Mike Vick might be playing football in prison, hard to tell really

April 8th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

Did you guys hear the one about former NFL star Michael Vick playing football in prison? Imagine that: a Pro Bowl quarterback playing against prison talent; he must be lighting up the scoreboard! (Do they have scoreboards in prison?) Have you also heard the one about Mike Vick not playing football in prison? What a drag, huh?

So who are we to believe in this time of peril? I’m not sure.

“Apparently, there was a prison football team and he played quarterback for both sides,” Blank told the Daily News.

However, federal prison officials told the Journal-Constitution that Vick did not arrive at the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Camp in time to participate in the facility’s football season.

When told of Blank’s account of Vick’s football activity at the prison, a spokesman for Leavenworth sounded “incredulous,” according to the Journal-Constitution.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Kevin Johnson told the newspaper.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons told the Journal-Constitution, however, that Vick might be throwing a football in his free time.

“It’s not unheard of for inmates to toss around a football,” spokesperson Tracy Billingsley told the newspaper. “But there just are no games until the fall.”

She also clarified to the newspaper that the inmates play only flag football at the facility.

So Vick might be playing football, or he might just be tossing the ball around, or he might not be doing anything of the sort. I’m not sure which source I trust here. (If anyone is reading this site from the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Camp, feel free to e-mail us with the details. Don’t expect us to become pen pals, though.)

One thing I do know: Prison Mike is lurking around the halls of the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Camp. Mr. Vick, I’d watch your back: