05-20-2009, 08:28 PM
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Falcons owner Blank backs Vick
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The Associated Press reports Arthur Blank won't bring Michael Vick back to Atlanta. That doesn't mean the Falcons' owner wouldn't want to see the tarnished quarterback receive a second chance in the NFL.
Hours after Vick left a federal penitentiary after serving most of a 23-month sentence for financing a dogfighting ring, Blank -- who once gave Vick a 10-year, $130 million contract -- said Wednesday that the once-charismatic star quarterback is taking positive steps by wanting to work with humane societies and making other changes in his life.
"I believe in second chances," Blank said shortly before the NFL Spring Meeting ended in South Florida. "I believe in redemption."
Even for Vick, who clearly was a Blank favorite when he wore No. 7 for the Falcons and not No. 33765-183 in the federal prison system. Blank famously pushed Vick on the field in a wheelchair when the quarterback had a broken leg in 2003 and exchanged letters with the quarterback during Vick's time in prison.
The working relationship -- player and owner -- ended with Vick's betrayal. The personal relationship, somehow, has persevered.
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