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Vick expects to make $10 million a year

Under the “heartwarming comeback story” category comes this news from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, which states that Michael Vick has filed papers with a bankruptcy court where he claims he’ll be making $10 million a year or more in the NFL upon his release from prison.

In a March 4 court filing, Vick’s attorneys say he “has every reason to believe upon his release, he will be reinstated into the NFL, resume his career and be able to earn a substantial living.”

“He is hopeful to play quarterback,” Daniel Meachum, an attorney and business manager for Vick, said in an interview. “There is no person with his talent in that position in all the league.”

Under the plan he submitted to the court, Vick would keep the first $750,000 of his annual income over the next five years. After that, a percentage would go to his creditors based on a sliding scale.

Hmmmm.  $10 million a year, huh?  Assuming he gets re-instated by Goodell, Mikey (and his agents/leeches) are then banking on the fact that some team is willing to take a chance on him after not playing football for 3 years, and having one of the worst public images in sports.   Maybe a touch of wishful thinking there?  I could potentially see Vick getting a super-incentive-laden, back-loaded deal somewhere desperate (Detroit, Washington), but he’s probably not going to be seeing that kind of money any time soon after his release.

The AJC article suggests that he’d have a better chance trying to return to the NFL as a RB.  I suggest that Vick work on not being such a collossal failure as a human being first, and then he can worry about raking in the benjamins.

Of course, Vick probably owes a lot of money to a lot of angry people, and he hasn’t proven himself to be particularly bright, so I don’t really expect this to turn out too well in the end.  I can see Mike making in appearance in the WWE, or hawking Snuggies on late night TV in the not-too-distant future.