Mike Vick might be back for '09 season

Vick's Prison Sentence May Be Shortened
Posted Jan 5th 2008 5:15PM by JJ Cooper
Filed under: Falcons, Atlanta, NFL Police Blotter, Featured Stories

Michael Vick might be back sooner than we think.

Humane Society and PETA picketers better keep those posters ready, as there's a chance Michael Vick could be back on the field for the 2009 season.

Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Falcons quarterback could end up serving as few as 12 months of his 23 month sentence thanks to his entry into a drug rehab program in prison. By connecting the dots, the story speculates that Vick could be back in the NFL for the 2009 season, as he would likely wrap up his sentence early next year.


Apparently the drug treatment program, which is only in place at the Leavenworth, Kan., federal penitentiary, allows inmates to wipe off up to a year of their sentence if they complete the drug treatment program. Vick has tested positive for marijuana, which ended up likely adding time to his prison sentence. But now that same drug test might end up helping him cut time from his current sentence.

Vick has to be in the program for a year, which apparently hasn't begun, so he's likely looking at a February or March 2009 release.

Now, there are several other obstacles to Vick getting back onto an NFL field. Commissioner Roger Goodell will have to end his indefinite suspension, he'll likely have to pass frequent drug tests, and probably most importantly, he'll have to find a team willing to have a dog killer on their roster, with all the bad publicity that will come with it.

But getting his prison sentence over six months or more before the 2009 season does make it much more likely that Vick will end up getting back onto the field.

 

I heard someone on a radio show a couple of months ago who mentioned this provision and that Vick and his team 'set up' the positive test so he could participate in this program.

 

Drugs may be a problem, but it's the dog fighting and killing that got him caught and is the more upsetting of his crimes to me. Maybe we should change the legal system so if "you're really, really sorry" you can diminish your sentence for anything.

 

It's the Christian thing to do, isn't it? Maybe Thelt can help us out here.

 

I say make him fill in for Steve Irwin for a couple of years so he can repay his debt to animals. If he survives then he can go back to the NFL.

 

If they ran the prisons as they should they wouldn't need rehab, just being inside should ensure being drug free.

Anyhow, the sooner they let him out the sooner he can start serving his time on state charges.

 

works for me.

 

the next pitbull farm they find where the dogs are starving and chained up, they should rub bacon all over Vick and send him in to round up the frothing dogs.

 

President Huckabee can pardon him

 

I can definitely get down with that.