While Michael Vick has a long way to go before he needs to worry about football again, any thoughts that one day he might resume his career with a CFL franchise had cold water poured on them Friday.
In response to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's suspension Friday of Vick from the NFL, CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon released a short but succinct press release advising that Mr. Vick's Canadian options were for now none.
“In response to media inquiries regarding the possibility of Michael Vick playing in the CFL, I would like to clarify that any NFL players, who are currently under contract or serving a suspension, are prohibited from signing a CFL player contract as outlined by the League’s governing documents.”
In effect it's the Ricky Rule, put into place after last years adventure with former Miami Dolphin Ricky Williams, who served out an NFL drug suspension rambling around various CFL fields for the Toronto Argonauts.
Since then, the CFL has fallen into line with NFL suspensions and no longer will bring up any NFL talent until re-instated by the NFL.
Judging by the backlash against Vick's extra curricular activities with fighting dogs, it may be awhile before he is given the opportunity to take a snap again, for the moment he's a rather toxic individual, which makes him a rather huge risk for any team either in Canada or the USA.
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