Falcons’ owner: Vick has paid debt to society

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The owner of the Atlanta Falcons
says Michael Vick has paid his debt to society and merits a second
chance.
    Falcons owner Arthur Blank - who once gave Vick a $130 million
contract - said Wednesday that the quarterback is taking positive
steps by wanting to work with humane societies and making other
changes in his life.
    Vick left a federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan. Wednesday
morning after serving most of a 23-month sentence for involvement
in a dogfighting ring. Blank, whose team still owns the player’s
contractual rights, said he has been in written communication with
Vick since the sentence began.
    “There’s no question Michael’s paid his debt to society,
obviously,“ Blank said during a break at the NFL owners’ meetings
in South Florida.