Posted on 08/29/2011 5:40:34 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to a six-year contract and a league source told ESPN's Andrew Brandt the deal is worth $100 million.
The Eagles made the announcement Monday night.
A league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that Vick's deal contains roughly $40 million guaranteed.
The Eagles designated Vick with their franchise player tag before the lockout and had until Sept. 20 to sign him to a multiyear contract.
Under the franchise tender, Vick was set to earn about $16 million this year. He once had a $130 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons that was the NFL's richest before losing two seasons of his career while incarcerated for 18 months in a federal prison for dogfighting.
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A gifted athlete, a true football savant when he is switched on.
But odds are he’ll get concussioned out of the NFL before he finishes the contract.
His style of football is fun to watch, but it takes a beating.
Insanity. They have good players making less than a million a year and this so-so QB gets a fortune?
Don't. He'll be flat broke in 5 years.
Perhaps Vick is rather astute at his job as a football player.
He’s not worth it and they know it.
ok
I bet he sucks this year....he was motivated last year...now that he’s got the money....watch him decline.
A Hundred Million, and he still can’t buy a dog.
And a puppy.
Congratulations Michael Vick. Well done sir.
Why I no longer follow professional sports. How much will ticket prices increase to pay such an absurd compensation package?
As an Eagles fan, I just hope he realizes how lucky he is and leads us to the Superbowl.
Earth would be a better place without this scum.
i give up
Me too. What a POS.
Sorry Iggles fans...this will go down as a big ass mistake.
Watch and see.
The market has a morality that Rand could only see as through a glass darkly.
Totally agree....I’m sick about this. This SOB doesn’t even deserve to live after how much animal killing and abuse happened by his hand.
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