The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that Falcons quarterback Michael Vick missed a meeting with members of Congress regarding concerns about lack of funding for after school programs.

Before anyone, myself included, starts in about Vick’s lack of class and so forth, it should be noted that flight delays in Tampa caused him to miss the meeting. Apparently he played in Warrick Dunn’s golf tournament in Tampa and was scheduled to fly to Washington but due to flight delays in Tampa, he missed his connection in Atlanta.

But this is the quote that I thought was particularly telling, it comes from Vick’s publicist, Susan Bass.

“‘It honestly was not his fault,’ Bass said. ‘He was trying to do the right thing.’

This is a guy who is such a mess off the field and has such questionable character that his publicist has to defend him when HE MISSES A FLIGHT.

In other news, Vick is so concerned about the lack of federal funding for after school programs (just like he was so concerned about the families of those killed at Virginia Tech last week) that he made a generous donation — whatever cash he had in his pocket ($234 to be exact) and 50 Aquafina bottles with hidden compartments for “jewelry.” And don’t worry about throwing those bottles away kids (especially at airport security checkpoints), they’re biodegradable.

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