Michael Vick Update

Sitting in a Kansas prison cell, Vick still dreams about evading defenders, but instead he spends his days trying to evade creditors. It seems Vick was able to hide large sums of his cash as well as he used to hide the ball on a play-action pass.

According to records, he owes over $20 million to creditors while only maintaining $16 million in assets. Where all the money went is a mystery as unsolved as Montezuma's Gold.

Recently, a team of forensic auditors were hired to trace the money. What they discovered so far is that Vick is as stupid with money as he is making personal decisions.

He bought several houses and a farm, all now confiscated, bought in to a rental car franchise in Atlanta and lost lots of cash on a liquor store and restaurant. His two yachts are now anchored at new owners' homes and his $60,000 race horse he hoped to stud dropped dead of disease. Gee, he has no luck with animals at all.

Then there's the IRS and State of Georgia waiting for over $1 million in back taxes, as well as continuing law suits from the Falcons to retrieve some of their cash. Something tells me the tax man will wind up being first in line.

Then there were his mother and all the friends he hired. You can't be a star without a posse and they won't hang around for free. So he found jobs for all of them. Of course, they're all on the street now, but not before bleeding him for lots of cash.

His gave his mother $317,000 to donate to her church for a new building and lots of other expensive trinkets. He bought cars for her and other family members and gave lavish parties.

Lastly, there was the $928,000 Vick agreed to contribute to finance the care of the mangled but undead dogs from the enterprise that caused this downfall. They live comfortably on a ranch in Utah and were recent stars of a National Geographic special.  They had the last laugh, or last bark, on Vick.

Of course he IS still earning a paycheck. The state of Kansas pays him a hefty 12¢ an hour for his prison work. But I hear he blows all that in the prison commissary. Boy, some people just don't learn the fundamentals of saving do they?

But he is set to be released in July, just in time for NFL mini camps. His agent is already working behind the scenes to land him a deal. I wonder how that's going? Could you imagine the reception he'd get from the Browns' "Dog Pound?"

What NFL team would be so desperate? You think no one would want him and then you think of all the other Pacmen and T.O.'s and all the rest and you think, Jerry Jones!  Hey now, there's a guy who would hire Satan if he could get them back in Super Bowl.

With Romo hobbled and seemingly only interested in Jessica Simpson anyway, I'll bet Vick's agent has Jerry in his "Circle."  Wanna bet who else might be there? How 'bout Al Davis? He's been wanting to bring that "Crazy SOB" mentality back to the Raiders. 

Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall during those negotiations? And if they are successful and Vick does land another gig, what kind of shape will a two-year convict be in, both physically and mentally?

One things for sure, the Michael Vick story is FAR from being finished. I just wanted to get everyone back up to speed so you'll be caught up when it gets interesting again.