I mean, I was just one of the ones who got exposed, and because of the position I was in, where I was in my life, it went mainstream. A lot of people got out of it after my situation, not because I went to prison but because it was sad for them to see me go through something that was so pointless, that could have been avoided.

It contained a team option for the 2010 season worth $5 million. The judgment of $1. During the season Vick appeared on the cover of an ESPN The Magazine issue.

Hurt financially by the loss of his NFL salary and product endorsement deals combined with previous financial mismanagement Vick filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2008. In April 2007 Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate dog fighting ring that had operated for five years.