Vick leaving construction job to work with youth
Jason Hirschfeld/AP
Michael Vick’s lawyers say a new bankruptcy plan gives creditors more of his future earnings.
Published: June 30, 2009
NORFOLK — Suspended NFL Star Michael Vick is leaving a job with a Virginia construction company to work with youngsters at Boys & Girls Clubs.
Steven Kast, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula, says Vick will be working with children on health and fitness activities at several clubs in the Hampton Roads area. Vick was a regular at the Boys & Girls Club in Newport News as a youngster.
Vick needed a job to meet the conditions of his probation and had been working as a $10-an-hour laborer.
Vick, whose lawyers were in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Norfolk on Tuesday, is in house arrest for the last two months of a nearly two-year sentence for operating a dogfighting ring.
His lawyers say a new bankruptcy plan gives creditors more of his future earnings.
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Final point, Vick is still HUGE in the Hampton/NN area despite the felony. Even more so among Black youths, and the BG club he went to is right in The Hood. If his head is on straight he can do a good job here, more so than shoveling dirt.
Some interesting thoughts on here…that’s for sure.
(1) I DO agree that working with disadvantaged/at risk youth IS a real job - no doubt about it. And - I agree that it is a job that is needed greatly.
(2) richmond4real’s comment about being a convicted felon AND working at the B&G club is a bit interesting..I think he/she nailed it on the head by saying that others probably applied for and were turned down for similar jobs there b/c of their record(s) and here Vick gets put on
(3) HOPEFULLY it is a win/win situation - a win for the disadvantaged/at risk youth and the B&G club - and…<<shudder>>...even a win for Vick himself.
(4)...but…I do take some objection as to what one poster stated “who better than Vick…to talk/work with these youths”...well….let’s see…he received a “slap” on the wrist with the time he rec’d (in my opinion) and he has all of the “supporters” out there…doesn’t sound like the kids will think that people actually get punished for doing things wrong b/c here is vick free after just a short time, driving his fancy car, living in a fancy house, wearing his fancy threads….and telling them how much he has “suffered”...LOL R U Kidding me?
Come on, this was not community service. He was only required to get a job (of his choosing). So what if he didn’t want to work in 95 degree heat. Would you?
Maybe we can get Vick to come play for the new arena team chesterfield will be getting. I’ll pay top dollar to go watch the games and laugh at him. Does anyone know why he quit the contruction job? I’m wondering if he feels its beneath him. If he does, he’ll never amount to anything else in his life. I’d love to be a fly on the wall at the B&G club to see what “work” HE will actually be doing. Something tells me not much. Everyone else there works alot, but prob not Mr V. I was thinking good thoughts about him be humble and working the first job. Now not sure what to think other than he hasnt learned anything about humility especially since he needs to show some to get back into the NFL. He needs to think of another future.
As soon as Vick scores his first TD for whatever team he signs a deal with, the cheering will continue. We Americans have too short of attention spans to stick with a cause of any kind.
...and then there was a collected sigh of relief. Thanks mjrichmond.
V of R. Those are some very insightful comments about the issue-at-hand. The forum would be at a loss without your thought provoking posts. Thank again my friend, you have clearly made me see the light.
Please don’t waste anymore of your precious time with us here, I am sure you have plenty of typos to comment on in other forums.
He can work for whomever chooses to hire him and there is nothing anyone can do about it bottom line.
You only showed your true IGNORANCE by saying i can hire animal abusers, child molesters, and violent offenders if i want to for MY company. Hopefully the “judicial” system will put those people away and i wont need to hire them.
mjrichmond have you always been so bitter or is it something you acquired in one of your votech classes? Whatever the reason just be mindful that you clearly confirm my statement.
San, your sense of entitlement is showing. A worker has absolutely no “right” to work at their job. The company keeps you there because you provide a service for which you get paid for.
And what does compassion have to do with Michael Vick blowing his career in the NFL?? No one is saying that he cant work…he just cant play ball in the NFL which is a private business. How about this when you start you own business you can hire all the animal abusers, child molesters, violent offenders you want. That is your “RIGHT”!!
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