Rpt: Vick can sign, must sit four - Sportsnet.ca
Guys and our gentlemen that hunt or have hunted, I'd really like your view on this.
I was never a fan of Michael Vick's, but I'm glad this saga is over and I'm glad he's back. He's committed the crime and he's done his time, and now he's got 4 more games of suspension and he's back in the NFL baby.
Do you think animal rights groups and animal lover fans should leave him alone now?
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. -- Michael Vick might soon discover just who's interested in giving him a second chance.
Two people familiar with the meeting confirmed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Vick, agent Joel Segal and two other members of the suspended quarterback's team met Wednesday at a security firm in New Jersey. The two people requested anonymity because the league hasn't acknowledged the meeting.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello declined to confirm the meeting when contacted by The Associated Press on Thursday and insisted no decisions on Vick's future have been made.
"This is a serious matter," Aiello said in an email. "We are engaging in a careful and thoughtful process."
ESPN reported on its website Thursday night that sometime next week Goodell is expected to announce a conditional reinstatement of Vick, which would allow Vick to go to training camp if he signed with a team but that could also include a four-game suspension.
Goodell told the AP on Tuesday, a day after Vick was released from federal custody, that he hoped to make a decision "in the near future."
Goodell suspended Vick indefinitely in August 2007 after the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback admitted bankrolling the "Bad Newz Kennels" dogfighting operation. Goodell has said Vick must show remorse and signs that he has changed before he would consider reinstating him.
SI.com first reported the meeting at Buckley Petersen Global Inc. in Allendale.
RICHMOND, Va. -- Michael Vick might soon discover just who's interested in giving him a second chance.
Two people familiar with the meeting confirmed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Vick, agent Joel Segal and two other members of the suspended quarterback's team met Wednesday at a security firm in New Jersey. The two people requested anonymity because the league hasn't acknowledged the meeting.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello declined to confirm the meeting when contacted by The Associated Press on Thursday and insisted no decisions on Vick's future have been made.
"This is a serious matter," Aiello said in an email. "We are engaging in a careful and thoughtful process."
ESPN reported on its website Thursday night that sometime next week Goodell is expected to announce a conditional reinstatement of Vick, which would allow Vick to go to training camp if he signed with a team but that could also include a four-game suspension.
Goodell told the AP on Tuesday, a day after Vick was released from federal custody, that he hoped to make a decision "in the near future."
Goodell suspended Vick indefinitely in August 2007 after the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback admitted bankrolling the "Bad Newz Kennels" dogfighting operation. Goodell has said Vick must show remorse and signs that he has changed before he would consider reinstating him.
SI.com first reported the meeting at Buckley Petersen Global Inc. in Allendale.
I was never a fan of Michael Vick's, but I'm glad this saga is over and I'm glad he's back. He's committed the crime and he's done his time, and now he's got 4 more games of suspension and he's back in the NFL baby.
Do you think animal rights groups and animal lover fans should leave him alone now?
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