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Ads Sacked on the Michael Vick Project

DogLover332 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:11:55 +0000

If you’ve seen the Michael Vick Project on BET recently (yeah, I know why would you?), you will have noticed a severed decrease in ads(Guess Michael Vick IS Toxic for Advertisers After all). The only thing left to advertise on this show seems to be public service announcements (free typically), ads for other BET shows (non-paying in real cash), movies for Time Warner (ok these guys never really got it), and maybe another ad that BET seems to be sliding into a spot until the advertiser like all the dozens before them, re-read their contract and notice that the Michael Vick Project isn’t specifically included. Then they probably call up BET and say, hey I’m not paying money for an ad placing my brand up there with a convicted dog killer, take my ad down now!

If you joined with us in this campaign to prevent a convicted felon from profiting from his crime (like that stroll down memory lane that Michael Vick took when he went back to his Virginia home went up into the barn loft where he held dog fights and smelled the blood on the carpet in the dog fighting ring – holy crap, I wish I was making that up! Sick), any way, I thank everyone that emailed or called sponsors to make them aware that BET had slapped their ads up on the Michael Vick Project.

To all the sponsors whose ads temporarily ran with this show, let this be a lesson to you. When you negotiate advertising contracts with a network make sure you exclude morally bankrupt shows that promote felons and their crimes, make sure that you also receive a notification before your ads run with a new show as well so that you won’t end up looking at your fortune 500 brand pimping a psychopath on cable TV. If you don’t we will call you on it.

Michael Vick Wants to Play for the Panthers in NC – Where his Dog Fighting Partner was Murdered – and the Home of SACKVICK.NET

DogLover332 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +0000

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.

Just Stupid – PlayGirl Offers PETA $1m for Vick Centerfold

DogLover332 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:21:38 +0000

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

Most Major Advertisers Not Present for Second Episode of Michael Vick Project

DogLover332 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:38:17 +0000

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

CBS Miami Interviews Michael Vick After Humane Society speech to Kids

DogLover332 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:24:16 +0000

Video Clip (where Vick also pledges to continue making these speeches for the next 10 years)

Michael Vick spoke out against an illegal blood sport he once participated in to Miami’s children; Vick spoke to Overtown Youth Monday as part of the Humane Society’s campaign to end dog fighting.
Vick, now the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, served an 18-month sentence in jail after pleading guilty to federal dog fighting charges because of his involvement in a dog fighting ring.
Now, he’s on a mission to educate and warn youths against participating in dog fighting.
He said it was a series of bad choices that got him in trouble and the consequences that followed: "I stayed involved in things that I was never supposed to be involved in. That was my downfall."
Vick says nowadays his priority is helping children make better choices for themselves. These youths are about the same age Vick was when he got involved in dog fighting.
"I want to contribute; I never thought about doing this before I was incarcerated, before my situation happened. I want to turn lives around. I want to help kids believe that they can achieve and succeed."
When he played for the Falcons, Vick said, he would go home every week to fight dogs.
"For what reason, I don’t know to this day," he said in September. "Something so pointless."
Now he is a spokesman for the humane society, and goes around the country talking to children.

Source CBS 4 in Miami

Michael Vick Talks to Kids About Getting Caught Wearing Diamond Earrings Larger than his Ear Lobes

Michael Vick’s Influence-Fans that Assault and Spit on People

DogLover332 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:29:27 +0000

Maybe in Michael Vick’s old world it was cool for his dogs to get so worked up they frothed at the mouth, but even Michael Vick seems to want to present a new side. According to all accounts so far, he hasn’t flown the bird at fans nor protesters. He hasn’t attacked anyone, hit anyone, bit anyone or passed on viral diseases across the border. By that alone, he would ‘appear’ to be a new man.

I still don’t think he should be in the NFL, not because of who he is today, but because of what he has done in the past, what he represents with a lifetime achievement of mostly criminal behavior during his previous stint in the NFL. One of the reasons why I think his past should be a measure of whether or not he is in the NFL today, is due to the fact that he does influence people.

Case in point

His fans and supporters in Atlanta went out and spit on dog fighting protesters that want Michael Vick and the NFL to add dog fighting and cockfighting to the list of banned activities for ALL NFL players. Michael Vick has no authority over the NFL, but he IS the poster child for dog fighting promoters IN the NFL. Like it or not, his name, image and number 7, will forever be associated with dog fighting, BECAUSE he spent many many years running a dog fighting ring paid for with NFL money. (his current problem not anyone else’s).

His past activity seems to inspire his own former Atlanta fans, people that might have been Falcons fans at one time, but now rally against their own home team for any team that Michael Vick might be able to find work with these days. His disregard for laws against dog fighting, could possibly be a major influence in his fan boys and girls who would completely disregard the law themselves and assault people in Atlanta, showing just how nasty southern hospitality can be.

Welcome to Atlanta, where we will spit in your face if we disagree with you!

Sorry, but that is not the Atlanta motto. Even Michael Vick has enough composure these days not to go spitting on people. That goes to show just how deep the damage is that he caused. Even if he has moved on beyond the criminal that he was (and I’d hazard to suspect that he is still as sociopathic as he used to be, just more careful), but giving him the benefit of the doubt for the sake of argument, if he is no longer a criminal, no longer acting like a criminal, the damage he did when he was a criminal and acted the part, has in Atlanta and probably in many other areas, inspired too many people to engage in criminal activities as well.

This IS why, it will take Michael Vick, years and decades to begin to repair the damage he has done. He has negatively impacted and inspired people to be criminals, to engage in criminal activities, to disregard the safety of others, to harm others, and to do so in the name of Michael Vick.

A few related articles on this sad topic

Reality TV Jumps the Dog Fighting Shark with Michael Vick Reality Show

DogLover332 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:53:55 +0000

That’s not entertainment, I don’t care who you are.

That’s pretty much the universal gut reaction to the announcement that reality TV has managed to find a way to get even worse. This time it is jumping the shark by picking up a tv show apparently produced by Michael Vick’s own production company (How can a bankrupt person start a television production company?)

The show, tentatively if not creatively titled The Michael Vick Project, will follow the dogfighting ringmaster as he joins up with the Philadelphia Eagles, rebuilds relationships with his fiancée and kids and attempts to make amends—presumably of both the court-ordered and PR-advised variety—for his 2007 arrest.

"I just want people to really get to know me as an individual," he told the paper. "What I want to do is change the perception of me. I am a human being. I’ve made some mistakes in the past, and I wish it had never happened. But it’s not about how you fall, but about how you pick yourself up." E-Online

It would seem that Michael Vick’s assertion that ‘it’s not about how you fall, but about how you pick yourself up.’ is more wishful PR spin thinking as it definitely does matter how you fall and who you harm as you fall.

I guess that’s just one of the many reasons why Michael Vick never seems to get it. Regardless, even if you are a Michael Vick supporter, you probably groaned when you heard about this show. Visions of Whitney and Bobby, Ron James and Flavor Flav, Little People in a Big World and soap box dating game production wanna be reality match ups fizzling in the back of your brain.

If there was ever a time to save money to get out of the recession, dropping your cable package for the winter might be your best bet.

Regardless for those of you looking for yet another company to boycott, just add BET to your list.