So, what happens now?

ATLANTA — It's two hours before kickoff, and there are three vehicles in the Georgia Dome parking lot I've chosen.
It's two hours before kickoff of the Atlanta-Cincinnati exhibition game, and there’s little in the way of tailgating or enthusiasm.
It's two hours before kickoff and, for the streetcorner entrepreneurs, business is as slow as rush hour traffic on the Downtown Connector. A vendor stands beneath a tent a block from the stadium, waiting for someone, anyone, to walk up and express interest in buying a jersey. There's Warrick Dunn’s No. 28, Alge Crumpler's 83 and there, hiding on a hanger at the end of the line, a No. 7.
It’s two hours before kickoff and there are no PETA activists picketing at the gates. Nor is there any grand mobilization of Michael Vick supporters.
Just an empty dome and the realization that Monday’s developments in a Richmond, Va., courtroom likely set Atlanta pro football back more than a decade.
The Falcons will undoubtedly move on without Vick, but what’s your take on the apology issued by the quarterback? Do you believe Vick struck the right chord with his remarks and do you think they will carry any weight with either the U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson or NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the men who will ultimately determine his punishment and possibility for a return to pro football?
I'll weigh in with a column in Tuesday morning’s Ledger-Enquirer.