That wasn't the way that things was supposed to be. And all because the so-called culture that I thought was right, that I thought it was cool, and I thought it was fun, and it was exciting at the time. It all led to me laying in a prison bunk by myself with no one to talk to but myself.

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.