According to a report, Michael Vick will be allowed back into the NFL for the 2009 season, however he’ll need to serve an additional four game suspension. The report, which courtesy of ESPN, says that Roger Goodell will make this announcement at some point next week.
If Vick is suspended for the first four games of the season, that could really hurt his chances of catching on with a team. He’ll already have trouble finding work as it is. Would a team be willing to invest in Vick even though he still will face a suspension? Perhaps not.
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Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL, has started to consider the futures of Plaxico Burress and Michael Vick. How long will Burress and Vick get suspended? We will likely find out relatively soon.
The Burress situation will be more difficult for Goodell to figure out. Burress is facing gun charges but his trial has been delayed. Will Goodell punish Burress with an NFL suspension even before his case is heard in front of a judge? Most experts believe that Goodell could very well suspend Burress for at least the first couple games of the 2009 NFL season — whether or …read more