The saga of Michael Vick continues. Following a 21 month prison sentences and consequently, 2 seasons off from Football, Michael Vick is released from prison to go under house arrest. His expected release day is mid-July.

Vick took a full time construction job to make a few extra bucks to pay back some money (he filed for bankruptcy a few months back).

So now the question comes down to this: Will M. Vick play again in the NFL?

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has said that Vick needs to do more than just apologize. He truly needs to regret what he has done.

Former Colt’s coach Tony Dungee visited Vick in prison and said that Vick has changed and wants another shot.

So what do you think? Not only if you WANT him to play in the NFL again, but CAN he play in the NFL again?

Here is my take on it:
Michael Vick has done some terrible things in his life, who hasn’t? I would bet that there are some other professional athletes who have done worse things than Vick and not been caught. Vick got caught, and service his punishment till the end. He never once pulled a Paris Hilton and cried his way back home, or use his star power to weasel out of prison. He took his punishment and faced the consequences. To me, when his time is fully up, he is just as much of a free man as you or I. He should be reinstated to the NFL and get the chance to play, if he can hack it.

Can he physically play in the NFL? I highly doubt it. It is hard to think that, even an athlete of his caliper, can take 2 years off and not miss a beat. He was a great quarterback when it came to scrambling and moving, but his arm was already sub par at best. I personally think, if he was to get reinstated, he would not be able to comeback full swing. He will not be able to help any NFL team and his comeback will be nothing more than a one time story on SportCenter.

But I truly hope that Vick gets the chance to prove me wrong.

Good Luck Michael Vick. You still have a long road ahead.

Any sports fan has heard of various curses in sports. You have the curse of the bambino, which supposedly prevented the Red Sox from winning a championship for 86 years because they traded Babe Ruth. And then there is the sports illustrated curse, which is supposed to give bad luck to everyone who graces the cover the Sports Illustrated. And yes, there is even a San Diego sports team curse-Stating that professional sports team in our lovely city cannot win any sort of championships.

Whether or not you believe in curses, they are kind of fun to follow. Here is a new one that has surfaced recently that I have been watching: The Madden video game curse. This curse causes anyone who is on the cover to get hurt the next year.

It all started in 2000 when Madden featured star running back Barry Sanders in the background of the case. Subsequently, curse or no curse, Barry Sanders did not play a single down during the 2000 season. Players soon started following that role:

• Dorsey Levens: Cover 2000. Bad new throughout season, and let go by the packs.
• Daunte Culpepper: Cover 2002-Knee injury, missed 5 games.
• Marshall Faulk: Cover 2003-After 4 1300+ seasons, ankle injury dropped is rush yards to under 1000
• Michael Vick: Cover 2004:  Broke fibular during pre season game.
• Ray Lewis: Cover 2005: Tore hamstring-missed half the season.
• Donovan McNabb: Cover 2006: After stating that the Madden curse was “A trend” and he “don’t believe in the curse at all” McNabb suffers a sports hernia in the first game of the seasons (do you hear me know….GOOD!)
• Shaun Alexander: Cover 2007: Broke book and missed 6 games during the season.
• Vince Young: Cover 2008: Hurt quadricep missed 2 games.