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Vick's New Job: Construction Worker

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 2, 2009 5:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Lawyers for Michael Vick say the incarcerated football player “is going to turn a new leaf,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. In bankruptcy court in Virginia today, one of Vick’s attorneys said the convicted dogfighter has a $10-an-hour construction job lined up for him when he gets out of prison in a few months. Vick's agent testified that he could be back in the NFL in September, which would go a long way toward helping him settle with creditors.

The home of former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in Duluth, Ga. will be auctioned off to pay his debts.
The home of former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in Duluth, Ga. will be auctioned off to pay his debts.   (AP Photo)
Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.
Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.   (AP Photo)
Attorneys wheel boxes of material into the US Federal Courthouse for a bankruptcy hearing for Michael Vick in Newport News, Va.
Attorneys wheel boxes of material into the US Federal Courthouse for a bankruptcy hearing for Michael Vick in Newport News, Va.   (AP Photo)
Two of Vick's lawyers in the bankruptcy case.
Two of Vick's lawyers in the bankruptcy case.   (AP Photo)
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COMMENTS
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Mr.C
Apr 3, 2009 12:17 PM CDT
all for dogfighting? wow -
riffran
Apr 3, 2009 9:33 AM CDT
Sports icons like he WAS, should be held to a higher standard...The rewards for great play ar tremendous, so should be the punishments
bacimom
Apr 3, 2009 8:37 AM CDT
Yes for dogfighting! Well deserved. jail time .. but don't put him in an industry with no jobs for real construction workers where he can take the food off their tables. Give him a job no one wants like picking up poop at a shelter.

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