According to ESPN, the Philadelphia Eagles today made one of the worst public relations mistakes in the history of sports, signing convicted felon, dog killer, ex-quarter back Micael Vick, whom they will pay $1.6 million the first year with an option for a second year at $5.2 million for a total of $6.8 million straight out of prison, which is a lot higher than most ex-felons not counting Martha Stewart.

Vick was signed after McNabb backup Kevin Kolb sprained his MCL.

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Michael Vick can practice right away but will not be able to play until the week of October 18th at the earliest if the NFL commissioner fully reinstates Michael Vick.

What does Vick’s Signing with the Philadelphia Eagles Mean for You?

Many of us were ready to boycott the NFL when he was partially reinstated, many more promised to boycott the NFL if a team signed him.

Well at this point those days are now past and we can all be united in boycotting the NFL, boycotting Michael Vick and Boycotting the Philadelphia Eagles too.  For those of you that do not want to boycott the entire NFL or all teams, you might consider boycotting any game that Michael Vick or the Philadelphia Eagles play in.

What Can You Do?

• Sign the Petitions identified on our Petitions Tab Above
• Voice your concerns to the Philadelphia Eagles
• Voice your concerns to Michael Vick on twitter (Real Michael Vick  not the Fake Michael Vick)
• Contact the NFL
• Contact the Philadelphia Eagles http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/fanzone/contactus.asp
• Contact your favorite NFL team, ask them to refuse to let Michael Vick play in their stadium
• Contact sponsors of the Philadelphia Eagles
• Aquafina
• NovaCare Rehabilitation
• VWR
• J&J Snack Foods
• Lincoln Financial Group
• MasterCard
• Sovereign Bank
• 7Eleven
• Comcast
• AAA
• idearc
• Heineken
• Motoroal
• Tastykake
• Re/Max
• Teva
• papa johns
• Aflac
• Pepcid
• BlueCross
• Rite Aid
• Jeep
• Best Buy
• Dunkin Donuts
• SCA
• TacoBell/KFC
• Snapple
• Chrysler
• Geico
• Splenda
• TicketExchange
• Pepsi
• As we identify more sponsors of the Philadelphia Eagles and Michael Vick we will keep you posted
• You can also add a ribbon to your Twitter profile indicating your preference for a ban of Michael Vick from the NFL
  • http://twibbon.com/join/Ban-Michael-Vick-amp-Eagles

Coach Andy Reid of the Philadelphia Eagles doesn’t think there will be any controversy with Michael Vick playing for the Eagles.

This week Roger Goodell the current chairman of the NFL, has confirmed what too many fans suspected for a long time.

The NFL has completely lost its way and will take fan money at any cost, even if that includes allowing violent felons to play in the NFL where they are given fame, fortune, the spotlight and much more to set a bad example for society and NFL fans of all ages from susceptible school kids up to susceptible adults (that should probably know better but when they see their heroes acting badly . . . )

We have updated our mission here at the Campaign to Sack Michael Vick.  We still want to see Michael Vick remain off the field permanently.

Given the gross inadequacy of leadership displayed by Roger Goodell, we want to see Roger Goodell removed from his position and we call for the NFL to permanently ban all violent felons from playing the sport indefinitely.

The NFL with its vast wealth, marketing power and influence around the world is no place for violent felons that would kill or torture other living creatures, humans or dogs.  To this end we have updated our mission to reflect this change…

Over the last couple years we started this site to specifically address the injustice, abuse and grossly inhumane actions of Michael Vick, plus his complete disregard for fans, children, sponsors, teams, the courts and more.  Many people have stated that what Vick did is not as bad as what other NFL players have done.  We do not disagree, but we are focused on this site primarily on the Michael Vick Case.  That said, Roger Goodell’s decision to allow Michael Vick back into the NFL in 2009 changes things.  For us to achieve our mission to prevent Michael Vick from returning to the NFL we now have to set our sites on what is clearly endemic of the NFL culture starting at the top.

We therefore call for the removal of Roger Goodell as Chairman of the NFL, and we call for a new NFL policy that prevents violent convicted felons from playing within the NFL where they could be viewed as role models of children.

This would include preventing Michael Vick from playing with the NFL and it would also call for the removal of NFL football players that have killed other human beings, beaten their spouses or family members and many other circumstances.  The NFL is a major corporate enterprise with a significant amount of influence over fans old and young.  Keeping convicted felons in the spot light does not serve society well, and we fans will boycott the NFL until they stop promoting violent felons in to the limelight with riches and fame.

The NFL presented the final straw today as it reinstated Michael Vick.  Throughout the Michael Vick controversy, the league did absolutely nothing to prevent similar actions by its players.  A temporary suspension while he served time in prison was the NFL’s only actions against Michael Vick despite the fact that Vick laid waste to the Atlanta Falcons budget, many NFL sponsors, and the respect of fans around the country.  But today, the NFL commissioner acted in a way that can not be tolerated by NFL fans when he chose to reinstate Michael Vick.

Roger Goodell is basically saying that it is OK to kill dogs, it is ok to run illegal gambling rings, even when people in those rings are murdered, it is OK to lie to the NFL commissioner himself, it is OK for players to lie to their teams, lie to their sponsors and lie to fans of all ages.

Fortunately, fans and sponsors do not have to take marching orders from people as ethically challenged as Roger Goodell and Michael Vick.  We can vote with our wallets, and so many of us will now cast our vote and say good riddance to the NFL all together.