Posted Dec 7th 2008 4:05PM by JJ Cooper
As Michael Vick got ready to head to prison, he had one last errand to run. Some soon-to-be convicts may stop to see some friends or family on their way to the penitentiary, but Vick swung by a Mercedes dealership and picked out a, S-class Mercedes. He whipped out his debit card and paid the $99,589.71 bill in full.
It's hard to figure how a Mercedes will make you happy when you can't drive it (and where it depreciates while you sit in prison), but a lot of Vick's spending doesn't make sense for anyone who hasn't been a multi-millionaire. That $100,000 or so he spent on the Mercedes was only part of a $210,000 spending spree on Vick's final day of freedom.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution story that examines Vick's dwindling finances spells out a man who tried to take care of his friends and family (he bought his mom a house and two cars, had a sister on payroll and sent money to his three kids and their mothers). He tried to do some charitable work, although most of the money he donated to his Michael Vick Foundation ended up going to pay a fundraiser an outlandish salary -- only 12 percent of Vick's donation actually went to help the children in Newport News he was trying to help.
But it also spells out the story of a quarterback who threw away money like he always expected there would be more to come. He bought four houses and a condo, 11 cars and $450,000 in jewelry. Now almost all of it is gone. After filing for bankruptcy, Vick has been allowed to keep one house (his mother's), $5,000 in clothes and a retirement account with $96 in it. For a man who once had so much, Vick will have to learn to make do with a whole lot less once he gets out of prison.
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/12/07/v...539x1200979720
Michael Vick Bought a Mercedes-Benz to Drive Himself to Prison
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