Goodell mum on Vick decision

NEW YORK - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell isn't revealing when he will decide whether to reinstate Michael Vick now that the former Atlanta Falcons star quarterback has been released from federal custody.

"The process is ongoing, and I hope to make a decision sometime in the near future," Goodell said Tuesday, a day after Vick's home confinement ended.

He wouldn't define what "near future" means.

NFL training camps open for veterans next week. Goodell would not say when he will meet with Vick.

"We're not going to give any details right now," he said after a news conference announcing singer Marc Anthony's involvement with the NFL as part owner of the Miami Dolphins.

The commissioner has said he wants to see remorse and evidence of change from the player he suspended indefinitely.

Even if Goodell reinstates Vick, the 29-year-old quarterback still would have to find a team willing to sign him.

U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in 2007 denied Vick an "acceptance of responsibility" credit that could have reduced his sentence. He sentenced Vick to 23 months - more than any of his three co-defendants.

Vick served the first 18 months at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., and two months on home confinement. The federal truth-in-sentencing law requires inmates to serve at least 85 percent of their sentence.

While on home confinement, Vick - once the NFL's highest-paid player - worked a $10-an-hour construction job for a few weeks.

He switched jobs last month, assisting in children's health and fitness programs at the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula.

Vick will remain on probation for three years. He also is under a three-year suspended sentence for a state dogfighting conviction.