The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that door, I knew the magnitude of the decision that I made, and the poor judgment, and what I allowed to happen to the animals. And, you know, it's no way of explaining the hurt and the guilt that I felt. And that was the reason I cried so many nights.

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.