Vick's Apology Script at $10,000 and Rising

You have until Sept. 14 to bid on this unusual piece of sports memorabilia benefiting the Humane Society.

Currently nearing the $10,000 mark is this note on an Omni Hotel notepad (right) bearing the handwritten talking points for Michael Vick's "apology speech." It allegedly was found Aug. 27 at the hotel's news conference room on the speaker's rostrum in Richmond, Va., after Vick's address. You can see Vick carry the note into the room before the speech (see video below).

Is it Vick's handwriting? Can't say, but use of personal pronoun "I" seems to indicate a hastily-prepared outline from Vick.

The speech seemed to me as genuine and from-the-heart. But Vick has lied before, so who knows what a man is feeling when faced with hard time.

Was the note penned by a PR man, and why does a man need notes to say he's sorry? Well, even the Gettysburg Address was handwritten before Lincoln delivered it, so no harping on Vick for organizing his thoughts in writing.

Maybe as an afterthought on the notes, the author added "dogs have suffered." That never was mentioned in Vick's speech. For a guy known as a finisher, Vick never completed his game plan.

Someone else who will suffer when she sees Vick's spelling is the head of Virginia Tech Athletics Student Life program, Megan L. Armbruster, charged with making sure student/athletes make the grade in the classroom as well.

BTW, what the heck is a Hokie, anyway?