Next time you go to see a Philadelphia Eagles game (lol, who in their right state of mind would want to go to see a football game?), don’t be surprised if you see a dog wearing an official Michael Vick Dog Jersey. As it turns out, the NFL Shop sells customizable dog jerseys that you can have labeled with name and number of your “favorite” football player. As we all know, everyone’s favorite football player is Michael Vick. He’s a good kid, right? Michael Vick would never hurt a fly, never mind a dog.
If you head over to NFLShop.com by clicking on that link, you’ll be able to customize your own dog jersey and own this memorable piece of NFL history along with name of Michael Vick and #7 on it. Dress your pooch up in it and take him/her to a game. I’m sure ladies will be all over you. You can even save up if you order more than one Michael Vick Dog Jersey from said NFL Shop. Up to 20% savings if you buy 4 or more items. Wow!
I have the feeling that NFL Shop’s gonna experience increased sales of previously unknown proportions. Who wouldn’t want to dress up their dog in official NHL Michael Mick Dog Jersey? Four different sizes are available. Funny thing is – any attempts to customize your jersey with “Ron Mexico” or just “Mexico” fail. You can’t dress up your dog in a Ron Mexico jersey, but it’s OK to buy a Michael Vick one. Go figure.
Michael Vick went on 60 minutes to make his first public address since release from jail. CBS provided full length video of the charade so I actually went and watched it. Needless to say, Michael Vick came out will all the polished words you can imagine. It was nice to listen to him turning from a bad guy who tortures animals into a nice guy who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Some mighty words you pulled off there on 60 Minutes, Michael Vick, let’s see if you can stand by them in the years to come.
James Brown interviewed Michael Vick and i found him a really good interviewer. He’s a man at the right spot. He asked the very important question whether words that Michael Vick spoke during the interview were words of his PR team or words of Michael Vick. The response was that it was Mike Vick speaking. He sounded convincing, but I’m having hard time swallowing all this high profile talk. He said exactly what would be the right thing to say – that he’s remorseful for organizing dog fights, that he realizes what he did was wrong, that he re-thought his life and became a different person after serving time in jail, that he hopes the public and NFL give him a second chance, blah blah.
Perhaps the most powerful PR move on behalf of Michael Vick and his team was to bring Wayne Pacelle, the president of the US Humane Society along and work by his side to remedy his past actions. 60 Minutes also got exclusive footage of Michael Vick talking to some kids and appealing to them to love their animals whatever it is they have. So from now on we will only see brand new Michael Vick. The animal abuser is the past, the role model is the future. At least that’s what Michael Vick would like everyone to believe. His PR team trained him well for this 60 Minutes interview. Watch the full length video above.
