There was a time when I used to day dream about shutting down the Campaign to Sack Michael Vick at SackVick.net.  The site was initially setup when Michael Vick was very busy lying to the NFL, his fans, the public, his sponsors and the world, trying to convince everyone that he never had anything to do with dog fighting, even after his Virginia dog fighting compound was raided and one of his dog fighting partners in North Carolina was murdered (after providing evidence to Federal investigators against Vick). 

We simply wanted the truth to come out, we wanted the massive amount of corporate sponsorship for a person that enjoyed torturing dogs removed, we wanted a sadist out of the NFL where he could no longer serve as a very negative role model for kids.

We achieved all of those things, but the last one was temporary.  Vick came back to the NFL and he is now capitalizing on his crimes with a TV show.

But the irony of this publicly acknowledged liar moving to the state, North Carolina, where a murder investigation of his partner is still open so that he can play for the local team because he thinks the uniforms look cool and so that he can stick it to the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta Falcons fan twice a year is over the top even for Michael Vick and this completely screwed up situation.  Oh and don’t forget that some of those dog fights took place in North Carolina and that he bought and sold dogs to fight here in North Carolina, talk about moving to the backyard you used to piss in.

This site has probably defended Michael Vick as much as anyone when it comes to protecting his safety.  I have personally trounced on thousands of comments and emails that made any thing close to a threat against Michael Vick’s person.  We do not want to see him harmed under any circumstances.

We simply want justice and we want the NFL to stop victimizing people with Michael Vick.  That is not going to change.

WE DO WANT MICHAEL VICK AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS TO COOPERATE WITH LOCAL INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO SOLVE THE MURDER OF MICHAEL VICK’S BUSINESS PARTNER, A MAN THAT MICHAEL VICK BOUGHT AND SOLD DOGS FROM AND FOUGHT DOGS AGAINST.

It doesn’t seem like too much to ask for Michael Vick a convicted felon to cooperate with a murder investigation of a person that gave evidence against Michael Vick.

Last year when Michael Vick was fresh out of jail, the North Carolina Panthers didn’t want to have anything to do with him, joining the long list of almost all teams that would not have a dog killer leading their teams on the field.  I hope they don’t take Michael Vick’s radio plea for a job seriously.

Disclosure: My office is just a few blocks from the Panther’s stadium in Charlotte.  Given Michael Vick’s violent and blood thirsty tendencies, I’m wondering if I should get a restraining order against him.  I moved from Atlanta a few years ago to the Charlotte area, and now this crazy psycho Michael Vick is moving here too. 

Over the last 3 years, we’ve seen a lot of stupid stories around Michael Vick and his crimes and failures.  We have seen relatively few proposals for how Michael Vick might work to repair the damage he has done, but none of the suggestions, recommendations, or calls for immediate action I can recall seem to be quite as stupid (and created to garnish free publicity for an unrelated party) as PlayGirl’s offer to pay PETA $1 million if Michael Vick gets naked for the cameras.

Disclaimer – This site has nothing to do with PETA, never has and probably never will other than sharing a common goal in regards to Mr. Vick.

For those that would like to see Michael Vick humiliated, this offer may tread water.  For those remaining fans that think the dog killing Michael Vick might be an attractive person with or without clothes, this may tread some water.

But for anyone that gets 5 words past the headline that basically gets Playgirl some free press and attention, its just idiotic.  Personally, I don’t care if Michael Vick does this or not, but it certainly will not help anyone.

The 29-year-old quarterback, who served 21 months in prison on felony charges related to animal cruelty and dogfighting back in 2007, was extended an invitation to model for the magazine in exchange for a $1 million donation to PETA, the world-renowned animal rights organization.

"I sent the request to Michael Vick on Wednesday. But we haven’t heard back yet. I figured he paid back society for dogfighting, but what about the animals?" a spokesperson for Playgirl told Life & Style. "This way he could donate a large sum to PETA and all he’d have to do is pose for the magazine! It’s kind of a win-win situation." source

This week the major corporate advertisers were just not present and a second or third string round up of advertisers were cycled by BET in between the shows breaks.  Most of the advertising was for BET shows or for Public announcement spots.  Three upcoming major motion picture releases were the largest ads present, followed by an advertisement by Dell.com.  You can see the full list below, which is likely representative of a rapidly dwindling amount of ad revenue for this show.  I have not heard what the viewership numbers might be this second episode, but the network can’t be making much if anything off this show in its second week.

One comment by Michael Vick stuck out in this episode

Michael Vick blamed his bankruptcy on a financial advisor who ‘did not do the right thing.’  

I have to admit that made me laugh in disgust a bit, as one more example of Michael Vick not really taking responsibility for his own actions.

There were extremely few references to dog fighting in this episode.  They did show what I believe is the first speech Michael Vick gave to a junior high in Philadelphia, where he walked on stage crossing the stage in front of a DJ to an audience of cheering kids.  Not exactly the type of introduction you would expect for an ex felon who killed dogs with his bare hands and was coming to talk to kids at risk of following in his foot steps. (actually the last thing I would hope for for any kids)  Michael Vick is comfortable on camera in the one on one asides, but he has a long long way to go before he will become an effective public speaker, he got by on his celebrity and fame and the message if he had one never really made it out anywhere.

Advertisements on Vick Project week of 2-16-2010

• Movie – Shutter Island with Leonardo Decaprio
• BET TV Shows
• Rap-it-up – Public spot, multiple spots
• Dear World – Public Spot Girls Inc. Spot
• Dell.com
• Movie – Green Zone with Matt Damon
• Centric Network
• Heart Disease awareness for African American women public spot ahealthybet.com
• TaxAct.com  (not sure this might have been a local Cable Spot insertion over top of the BET broadcast)
• Movie – Brooklyn’s Finest Richard Geer, Ethan Hawk and Wesley Snipes
• Lysol
• GoodHairDVD.com Chris Rock DVD
• RuPaul Drag Race on Logo Channel