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Roger Goodell speaks on Michael Vick
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27/08/2007 00:27:25
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
 
 
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Forum:
Sports
Category:
Football
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01250379
Message ID:
01250570
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>Well, the one thing Vick has to look up to, is he has established a new bar for amount thrown away for something stupid:
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>http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/printedition/2007/08/26/vickloss0826a.html

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>Aside from Pete Rose (whose problems began after retirement), I can't recall any major sports figure who "fell from grace" this fast and this hard. And I have zero, absolutely zero sympathy for him.
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>I see the Falcons may look to recoup $22 million in bonuses - but most media reports of this seem to miss one point....if the Falcons terminate his contract (which I think they should), then they essentially forfeit the right to go after the signing bonus.

I heard on ESPN that they would benefit the most if they waited until June to cut him. Something about salary cap stuff that I have no clue about.
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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