Bankrupt Vick's lawyers pitch new payment plan

Once and possibly future American football star Michael Vick will provide creditors with more money under a new Chapter 11 bankruptcy repayment plan outlined at a court hearing on Tuesday.

Paul Campsen, attorney for the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, detailed a new plan set to be filed Thursday in place of a plan rejected in April as unworkable.

The new version would see Vick surrender 75,000 of the first 750,000 dollars he earns, rather than keep the entire sum as in the first plan, and pay more than originally planned on income beyond 750,000 dollars.

Vick, 29, is serving home confinement in the last weeks of a 23-month prison sentence for his role in backing a dogfighting ring and is set to be freed on July 20, just in time for National Football League training camps.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will wait until Vick's sentence is complete before deciding if a player who once dazzled gridiron fans with his running speed and passing ability will be allowed to return to the 32-team league.

Vick would have to find a team willing to sign him, although some are expected to take a chance despite likely protests from animal groups that objected to Vick's role in destroying dogs that did not perform well in fights.

Vick was working in a construction job but the Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported Tuesday that he will work at Boys and Girls Clubs as an aide in summer youth programs, doing community service as well as being paid.