Vick cleared by NFL
The NFL has completed its investigation into the shooting at Michael Vick's birthday party last month in Virginia Beach and he has been cleared to play, a league spokesman told the Daily News today.
Vick cleared by NFL
Paul Domowitch, Daily News NFL Columnist
UPDATED:
Michael Vick arrived at Lehigh today and answered questions from the media. Here is a sampling of what he said:
* He said he should have listened to his mother and kept the party private, rather than allowing the public in.
* Vick says he found out about shooting "15-20 mins" after it happened "from a friend." Vick said he went to the authorities to explain what his role was.
* Vick said it "wasn't a pleasant conversation" when Vick told Andy Reid about the shooting.
* Vick says he wants to sit down with comissioner Roger Goodell when Goodell visits Eagles camp next week and "look him in the eye." He said he spoke with Goodell on the phone last week.
* He said he knows he's on his "last chance" and knows he shouldn't have put himself in that situation where something like the shooting could happen.
* “Two to three weeks ago I was curious if I was going to make it to training camp … I didn’t do anything wrong … The whole time I was confident that I was going to be here.”
* “Everything in my life is a work in progress. I never thought something like that would happen. If I knew I never would have showed up. There was a lot of thins I could have done to avoid a situation like that, but I didn’t.”
* "You never want anyone to get shot. You never want anyone to get harmed ... if certain people would have never showed up, it never would have happened."
EARLIER:
The NFL has completed its investigation into the shooting at Michael Vick's birthday party last month in Virginia Beach and he has been cleared to play, a league spokesman told the Daily News today.
In an email, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said, "there is no change in his playing status."
The league could have disciplined Vick under the personal conduct policy even though police have said Vick will not be charged. Vick's attorney has said he was gone from the scene before the shooting took place.
Vick reportedly met with comissioner Roger Goodell, with Goodell urging Vick to tighten his circle to family and close friends. The NFL has said it will not comment on what it deems private conversations between players and Goodell.
The announcement comes as Vick, rookies and selected veterans are scheduled to report to Lehigh today for the start of training camp.
Vick is expected to answer questions from reporters for the first time since the incident.
Quanis Phillips, one of Vick's codefendants in the dogfighting ring, was shot in the leg outside the party.
Virginia Beach police say they know the identity of the shooter but cannot file charges because witnesses are being uncooperative.
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In other news, left guard Todd Herremans is among the selected veterans expected to report today.
Herremans, who has started more Eagles games than any member of the offense, missed much of the spring with pain in his foot. It was the same foot that required surgery that caused him to miss the first five games last season.
Herremans has seen a specialist and has said the foot is fine.
dang. I thought this was going to force him out of here.— Freddy
Comment removed.- I was hoping they would at least suspend him and force the Eagles to release him and sign another QB. Looks like we're stuck with him for another year. I guess when Lurie said he had zero margin for error he meant zero plus 1.— John663
HAHAHA!! Thats for all of the idiots like BILL20 who swore that vick broke the law or his probation and wouldnt be playing football again. HA! let the games begin! go birds.- Too bad I was looking forward to watching the Eagles this year. Oh well let me know when Vick is gone so I can pay attention again to the so-called gold standard (where gold really equals tin).— wickedworld
- i guess we will have to put with mike and marcus convick for a little while longer,he can always go to Shortywood and work for Shorty the Pit Boss after his career tanks..LOL....wolf.— wolf 4
- HAH! Good! GOOD! You f'n dopes that hate for no reason.......KISS IT! This includes freddythe freak, cleanupphillyHoles, john663jerk, wickedworldwoman and wolf4nonsense! How do y'all like them apples? Or should I say HOWL do y'all like them paws? HAH! GO MIKE VICK GO! Go EAGLES!!!!!
The Great Mike Vick Has Returned!!! B'S!!!!!! Put that in your meth pipe and smoke it!!!! Go somewhere else with your racist HATE and SUPPORT the f'in TEAM!! "Vick: STARTING NFL QB by WEEK 6"— elijah29- Wow - Todd Herremans has started the most Eagles games for this offense?? These are indeed uncertain times we live in...— KDH
- Don't worry people. He will do something else stupid before the season starts. There is still hope that he won't be an Eagle.
- To all you Vick nay-sayers who would the Eagles sign as a back-up to replace Vick...Jeff Garcia??? lol He's nothing but a slower version with a weaker arm. And Bill20 is a dunce.— salt
its only a matter of time before the wolf sheds its sheeps clothing and actually gets caught doing so.. just think, mike vick would still be hanging dogs if he was never caught. you know, its funny what getting CAUGHT will do. eventually, he will be CAUGHT up again. this time, he just wasnt caught enough, but soon his pants will be down...notice the sarcasm and attention i am giving to the word CAUGHT?- This is an average team and Vick is probably an average quarterback at this point....this is where he belongs— Hearts
- Somewhere, Bill20 is in the fetal position, sobbing. LOL— mlr710
VickHaters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR PROMISE that you will not watch this team anymore, write useless,angry rants towards, or even read about the team, please. You are wasting everybody's time with all your useless, negative energy. You are not God, or Jesus or any of His disciples. Stay in your small-minded world if you cannot see the error in YOUR ways, AND forgive the errors of others. Real Human Beings, do not always do everything right, we need to do the next right thing, when we make errors in judgement. Build a bridge and get over it, or move on to golf or watching the Cowkissers instead.
