All that fitness built up through an NFL career is finally going to do Michael Vick some good. According to the ASSOCIATED PRESS, Vick already has a construction job lined up that will begin as soon as he is released from prison.

(Michael Vick’s $750,000 per year plan.)

That’s right, a man who was the face of an NFL franchise and arguably an entire city just two years ago is now going to be standing on a jackhammer for a living, because of dogfighting and a crippling bankruptcy case that has left him with little hope of paying back the $11.1 million he owes the Falcons ($6.5 million) and a former agent ($4.6 million). Instead, the best he can hope for is 40 hours a week of hard labor, at least until the NFL agrees to reinstate him.

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Athletes have been known to make some shady or downright terrible investment decisions, but Michael Vick’s dogfighting enterprise has to be the worst ever. Vick’s dog academy has divided his family, ruined his career, and landed him in jail. It has also strangled his bank account.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection papers were filed on behalf of Michael Vick on Monday in a Virginia federal courthouse. Vick is claiming to have debts from $10 million to $50 million, and the Atlanta Falcons are listed as one of the companies that Vick owes money.

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