I don't know to much about the rules and regulations for the NFL. So I guess the question is simple, Will he be able to play for another team after all this is over?
2007-08-25 04:22:36 · 15 answers · asked by Snook 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
I think he will...but he's got to do several things:
1. Accept whatever sentence he's given without bitching or whining....no blaming anything on racism.
2. Serve his time without getting into any trouble in prison.
3. When he gets out, he's got to clean up his act. No more "thug" sh*t...and that includes getting rid of his punkass thug "homeboys".
4. Constantly express remorse (whether he's serious or not)...and maybe even do some good will PR stuff. (A fund raiser for the SPCA?)
5. Obey (VERY STRICTLY) the terms of his probation. No slipping off to hit the clubs, etc.
I look for him to get a year or two in prison...and by then he'll be 29. So he should still have a couple of productive years left. It might even help make him a BETTER quarterback, since he won't have a lot of outside disctractions from endorsements and people wanting him to put in appearances, etc.
2007-08-25 04:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Roger Goodell is a hard commissioner who has vowed to clean up the NFL. The fact that Vick bankrolled the gambling aspect of the dogfighting operation may get Vick off in court somewhat, but the guidelines for the players allow Goodell to suspend Vick until he chooses to reverse that decision because he was still involved with gambling (you don't have to be convicted of illegal gambling, just the admission is enough. Check out the players that have been suspended for gambling over the years). No court can force Goodell to change his mind (the NFL job is a privilege not a right) and with Vick lying to both Goodell and Blank, face to face, this is now a personal thing between him and Vick. I predict that Vick will eventually sue the NFL to gain reinstatement, and after that fails, Vick will either go to Goodell and beg for forgiveness (not the like one) and gain reinstatement, or he will sue the NFL for lost wages (this is the one I would bet on, and may even have some legs in court). My guess is still you will never see Vick in an NFL game again.
2007-08-25 04:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by scottjones61 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At some point Vick will be allowed to return to the NFL. The question is really whether anyone will want him at that point. As far as I can tell the most likely thing thats going to happen is this: He spends somewhere between 12 and 18 mos in prison (federal charges, the time is mandatory). Most likely the commissioner of the NFL will set up his suspension so it starts when he gets out. That will most likely be another year out of football. So Mike's gonna miss at least two full seasons. Most likely, he won't be the same guy physically when he gets out. Hes at the age where your physical abilities start to erode so losing those two years is big. It's going to be a matter of if he has enough left to interest another team to take a chance on him.
2007-08-25 05:49:04 · answer #3 · answered by Buy Sam a Drink 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he's confessed his involvment in dogfighting and now he will serve his punishment. . . Even if Michael Vick sits out two years, he would only be 29 when he returned. Despite all the negativity out there about Michael Vick, love him or hate him, Michael Vick is probably one of the most talented players that have ever put on a uniform. Criminal or not Michael Vick is an amazing athlete period.
2016-04-01 15:09:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See, I don't think it's about the fact that the NFL 'won't' let him play, I'm just not sure if any team will have him back (with his off-field issues). Also, he could face jailtime anywhere between 1-5 years, in addition, the NFL and/or the Falcons still haven't come up with their own suspension for him yet.
So, let's take a few years off his NFL career... could he still come back to play... sure, why not? Will anyone have him back? Probably not.
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2007-08-25 04:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
yes, my husband says that the NFL are whores and that Vicks makes the NFL lots of money and they will let him back in as soon as the court releases him. There have been plenty of players associated with murder, drugs, beating their wives and they are still playing....it not what you do, its how much money you make for the man and right now Michael Vick is one of the most exciting and talented football players and he makes bank ... so to answer your question undoubtably.
WHICH I THINK F***ING BLOWS. but i don't make the NFL any money, so It doesn't matter what I think
2007-08-25 06:18:32 · answer #6 · answered by raycat97 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He may play PRO football again in the CFL or AFL, but to make it back to the NFL will require a lot of effort on his part. Personally, I never felt he was that good, so he was never a PRO caliber player anyway.
Who ever heard of a QB that couldn't throw the ball that well. And yet, was still considered to be a dynamic player? Yikes, if he couldn't run like he can, he'd never have been drafted....
2007-08-25 05:20:55 · answer #7 · answered by d7602002 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I used to like Michael Vick, and I don't support him in anything any more. Thank God that he is suspended indefinitely, and I don't think that it will be that he won't be allowed in the NFL(he might not though, I'm not positive). But nobody will want to be associated with him, because they don't want the bad publicity for signing him. So he probably will never be seen wearing an NFL jersey again in his life.
2007-08-25 04:37:06 · answer #8 · answered by matt f 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO !!! Gambling is at the heart of all this and this league hands out life time bans for gambling !! He might not have been betting ( heck if he was just betting he might get reinstated ) but he was financing a gambling ring. That's 10 times worse. In the NFL that's a death sentence. He made a very , very , bad decision.
2007-08-25 05:01:22 · answer #9 · answered by old-bald-one 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if the NFL wants him. He's a criminal, but, after he does his time, he'll need to make a living. If he finished college before being drafted to the NFL, he does have a "professional" plan "B" - if not, and the NFL won't let him play - guess he'll have to find a menial job.
What he did was disgusting and sickening and cruel and very stupid - but he doesn't have to pay for the crime forever - he is still a redeemable human being - if he wants to be. Arrogance is not a crime, and, I'm pretty sure, his swagger is more fearful that we can imagine - prison, and his fellow prisoners, will be hard on him.
Thumbs down welcome. :)
2007-08-25 04:42:25 · answer #10 · answered by Patti R 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋