Sources: Vick suspension near By Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports August 12, 2007 Jason Cole Yahoo! Sports Two NFL sources said that commissioner Roger Goodell likely will announce this week or next the suspension of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick for the 2007 season. "That's the direction it's going and has been from the time this started," one of the sources said this week. In July, Goodell told Vick not to report to training camp in the aftermath of a federal indictment for his alleged involvement in dogfighting on a property he owned in Virginia. Vick has since been arraigned on the matter and is facing trial in November. What is unclear is whether Vick will be allowed to return to the Falcons this season if he is acquitted. This offseason, Goodell suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones for the entire season but added stipulations that could allow Jones to return earlier if he clears his record. Said the other source: "The plan was to make sure it was announced before the season. Given what everybody has seen from what (league) security found and what the feds are telling us, there's really no choice." From a public relations standpoint, the NFL would like the matter dealt with before the opening week of the season. The feeling is that if the league can resolve the matter now, any further news on Vick will not detract from the buildup to the season. The NFL has examined the indictment against Vick at length and has conducted a quasi-investigation of its own. The league has not interviewed anyone associated with the case, but it has pored over as many public documents as it could find. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_y...45nYcB?slug=jc-vick081207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns "Listen, we're sickened by the allegations and the predicament Michael put himself in," Goodell said. "But there are a lot of things in the indictment that concern the NFL that may not be of a greater concern from a law enforcement standpoint."
As long as it takes them to calculate the cap hit for '07, '08, and '09. I figured they would suspend him for the year, though it's funny they would do it now that the furor has died down.
i think mike vick is as guilty as OJ, but I just think the NFL is getting into a dangerous game here with their suspending people before they even go to trial. granted, he wouldn't be able to play this year anyway with the distractions and such, but all it's going to take is for one suspended player to get cleared before the league comes out with yolk on their face.
I just wish the Falcons would get rid of him all together, and no one else wanted him. This story just makes me sick to my stomach.
Does he really think he is innocent? I don't read much of the stories about Vick because it makes me so mad.
NFL Radio was saying they would take a $7mil hit this year and nothing next year if they cut him this year. So if they were going to do it, this would be the year to do it.
Vick? No. OJ? It almost doesn't even matter. I do find it fun to yank chains about it, especially since the prosecutors bungled the case so badly.
Why should the NFL care about the results of a trial. They are a private employer with a code of conduct. They should police it however they choose.
