to a court document. Vick could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

"From the beginning, Mr. Vick has accepted responsibility for his actions, and his self-surrender further demonstrates that acceptance," Billy Martin, one of Vick's lawyers, said in a statement. "Michael wants to again apologize to everyone who has been hurt in this matter, and he thanks all of the people who have offered him and his family prayers and support during this time."

Vick is being held at Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw until his sentencing, U.S. marshals told The Associated Press. The mixed-gender facility houses about 450 inmates.

The order filed in U.S. District Court said: "Vick has indicated his desire to voluntarily enter custody prior to his sentencing hearing. It appearing appropriate to do so, the U.S. Marshal is ordered to take custody of the Defendant immediately upon his surrender."

The order added Vick was taken into custody "based solely on his desire to begin his period of incarceration prior to his sentencing hearing and not because of violation of any condition of his bond."

In an e-mail sent to the AP, the U.S. attorney's office confirmed Vick's surrender but declined further comment.

Vick's decision to begin serving time before sentencing was approved by the judge and Vick's lawyers.

Ronald Bacigal, a University of Richmond law professor who specializes in criminal law and criminal procedure, said there are no real direct legal benefits to Vick's decision to turn himself in before sentencing.

"I don't think there's any benefits except getting (the sentence) started," Bacigal said. "I would think he's purely thinking about timing as far as when he can get back to his football."

Vick also could be trying to show the judge he has accepted responsibility for his actions in hopes of a lighter sentence, Bacigal said.

"One of the things the judge is liable to consider is admitting fault," Bacigal said.

Whether that will work is anyone's guess.

"It's kind of like reading tea leaves knowing what's the exact impact on the judge," Bacigal said.
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Vick's niggers sentenced

Two Vick Co-defendants Sentenced

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Two of fallen NFL star Michael Vick's co-defendants were sentenced Friday to 18 months and 21 months in prison on federal dogfighting conspiracy charges.

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Quanis Phillips of Atlanta and Purnell Peace of Virginia Beach could have received up to five years in prison -- the same maximum Vick faces when he is sentenced Dec. 10.

Peace, Phillips and Tony Taylor of Hampton pleaded guilty last summer and agreed to testify against Vick, prompting the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback to enter his own plea agreement a few days later. Taylor will be sentenced Dec. 14.

"You may have thought this was sporting, but it was very callous and cruel," U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson told Phillips, who received the longer sentence.

Sentencing guidelines called for punishments of 12 to 18 months for Peace and 18 to 24 months for Phillips, who has a more extensive criminal record. Both men also were fined $250 and will be placed on three years' probation after their release.

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Michael Vick Sentenced To Prison For 23 Months

Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison Monday for running a "cruel and inhumane" dogfighting ring and lying about it.

The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback could have been sentenced up to five years by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson. Vick, who turned himself in Nov. 19 in anticipation of his sentence, was wearing a black-and-white striped prison suit.

The judge is a former prosecutor, with a reputation for tough sentences from the bench with photographs of his own dogs hanging in his office, says CBS News chief legal analyst Andrew Cohen.

"You add all that up and you get what Vick got: A tough sentence," says Cohen.

After Vick apologized to the court and his family, Hudson told him: "You need to apologize to the millions of young people who looked up to you."

"Yes, sir," Vick answered.

The 27-year-old player acknowledged using "poor judgment" and added, "I'm willing to deal with the consequences and accept responsibility for my actions."

Although there is no parole in the federal system, rules governing time off for good behavior could reduce Vick's prison stay by about three months, resulting in a summer 2009 release.

"You were instrumental in promoting, funding and facilitating this cruel and inhumane sporting activity," Hudson told Vick.

Before the hearing, Michael Vick's brother, Marcus Vick, sat with his right arm around their mother, comforting her as she buried her head in her hands and wept.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank called the sentencing another step in Vick's "legal journey."

"This is a difficult day for Michael's family and for a lot of us, including many of our players and fans who have been emotionally invested in Michael over the years," Blank said. "We sincerely hope that Michael will use this time to continue to focus his efforts on making positive changes in his life, and we wish him well in that regard."

Vick was suspended without pay by the NFL and lost all his lucrative endorsement deals. The league had no comment Monday on the judge's ruling.

One of Vick's attorneys, Lawrence Woodward, asked for leniency. He said Vick "grew up on some of probably the meanest and roughest streets in this commonwealth," but had never been in trouble with the law and had done much for charities.

Vick was denied any credit for taking responsibility for his crime. Hudson agreed with a federal probation officer's finding that Vick had lied about his hands-on killing of dogs and about his drug use. Vick tested positive for marijuana Sept. 13, violating conditions of his release while he awaited sentencing.

Hudson recalled that Vick at one point said he only handed over two dogs to co-defendant Quanis Phillips, who killed them. On another occasion, Vick said he dropped a dog after Phillips tied a rope around the animal's neck, the judge added.

"I'm not convinced you've fully accepted responsibility," Hudson told Vick.

Federal sentencing guidelines called for a term of 18 months to two years. Federal prosecutor Michael Gill asked for a sentence at the high end, meaning Vick would get more time than either of the two co-defendants sentenced last month.

"He did more than fund it," Hudson said, referring to the "Bad Newz Kennels" dogfighting operation. "He was in this thing up to his neck with the other defendants."

Outside court, Woodward said Vick didn't want anyone feeling sorry for him.

"He just wants a chance to prove himself when all this is over," he said. "But the other thing he said to me, which I also think is important for everyone to know, is that he understood that some of the things he was doing in life and off the field were dangerous, and he told me he feels lucky that he's alive and not hurt and now it's all about the future."

U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg sounded a similar theme.

"This was an efficient, professional, and thorough investigation that well exposed a seamy side of our society," he said in a statement. "I trust Mr. Vick learned important lessons and that his admission of guilt will speed his rehabilitation."

Vick pleaded guilty in August, admitting he bankrolled the dogfighting operation and helped kill six to eight dogs. He has been held at a jail in Warsaw, Va., since he voluntarily began serving his sentence.

In a plea agreement, he admitted bankrolling the dogfighting ring on his 15-acre property in rural Virginia and helping kill pit bulls that did not perform well in test fights. He also admitted providing money for bets on the fights but said he never shared in any winnings.

At a news conference after pleading guilty last summer, Vick apologized to the NFL, the Falcons and youngsters who viewed him as a role model and vowed: "I will redeem myself."

Court papers revealed gruesome details about Vick's dogfighting operation, including the execution of underperforming dogs by electrocution, drowning, hanging and other means. Those details prompted a public backlash against the once-popular NFL star and outraged animal-rights groups, which used the case to call attention to the brutality of dogfighting.

John Goodwin of the Humane Society of the United States called the sentence appropriate.

"People that are involved in this blood sport are on notice. You can throw your life away by being involved in this," he said.

Two co-defendants were sentenced Nov. 30. Purnell Peace, of Virginia Beach, got 18 months. Phillips, of Atlanta, got 21 months. Another co-defendant, Tony Taylor, will be sentenced Friday.

The case began in April when a drug investigation of Vick's cousin led authorities to the former Virginia Tech star's Surry County property, where they found dozens of pit bulls -- some of them injured -- and equipment associated with dogfighting.

Vick initially denied any knowledge about dogfighting on the property. He changed his story after the three co-defendants pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the government.

By 8 a.m. Monday, about 50 people were in line outside the courthouse waiting for the doors to open. About two dozen animal rights activists stood across the street holding posters showing injured pit bulls and the messages, "Report Dogfighters" and "Dogs Deserve Justice."

"We want to make sure the focus on the animals in this case isn't lost," said Dan Shannon, spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Julia Novak arrived with her small beagle, Frankie, who wore a sandwich board with the message on one side: "Dogfighters use dogs like me for bait."

Ryan Eanes, 27, of Richmond, wore his No. 7 Vick jersey as he waited in line.

"We all make mistakes," Eanes said. "I don't support the situation with the animals, but I support him. I believe his apology is sincere."
 
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Ex-NFL player Marcus Vick charged with DUI in Norfolk​
Just One More In A Long Line Of TNB For The Vick Bros​
Posted to: News Norfolk


By Jim Washington
Matthew Roy
The Virginian-Pilot
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NORFOLK

Marcus Vick was charged with driving under the influence and related traffic offenses after he fled from a bicycle officer early Friday in downtown Norfolk, police said.

Vick, 24, of Suffolk, the brother of suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, had previou
sly played for Virginia Tech. He was let go by the team in 2006 after a series of problems on the field and elsewhere. He was released by the Miami Dolphins in 2007.

A Norfolk Police department spokesman, Officer Chris Amos, said a bicycle officer approached a couple arguing in a car:eek::rollpin: in the 200 block of Granby Street around 2 a.m. Friday. When the officer asked for the man's identification, the car took off at high speed, Amos said. A few minutes later, another officer spotted the car and stopped it in the 300 block of Armistead Ave.

Vick failed a sobriety test, Amos said, and was charged with DUI, misdemeanor eluding police, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license.

The woman, identified as Delicia Lenora Cordon, 24, of Miami, was charged with being drunk in public.

After his arrest, Vick was taken to the sheriff's department for booking. He was released around 5 a.m. Friday on $1,000 bond, s
aid Maj. Michael O'Toole. O'Toole said Vick is due in court at 9 a.m. Monday.

Cordon was released on a personal recognizance bond, according to O'Toole. Her court date is Sept. 10.

According to online Suffolk assessment data, Michael Vick owns a dwelling on West Creek Court, listed by police as Marcus Vick's address. Nobody answered the door there Friday afternoon, and the house appeared dark.

Marcus Vick's attorney, Lawrence H. Woodward Jr., would not comment on the case.

Vick was dismissed from the Virginia Tech football team after he stomped on a fallen opponent's leg during the Gator Bowl in front of a national television audience. Earlier that season, he made an obscene gesture toward fans at a game in West Virginia.

Off the field, he had several brushes with the law. On May 14, 2004, Vick was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The charge was the result of a party, during which Vick provided alcohol
, that included three teenage girls.

The quarterback lost his driver's license in 2004 when he was cited July 3 in New Kent County with reckless driving and possession of marijuana.

He pleaded no contest to the drug charge and received probation.

In March 2006, Vick pleaded guilty in Suffolk General District Court to a single count of disorderly conduct. The state agreed to drop three misdemeanor counts of brandishing a firearm, charges that had been filed against Vick in an incident Jan. 8 at a fast food restaurant near his home in north Suffolk.
 
Times Be Tough fo' Nigger Vick - Bankrupt 'n' Behind Bars


RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection while serving time for federal dogfighting charges, saying he owes between $10 million and $50 million to creditors. :lol:

Vick filed Chapter 11 papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newport News on Monday. The seven largest creditors listed in the court papers are owed a total of about $12.8 million.

The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback hopes he "can, after the conclusion of the bankruptcy case, rebuild his life on a personal and spiritual level, resurrect his image as a public figure, and resolve matters with the NFL such that he can resume
his career," according to the filings. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Vick is serving a 23-month prison sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., after pleading guilty last year to bankrolling a dogfighting ring. He was subsequently suspended indefinitely without pay and lost all his major sponsors, including Nike. He also faces state charges related to dogfighting.

The debt includes part of a signing bonus that the Falcons are seeking to recover.

After the plea on dogfighting charges, the Falcons tried to recover about $20 million in bonuses Vick earned from 2004 to 2007. But a federal judge held that Vick is entitled to keep all but $3.75 million of the money paid to him for playing football through the 2014 season.

According to the filings, Vick's other debts include $4.5 million owed to Richmond-based Joel Enterprises Inc., and $550,0000 owed to Radtke Sports Inc. for breach of contract.

In May, a federal judge ordered Vick to repay about $2.5 million to a Cana
dian bank for defaulting on a loan. The Royal Bank of Canada had sued Vick in September, arguing his guilty plea to a federal dogfighting charge — and the resulting impact on his career — prevented him from repaying the loan.

A default judgment for $1.08 million also was entered in January against Vick and a business partner in a lawsuit brought by Wachovia Bank over a loan for an Atlanta-area wine shop and restaurant.
 
Homeboy gives Vick financial advice! The result....A Major Fleecing! :lol:


Bad advice, bad decisions: the loss of Michael Vick's fortune
August 15, 2008

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Now Ize beez drankin' juss ernge Kool-Ade

As he faced a federal investigation last summer into a dogfighting kennel that he founded and funded, Michael Vick also was looking for help in a fight to preserve a financial empire he had tried to build as one of the NFL's highest-paid players.

Just before his world came tumbling down, Michael Vick was a partner in a restaurant called The Tasting Room in East Point, Ga.
Banks in Toronto; South Bend, Ind., and Charlotte, N.C.
, demanded repayment of more than $6 million in loans used to finance a car rental business, a wine enterprise and other ventures. A sports marketing company that he hired and fired even before he was drafted in 2001 hounded him for another $5 million in lost fees. And he faced breach of contract charges on two other deals.

"Even without the dogfighting case, Michael had been the victim of some very flawed advice by a number of professionals who were supposed to know what they were doing and were supposed to be helping him," observed Peter Ginsberg, the nationally renowned bankruptcy lawyer who is trying to preserve what little remains of Vick's net worth.

Ginsberg might be right. A review of bankruptcy court records and other litigation filed against Vick shows a remarkable series of blunders and thefts that could leave Vick insolvent even if he manages to retain the bonuses the Falcons and the NFL are trying to take back from him.

It's a sad story that begins in his final weeks at Vir
ginia Tech and reaches points of crisis during the dogfighting prosecution and even now during his incarceration in Leavenworth, Kan. It involves two financial advisers who have been charged with major frauds and a sports marketing adviser who charged Vick 25 percent of all marketing fees earned.

With his finances deteriorating, Vick admitted guilt in the dogfighting scheme, hoping to minimize his time in jail. But federal agents demanded nearly $1 million in restitution for rescuing and caring for nearly 60 dogs they found in Vick's kennel. If he failed to pay the bills for the dogs, Vick faced additional prison time.

Demorrio Williams, one of Vick's ex-teammates on the Falcons, might not have helped with his recommendation of a business manager.
Despite earning more than $20 million in NFL bonuses, Vick could not find the money. In desperation, he turned to a Falcons teammate, linebacker Demorrio Williams.

Williams recommended Mary Wong, a 40-ish business manager in Omaha, Neb.,
who had helped Williams manage his money and his accounts.

Wong worked quickly to gather the restitution money, cashing in a retirement investment with Lloyd's of London and persuading a bank to lend Vick more money. That put together just enough money to pay the restitution.

It was a good start for Vick. But, according to papers filed in his bankruptcy, it did not last.

In addition to gathering the restitution funds, Wong used a power of attorney from Vick to "wrongfully remove" at least another $900,000 from his various accounts, according to a document filed by Ginsberg. And, court papers also say, Wong "caused certain business entities owned by [Vick] to be transferred to her."

There could be more bad news to come. :D

"We are still working on it, and it may well be that what she has taken from him will be well into seven figures," Ginsberg said. :lol:

Ginsberg has obtained a court order requiring Wong to return all a
ccounts and records to the bankruptcy court in Richmond to allow Ginsberg and Vick's numerous lenders to try to find some of Vick's lost money. Wong has not responded to the court order. Nor did she respond to e-mails and phone messages from ESPN.com.

While in the Leavenworth minimum security camp, Vick began to suspect Wong was doing something wrong. He discovered that Wong had been permanently barred from working with any firm that traded on the New York Stock Exchange as the result of taking more than $150,000 from two elderly widows she met while working at Wells Fargo Investments.

The charges against Wong by the NYSE, which regulates brokers and financial advisers, include taking $147,000 from one widow to invest in a chicken restaurant.
:chicken:
There was no restaurant, and the money landed in Wong's personal account, according to the NYSE, which also says she took almost $9,000 from Williams' account to reimburse the other widow. She claimed she had lent Williams the
money to buy rims for a truck.

The arbitrators who reviewed Wong's conduct deplored her "deceitful, fraudulent and shameful" actions against her customers and were "appalled" at her "implausible, convoluted explanations for her plainly wrongful actions." That is remarkably strong language in the polite world of investment counselors.

Did Vick learn anything from his experience with Wong? Maybe. Maybe not.

He next turned to David A. Talbot, a medical school graduate from Hackensack, N.J., who claimed to have expertise in financial management. After a series of visits with Vick in Leavenworth, Talbot managed to convince estimable bankruptcy attorney Ginsberg that he was legitimate. Ginsberg asked the bankruptcy court to allow Talbot to manage Vick's affairs and to authorize Talbot to seek redress against all those who had defrauded Vick. Using the jargon of the bankruptcy system, Talbot was to be Vick's "responsible person."

It seemed to be a good
idea, as Vick is in jail and unable to tend to his financial situation. But it was yet another bad decision for Vick.

Talbot started by taking one of Vick's cars, an $85,000 Mercedes Benz, to use in his efforts, and he used $35,000 to pay the out-of-pocket expenses of his attempts to find Vick's money.

That wasn't all. He was to be paid $15,000 per month for his efforts, too.

Talbot earned his "responsible person" status with an impressive resume that described a life of success, emphasized his marketing and motivating skills, and listed his noteworthy clients.

The centerpiece of the Talbot resume was his work as a "regional director" for the National Association of Self-Employed, a group that offers insurance benefits to small businesses and lobbies for their interests in Washington. He claimed he ran a $375 million organization and presided over "240 agents and 40 managers."

"We do not have any regional directors," a spokesman for NASE told ESPN.com. "He could no
t have been a regional director. Our records indicate that he was briefly a salesman for us. That is all.":eek:

Others listed as references on Talbot's resume offered similar stories. Joe Franklin, a New York radio personality listed as a Talbot client, told ESPN.com, "I knew David's father. He has never represented me, and I haven't seen him in years."

Kenneth Moore, a rookie wide receiver drafted in the fifth round by the Detroit Lions, also was listed as a Talbot client. Moore's agent, Alan Herman, said, "Moore's only connection with David Talbot is that Moore knows Talbot's daughter from their days together at Wake Forest. Talbot does not represent Kenny in any way."

Another supposed Talbot client listed on a resume that Talbot prepared in 2007 is Ron Jensen, a businessman who was CEO of a publicly held insurance company. Jensen died in a car accident in 2005.:eek:

In addition to the apparently false statements in his resume, Talbot last week was accused
of securities fraud in New Jersey in a scheme that ended just before he started visiting Vick in Leavenworth. Talbot and his cohorts, according to a legal action filed by New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram, managed to "defraud" several investors of more than $500,000 by offering them "asset enhancement contracts" that were touted as being guaranteed to pay between 12 to 35 percent per week.

The investment and the profits, Talbot told his investors, would allow them to build a new church they were planning in Wyckoff, N.J. To ensure the success of the venture, Talbot orchestrated "conference call prayer meetings" asking a higher power to bless their venture.

The money never made it to the church, and none of the investors collected any dividends, much less the promised 12-35 percent per week. The money, according to New Jersey authorities, went to Talbot and his son, Jonathon, to pay rent and Time Warner Cable and for purchases at Best Buy, Bergdorf Goodman and other retailers.

Talbo
t has not responded to calls from ESPN.com. His attorney said that Talbot is a victim of the scheme himself, then would not comment further.

The fraud charges were enough for Ginsberg to reconsider his commitment to Talbot, and he has asked the bankruptcy judge to eliminate Talbot as the "responsible person" in the Vick bankruptcy.

If Wong and Talbot disappointed Vick, the conduct of a sports marketing firm he hired in 2001 must be an even greater disappointment. As he prepared for the draft, Vick signed a contract with Andrew Joel of Richmond, Va., that gave Joel the exclusive rights to make deals for Vick to endorse products and make personal appearances. The agreement with Joel required Vick to pay Joel an astounding 25 percent of any deals Joel made.

Vick's deal with Joel did not last long. Joel's first action for Vick was to send him to Buffalo, N.Y., in January 2001 to study with Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly and learn how to conduct himself as an NFL star.[/
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Less than a day into Camp Kelly, Vick was ready to depart.

In what Joel's lawyers later called a conspiracy, Vick claimed illness and demanded a ride to the Buffalo airport. There, Joel claims, Vick met Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks to discuss marketing firms that would charge less than 25 percent. Vick and Brooks traveled back to Norfolk and tried to fire Joel.

Four years later, after Vick had become a phenomenon and before the dogfighting investigation, Joel claimed that Vick had breached the 25 percent contract and owed him millions. Joel's battery of lawyers pounded Vick and his legal team, first in an arbitration, then in a court action.

None of ESPN.com's calls and e-mails asking about that situation were returned by Joel, his attorney or Vick's attorneys.

The result of Joel's efforts is a $4.5 million judgment against Vick. When Joel began garnishing Vick's accounts and levying on other assets, including his house, Vick was forced to go into ban
kruptcy court.

As he awaits his release from prison in about a year, Vick faces a growing series of demands from creditors and others. His financial situation is bleak. The combined efforts of Mary Wong, David Talbot and Andrew Joel have left him insolvent.
 
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Michael Vick says prison gave him time to think

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Suspended NFL star Michael Vick told a bankruptcy court on Friday that his time in prison has given him a chance to think, and he's realized he needs to make some changes.

The ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback, who is serving a 23-month prison sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting operation, said he knows he committed a "heinous" act that was very irresponsible.

"I can't live like the old Mike Vick," he told a courtroom filled with his family, friends and fiancee. "I was very immature. I did a lot of things I wasn't supposed to do being a role model."

In prison, he's filled his days by reading, writing, playing basketball and wo
rking a 12-cent-an-hour job as a janitor, he said. The experience has given him a chance to develop he called "an exit strategy."

Vick is testifying as part of a hearing to evaluate his plan to emerge from financial ruin, and is expected to explain parts of his bankruptcy plan while on the stand. He was once one of the NFL's highest-paid players, but lavish spending and poor investments, coupled with the backlash from his dogfighting case, led to his downfall. Vick filed for bankruptcy in July claiming assets of $16 million and debts of more than $20 million.

His plan to pay his creditors is based largely on the goal of returning to a professional football career.

Vick is expected to be released from custody in July, and traveled from a federal prison in Kansas to attend the hearing. He could be transferred to home confinement at his eastern Virginia home by late May, and his agent testified Thursday that he hopes Vick can return to the NFL by September.

In order for that t
o happen, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would have to reinstate Vick, who was suspended indefinitely after he was indicted on the dogfighting conspiracy charge in 2007. Goodell has said he would consider Vick's case after his release.

Vick's agent, Joel Segal, said on the stand Thursday that he would try to negotiate a short-term contract filled with incentives for playing time and starts that could bring in millions. He also said Vick has agreed to plans for a television documentary that will pay him $600,000.

Earlier this week, Vick and the Falcons agreed he would repay $6.5 million of his Atlanta contract, moving closer to cutting ties with a team that doesn't want him. Segal said he hasn't spoken to teams because Vick is still under contract with the Falcons, but that he is in shape and will be prepared for his return.

"There will be determination like we've never seen before to be structured and disciplined," Segal said.

A committee representing most of Vick's unsecured
creditors has endorsed his Chapter 11 plan because the alternative , a Chapter 7 liquidation of his assets , would not provide them any portion of his future earnings. But some other parties, including a former agent who won a $4.6 million judgment against Vick, opposed the plan.

One of his sources of income will come from a job he'll take when he is sent to home confinement. Vick will have a 40-hour-a-week, $10-an-hour job at one of W.M. Jordan Co.'s 40 commercial construction jobs, said John Robert Lawson, whose father helped start the Newport News company.

Lawson, 57, said that he has known Vick for more than 10 years and that they have been involved in charitable work together. He said Vick's representatives approached him when the former hometown hero was turned away by other employers.

"I believe all of us make mistakes, and once you've fulfilled your commitment and paid the price, you should be given a second chance," Lawson said in a telephone interview. "He's not a bad pers
on. He made some bad choices."
 
"he had not known how to tell her about his condition, and that it was not something that he liked to talk about."
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The poor nigger! He has FEELINGS, too! He just can't bring himself to talk about it, folks, it's so sorted and unfair and racist (somehow). He needs our understanding and counseling and the ho needs a couple of aspirin and told she got off light by just getting herpes and NOT AIDS for screwing around with a GD nigger that is so sensitive about his personal medical condidtion. I wonder if anyone told the guys who work out behind Vick or share the locker room with this diseased yard ape? Still think it's a good idea to let your kids drink at the same water fountain as a nigger?
 
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Former Dogfighter, NFL Star Michael Vick Free

ATLANTA (AP) ― Suspended NFL star Michael Vick's federal dogfighting sentence has ended, freeing him to lobby for a return to the field.

Vick's attorney Lawrence Woodward said Vick was released from federal custody Monday at his home in Virginia. Vick had been under home confinement for the last two months of his 23-month sentence.

The federal Bureau of Prisons had listed Vick's release date as Monday.

Freedom will allow Vick to step up his efforts to resume his pro football career. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has said he will review Vick's status after the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback completes his sentence.

If Vick is able to return to the NFL, it won'
t be with Atlanta. The Falcons released Vick in June.
 
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Reports: Vick, NFL Commissioner Hold Meeting
Former NFL Star Michael Vick Allegedly Spent 1st Night Free At Strip Club

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ― Michael Vick might soon discover just who's interested in giving him a second chance.

Two people familiar with the meeting confirmed the NFL commissioner, Vick, agent Joel Segal and two other members of the suspended quarterback's team met Wednesday at a security firm in New Jersey. The two people requested anonymity because the league has not acknowledged the meeting.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello declined to confirm the meeting when contacted by The Associated Press on Thursday and insisted no decisions on Vick's future have been made.

"This is a serious matter," Aiello said in an e-mail.
"We are engaging in a careful and thoughtful process."

ESPN reported on its Web site Thursday night that an anonymous source said Goodell had decided on a conditional reinstatement that would allow Vick to attend training camp if he signs with a team and that he also could be suspended for the first four games of the 2009 season.

Goodell told the AP on Tuesday, a day after Vick was released from federal custody, that he hoped to make a decision "in the near future."

Goodell suspended Vick indefinitely in August 2007 after the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback admitted bankrolling the "Bad Newz Kennels" dogfighting operation. Goodell has said Vick must show remorse and signs that he has changed before he would consider reinstating him.

SI.com first reported the meeting at Buckley Petersen Global Inc. in Allendale.

Earlier Thursday, Vick's Virginia-based attorney Lawrence Woodward denied reports that Vick spent his first night of freedom at a Virginia Beach strip club
.

"It is absolutely, categorically false," Woodward told the AP. :rolleyes:

An Internet blogger reported Vick was seen at the strip club Atlantis with NBA free agent Allen Iverson on Monday night, hours after the electronic monitoring device he wore for two months under home confinement was removed. Woodward said Vick was not in Virginia Beach that night and was not at any strip club.

"He has been spending time with his family and friends and working with his advisers on legal matters and trying to get back to playing football," Woodward said.

Vick also denied the reports in an interview with the Daily Press of Newport News.

"That's crazy," he told his hometown newspaper. "That is the last place on my mind. I was out of town. I guess it's just someone trying to be hurtful."

Two dancers arriving at the club Thursday, who identified themselves as Tropical and Tara, said they did see Vick and Iverson there Monday night.

Leon Rose, Iverson's agent, said t
he basketball star hasn't seen Vick since his release from prison.
 
Niggerballer Vick Reinstated.

Michael Vick won't be the poster boy for the United Football League. At least, not likely.

And for now, that means Team Orlando's quarterback duties rest on the shoulders of Brooks Bollinger. Yes, you remember him. He played at Wisconsin.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gave Vick a conditional reinstatement to the league Monday, which means Vick can play in the final two preseason games this year and then will be suspended for six weeks. After that, his full reinstatement will be likely and he should be eligible to play in Week 7.

That is, if an NFL team signs him. Some have said no thanks, but there are still others out there who are likely to take a stab at the former All-Pro quarterback.

Vick is coming off a 23-month federal prison term for dogfighting and he was released from his final sentence of house arrest a week ago.

The UFL could have used
a big name like Vick's to draw some attention to the first-year league. His rights had already been awarded to the Orlando franchise based on regionality of his for NFL team, the Atlanta Falcons, who cut Vick in June.

"We applaud Commissioner Goodell's well reasoned decision to conditionally reinstate Michael Vick," said UFL Commissioner Michael Huyghue in a statement. "The Commissioner's decision is consistent with the UFL and its fans view that Vick deserves a second chance at redemption and in resuming his professional football career.

"We will continue to monitor NFL teams' interest in Vick throughout the preseason. If, after the conclusion of training camp, no NFL club has signed Michael Vick, then and only then, we will begin discussions regarding his participation in the UFL."

So that leaves the UFL with J.P. Losman as it's poster boy. Thankfully for the league, NFL cuts are not far away.
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NAACP May Cancel Vick Rally

PHILADELPHIA - A “massiveâ┚¬ protest planned outside the Eagles game tonight to support Michael Vick most likely won’t happen as promised.

Local NAACP rabble rouser J. Whyatt Mondesire told ESPN 950 that his group won’t show up at the game if animal-rights activists don’t also appear at the stadium for his group to coonfront.

"We're not looking just to have a demonstration for demonstration's sake," Mondesire told the station. "We want a full-blown bongo party."

The controversial former newspaper reporter, who also publicly criticized Donovan McNabb’s quarterback play a few years ago, told ESPN earlier on Wednesday he planned the “massiveâ┚¬ rally to spotlight the Vick case as a
racial issue.

"We believe Michael Vick has served his time, paid his debt to society, and deserves a second chance, and the animal-rights groups want to hold him hostage for the rest of his life," Mondesire told ESPN. "We think that's patently unfair. It denies Michael Vick's basic civil rights, denies him his ability to make a living."

"We'll be out there â┚¬¦ just to let the other side know that Michael Vick has friends in Philadelphia," he said.

Local and national animal-rights groups quickly announced they had no formal plans to be outside the stadium

Mondesire also stood by his contention that McNabb isn’t a good quarterback.

Vick will play for the first time in more than two years after he did jail time for running a dog-fighting ring.

Philadelphia Eagles tailgaters will be out in force long before Michael Vick takes the field on Thursday.

Dog lovers not affilaited with animal-rights groups are throwing a tailgate party for the 2nd Chance Dogs
campaign -- a pointed reference to Vick's second chance in the NFL -- to increase awareness of dogfighting and encourage adoption of rescued pit bulls.

The initiative, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was launched after the Eagles signed Vick, who served 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring.

"As a lot of people have pointed out, (Vick's) animals never got a second chance," SPCA chief executive Sue Cosby said. "We need to speak for them."

The signing of Vick two weeks ago sparked protests from fans and animal lovers appalled that the Eagles would bring in a player involved in fighting, hanging and drowning dogs.

Some threatened to boycott the team; protesters waved signs outside Eagles practices; newspapers and radio talk shows spewed endless commentary. Supporters countered that the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback has paid his debt to society and deserves a second chance.

It remains to be seen what the crowd resp
onse will be when Vick takes the field for his first game in more than two years on Thursday against Jacksonville; so far, no formal protests have been announced.

Vick is trying to rehabilitate his image by working with The Humane Society to warn urban youths against dogfighting. But local animal advocates seem to be keeping their distance, instead using the public debate about Vick to raise money and awareness of cruelty issues.

"The animal welfare groups really have no interest in working with Michael Vick," said Tom Hickey Sr., founder of the Pennsylvania advocacy group DogPAC.

District Attorney Lynne Abraham addressed the issue at a closed meeting the next day between Eagles brass and animal advocates.

"It's strictly a blood sport, if I can call it a sport at all," Abraham said after Monday's summit. "And while you have that, you also have drugs and guns and other violence."

The Eagles appear to have made strides with animal rights groups by hosting that discussion bef
ore Vick's first game.

The two-hour gathering at the team's practice facility involved representatives from about 20 regional animal groups, including Hickey. He said some of the meeting focused on Vick, but most of it centered on how the team could support animal welfare.

Hickey, who is also a member of the state dog law advisory board, has more than 5,000 signatures on a petition asking the Eagles spend the equivalent of Vick's salary -- $1.6 million -- to establish a rehabilitation and training center for dogs.

Nothing was decided at the meeting, but Hickey felt it was constructive.

"I think it was very educational for the Eagles. It was important that they get involved in the community," he said.

Eagles senior vice president Pamela Browner-Crawley told reporters afterward that "financial support is on the table," along with other resources, but gave no details.

Karel Minor, executive director of the Humane Society of Berks County, wrote on the agency's Web sit
e that he was one of many at the meeting who felt it was time to stop chastising the team and start using its resources to help animals.

"We can make use of the power and influence of the Eagles to make a positive difference," Minor wrote. "We can challenge them to make good on their promise to help us end dogfighting and maybe even more."
 
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