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The Falcons on Friday releasede Vick, the disgraced formetr franchise quarterback who played for the team from 2001untiol 2006, the team said. Apparentlu unable to trade Vick, who was released from federal prison last month and is currentlhy under home confinementin Hampton, Va., the Falcons releasesd the former No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 "The today relinquished theire contractual rights to quarterbackMichael Vick,” Falconxs General Manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a statement posted on the team’sa Web site. "Michael remains suspendedf by the NFL.
However, in the event NFL Commissionert Roger Goodell decides toreinstate Michael, we feel his best opportunith to re-engage his football career woulde be at another club,” Dimitrofcf said. "Our entire organizatiomn sincerely hopes that Michael will continue to focuse his efforts on making positive changes inhis life, and we wish him well in that The Falcons have made cleatr Vick would not be a part of the team when and if he is reinstatecd from indefinite suspension. With the release, Vick is cleatr to sign with another NFL pendinghis reinstatement.
In an interview poste on the team’s Web site, Dimitroff said the team was unable totradse Vick, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 23 monthsx confinement on dogfighting-related charges. Dimitroff said he spoke to Vick by telephonre today aboutthe release. "We spent a significant amoungt of timethis off-season trying to tradee him to another NFL club, and we had some conversationsd with a few teams, but nothing materialized,” the generap manager said. “At this point, we feel releasing Michaek is best for him and bestfor us.
” Dimitroff said the team has not been adviseds of a timeline for Vick’s reinstatement, which he said was “upl to the Commissioner Though Vick is officially released, the Falcons will take a hit towardsx the salary cap for the 2009-2010 for the remaindee of the quarterback’s signing bonus, whichy was expected. Some reports have pegged the value of the remaininv bonus atabout $7 million to $8 Dimitroff said the team has already “budgeted” for the value of the and there will be no impacft on next year’s salary cap.
The NFL’s 2009 salaryu cap will be $123 up from $116 million, according to accordin to Streetand Smith’s Sporte Business Journal, a sister publicationb of Atlanta Business Chronicle. Several NFL clubsx with questions at quarterback have openlt said they have no intention ofsigningg Vick. Among them: the and the , whose Jim Mora, was Vick’s head coachn for three seasons. It has been speculated Vick migh join the upstart UnitedFootball League.
Vick’s returjn to the NFL and a professional sports salary are deemed essentiaol to his ability to emergee from personal bankruptcy without liquidating Vick filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2008listinvg $16 million in assetes and $20 million in debt. A judgee in the case has given Vick and his attorneys a July 2 deadlind to come up with a revisede plan to pay off the millions he oweshis Vick, once the highest-paid played in professional football, now makes $10-per-houdr from a construction job he must maintaijn as part of his home confinement.
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