The Falcons signed Vick to a 10-year, $130 million contract in December 2004. He has been paid about $44 million, including $37 million in guaranteed bonuses, and is due to earn a base salary of $6 million this season.
Teams can amortize the salary cap implications of signing bonuses, but if a player is cut, all bonuses paid but not yet factored into the salary cap must be accounted for within two years.
The Falcons face an estimated salary cap hit of about $6 million this year and $15 million in 2008 if they release Vick -- devastating hits to any team's budget.
Anyways, the bigger deal for Blank is the team and Home Depots image. He has a billion dollar corporation he needs to worry about more than the cap of the Falcons.
Alphonso wrote:It's the whites who are out to convict Vick and the blacks are supporting him, or so I have heard at least twice on espn radio so far.
You mean it's a few blacks who are playing the race card in an attempt to make it a racial issue, versus a factual one. Maybe Al Sharpton will chime in soon.
I guarantee if this was a white lineman (heck, or even another black lineman), he would've already been cut by his team and ostracized ten times as worse.
Never would have seen this one coming....Oh man its because he is black! Forgot the illegal gambling and dog fighting and other criminal laws he broke! He should be let off the hook since he's a negro!
Man I hate the n word, but that's what he is in every sense of the word. I can only hope that a pit comes and chomps on his diddle in his sleep. He epitomizes why people stereotype.
This kind of shit enrages me to no end - I don't even really care about the gambling, people gamble all the time and it really isn't physically harmful to anyone; yeah it's illegal but it's like smoking pot, who gives a shit.. but betting on the pain and suffering of something that was an innocent til you got your greasy worthless piece of shit hands on it just pisses me off. He's just the worst kind of person.
I'm glad the others are at least owning up to it and pray that alone is enough to screw him, but they're shitheads too. No celebrity or athlete is worth pardoning for that type of crime. If it were up to me I'd let PETA do the sentencing.
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Gypsiyee wrote:Man I hate the n word, but that's what he is in every sense of the word. I can only hope that a pit comes and chomps on his diddle in his sleep. He epitomizes why people stereotype.
This kind of shit enrages me to no end - I don't even really care about the gambling, people gamble all the time and it really isn't physically harmful to anyone; yeah it's illegal but it's like smoking pot, who gives a shit.. but betting on the pain and suffering of something that was an innocent til you got your greasy worthless piece of shit hands on it just pisses me off. He's just the worst kind of person.
I'm glad the others are at least owning up to it and pray that alone is enough to screw him, but they're shitheads too. No celebrity or athlete is worth pardoning for that type of crime. If it were up to me I'd let PETA do the sentencing.
Last I checked he wasn't yet convicted and no evidence was released. The people involved were caught red handed and aren't credible because they struck a deal out of desperation to avoid harsher sentencing. Vick so far is guilty of nothing except negligence. So, why the h8?
If you ask me, I THINK he did it, but I'll reserve my opinion until it's proven.
leah wrote:i am forever grateful to my gym teacher for drilling that skill into me during drivers' ed
leah wrote:isn't the only difference the length? i feel like it would take too long to smoke something that long, ha.
Jay wrote:Last I checked he wasn't yet convicted and no evidence was released. The people involved were caught red handed and aren't credible because they struck a deal out of desperation to avoid harsher sentencing. Vick so far is guilty of nothing except negligence. So, why the h8?
If you ask me, I THINK he did it, but I'll reserve my opinion until it's proven.
He has three close friends testifying he ran the show. The dog kennel was on his property. They have proof via airline flights he went to this property. It's a slam dunk.
He certainly may beat the rap in court, but he's already lost in the court of public opinion and he's likely played his last down in the NFL, which will cost him tens of millions of dollars.
Jay wrote:Last I checked he wasn't yet convicted and no evidence was released. The people involved were caught red handed and aren't credible because they struck a deal out of desperation to avoid harsher sentencing. Vick so far is guilty of nothing except negligence. So, why the h8?
If you ask me, I THINK he did it, but I'll reserve my opinion until it's proven.
He has three close friends testifying he ran the show. The dog kennel was on his property. They have proof via airline flights he went to this property. It's a slam dunk.
He certainly may beat the rap in court, but he's already lost in the court of public opinion and he's likely played his last down in the NFL, which will cost him tens of millions of dollars.
Atlanta Falcons quarterback and Hampton Roads native Michael Vick has accepted a plea deal - and a likely prison sentence - to avoid additional federal charges related to a professional dogfighting operation, according to one of Vick's attorneys.
Vick is going to enter a guilty plea to the felony conspiracy charge at 10:30 a.m. next Monday, said Lawrence Woodward, one of Vick's defense attorneys.
"Mike's accepting full responsibility," Woodward said. "He's going to do everything he can personally and professionally to make this situation right."
Lead defense attorney Billy Martin issued this statement: "After consulting with his family over the weekend, Michael Vick asked that I announce today that he has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors regarding the charges pending against him. Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to those charges and to accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes he has made. Michael wishes to apologize again to everyone who has been hurt by this matter."
