Suspended NFL star and Virginia Tech icon Michael Vick is leaving a job with a Virginia construction company to work at with local Boys & Girls clubs in the Hampton area.
Vick will be working with children on health and fitness activities at several clubs in that area. Vick has been an advocate for the program since he entered the NFL in 2001.
Vick had been working at that construction job since late May, when he was released from federal penitentiary in Leavenworh, Kansas, to serve the final three months of a 23-month sentence under home confinement.
He needed a job to meet the conditions of his probation, and the construction job paid $10 an hour, but this move in work will be easier for Vick to assimilate with. As a kid growing up, Vick regularly attended the Boys & Girls club in Newport News.
According to the Associated Press, Vick's lawyers were in US Bankruptcy Court in Norfolk on Tuesday. Attorney Paul Campsen outlined the highlights of Vick's revised bankruptcy plan, which was still being drafted, at a status hearing. Campsen assured the U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro that he would have no trouble filing the document by Thursday's deadline.
Santoro rejected Vick's first plan in April, saying it was not feasible. Among his concerns was the plan heavily depended upon Vick coming back to play professional football, and that he was hanging on to too many assets. According to reports, his first bankruptcy plan would have allowed him to keep the first $750,000 of his annual salary, and Vick also intended to keep two houses and several cars.
The biggest questions surrounding any plan to come out of bankruptcy for Vick is sticking in the NFL. He would not only have to sign a contract with a team, but remain in the league for a sustained period of time to reclaim the debt he currently faces.
Two weeks ago, the Atlanta Falcons released Vick, after numerous attempts to trade the troubled star failed.
His home confinement sentence ends July 20, and it is unclear when or if NFL Commissioner Roger Gooddell will meet with Vick to discuss reinstating him to the league.
Gooddell has not confirmed he will immediately speak with Vick on the issue. While still in prison, Vick was visited by former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy, widely known as a deeply spiritual sports personality.
Dungy has been a big advocate for Vick's second chance in the NFL, and has said he will also talk to the commissioner if Gooddell would like to hear from him.
It is unclear whether Vick will continue the job at the Boys and Girl's club past the time of the completion of his sentence.
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Michael Vick quit his job at the Boys and Girls Club on July 17, three weeks after he started. His sentence was complete, and he was no longer required to work.
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