Saturday 11 April 2009

Michael Vick was back in Atlanta, the city where he rose to football stardom, but as a prisoner rather than a player, an official said Friday.Felicia Ponce, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman, said the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback was moved to a medium-security unit in Atlanta from Virginia, where he had been held while attending a bankruptcy hearing last week.Ponce declined to say if authorities plan to move Vick back to a penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., where he has served most of a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting ring.Vick, 28, is scheduled to transfer to home confinement May 21 in Hampton, Va., and is set to be released from federal custody in July.The move comes as Vick is wrestling in bankruptcy court over what he has called his "exit strategy" — a plan to repay creditors with the millions he hopes to resume earning in pro football.A federal bankruptcy judge rejected the plan last week, saying there was no guarantee Vick would be able to resume his NFL career. Vick's status will be reviewed after he is released from prison, commissioner Roger Goodell has said.Vick's plan would allow him to keep the first $750,000 of his projected annual salary; creditors would get part of the rest.Vick was once one of the league's highest-paid players, but lavish spending and poor investments, coupled with the backlash from his dogfighting case, led to his downfall. He filed for bankruptcy in July, claiming assets of $16 million and debts of more than $20 million.Vick signed a 10-year, $130 million contract with the Falcons in December 2004.

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