Vick ordered to stay in PA, according to NBC
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Vick ordered to stay in PA, according to NBC
Jonathan Tamari and Jeff McLane
Michael Vick has been denied traveling privileges and is not allowed to leave the state of Pennsylvania, according to a report from NBC 10.
He has recently missed two scheduled appearances out of state, one in Baltimore and one in Atlanta, according to the report.
Vick's travel is at the discretion of his probation officer, as it has been since he was released from federal prison a year ago. The latest restriction could affect his ability to play for the Eagles. Vick could, however, be permitted to leave the state for work purposes.
The Eagles had no official response.
In regards to a Yahoo!Sports report that the option of cutting Vick is "absolutely" on the table, per a high-ranking Eagles source, the team maintained its stance that any "report or speculation that suggests the Eagles are considering releasing Vick are not true."
The story comes after one of Vick's co-defendants in his dog-fighting case was shot outside the quarterback's birthday party, June 25. Vick was not considered a suspect in the case, according to police. The local prosecutor has told reporters that Vick was involved in a "confrontation" before the incident but was not involved in the shooting.
An Eagles official has called the use of the word confrontation a "mischaracterization."
I don't see this as a bad thing. Barring him from traveling protects him against retaliation to and from others in my opinion. He'll be in camp for the next few weeks prior to traveling with the team, so this may be a blessing in disguise. If he was prohibited from leaving VA, then I would be concerned, but since it's the place of employment (PA), no concern at all.— floydcutter
floydcutter: You don't really understand how the world works too well, do you. He will not be in camp, except maybe a prison camp. Maybe you should have paid better attention during civics class?- eaglefaninAZ if you read the article again you will see his traveling privileges are at the discretion of his probation officer he made the call to restrict him to PA.— fly4philly
- May the curse continue for the Eagles, No Superbowl for 39 more years...— nutterbutter
- I don't expect the Eagle Front Office to be forthcoming about this, or any other team activity. They have been notoriously full of hot air when it comes to what they are really doing. People pinning their position based on front office statements are going to be be disappointed that they have been misled, again. The rest of us that know how this game is played realize exactly how they will handle this, which is to limit their own culpability and then dump him when the story will be overshadowed by other breaking events in the world around us. I think duing MLB allstar break is a good time, this way they will hope they can fly under the radar with their tacit admissions that signing him was a huge mistake from the very beginning.
- The Eagles will soon have no choice but to cut this loser.... They know it, we all know it!! Yes, Lurie, Banner, and Reid, you are NOT SMARTER than everyone else this time!!!!— warreninrochester
- Does PA have a reciprocal agreement with Virginia? Can we send all of our convicts on Parole to Newport News?— ChrisFromMaxs
- Ha! Like a dog in a cage!!! oh.... wait.....— Bello100
- In response to eaglefaninAZ who complained about the writing in the article it says, "Vick's travel is at the discretion of his probation officer, as it has been since he was released from federal prison a year ago."— mindstorms
- eaglefaninAZ - "...his probation officer.."— robinlupe
- The Eagles shouldn't have gotten rid of McNabb. They'll be sorry they did, especially with Vick GO PHILLIES!!! P-H-I-L-L-I-E-S!!!!— SallyAnn
- Jsffrey Lurie promised ZERO TOLERANCE for Vick... Lurie will keep his word and fire Vick.— Bill20
- chain him to a fence and hook batterie cables from a 2500 volt john deere batterie to his toes,..turn on the power and let the rains fall from the sky,.....this is what this guy did to many, upon many dogs,....Hey Big Red-..cut this guy now and sign Jeff Garcia before some other team does and we'll be out of luck— SyddBarrett
- Everyone with a brain knows that Vick was involved, probably even ordered the event to happen... thats why is car went in that direction, duh, we know the Gold Standard boy is covered by this pathetic organization though.... Good Luck Egals, 2-14 for years is among you. Enjoy!— Bello100
- Please release him, let him go!— peteinmich
