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[BlackAngel]

Eagles' Vick gets endorsement deal with Nike
By Mike Jensen

Inquirer Staff Writer

Michael Vick has his first endorsement deal since returning to football - with Nike, the same company that had paid the Eagles quarterback millions before he went to prison.

"He's had a long-standing relationship with Nike," Vick's agent, Joel Segal, said in a telephone interview yesterday. "He is looking forward to working with Nike now and in the future."

Segal, who negotiated the deal, declined to talk about terms. According to a source, Vick will wear Nike shoes and apparel. As of now, there are no plans for another signature Vick shoe, as Vick had before pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from his involvement in a dogfighting business and serving 18 months in prison.

This is a fascinating turn of events because Nike had cut its ties to Vick in August 2007 after he pleaded guilty. When Nike first suspended Vick's deal, a company statement said it considers "any cruelty to animals inhumane and abhorrent." Nike reportedly had manufactured 30,000 Vick V shoes and dropped the shoe before distribution, costing the company a reported $1.5 million.

"Maybe they still have all those shoes that were on a boat when he got arrested," said Paul Swangard, director of the University of Oregon's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center. "I don't know if they're on the bottom of the ocean, or on children's feet in Honduras."

Nike first signed Vick as an Atlanta Falcons rookie in 2001. A spokesman for the company declined to comment last night.

Vick must pay. The U.S. Department of Labor announced that Vick has agreed to repay at least $416,000 that he is accused of illegally withdrawing from a pension plan.

The Labor Department said the payment settles a lawsuit against Vick for transfers from a pension plan sponsored by a marketing company he once owned that is now in liquidation. Vick was accused of withdrawing more than $1.3 million from the plan and using the money to help pay penalties imposed on him after his dogfighting conspiracy conviction.

[GODDESS6]

well no more nike buying for me~ & did you see on the news how vick wants to own a dog now, he says for his daughter?, well ashole you should have thought about that in the 1st place~ i have zero tolerance for animal abusers~

[BlackAngel]

GODDESS

I agree with you, how can they let that asshole represent NIKE what are they going to show him beating a dog with the shoe.

I am with you, and I always buy Nike, no more for me.

[WM]

I will never buy another Nike product. Ever.

[GODDESS6]

I will never buy another Nike product. Ever.

nike is stupid, i mean they'll still have their buyers, but so far on the news, when they did a poll, so many folks are going to boycott them now~

[wolf]

This is a photograph of Lucas.  He was one of the pitbulls rescused from the dog fighting horror house that the piece of human garbage aka Michael Vick operated.




CNN article:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/07/vick.dogs.rehab/index.html


Look at Lucas now!




http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cfm?page=news&mode=entry&entry=64659B52-EE7E-D32B-06BDB60F3FD46083

Wolf

[GODDESS6]

After reports that Michael Vick signed an endorsement deal with Nike, the sportswear company are vehemently denying those allegations.

"Nike does not have a contractual relationship with Michael Vick. We have agreed to supply product to Michael Vick as we do a number of athletes who are not under contract with Nike," claims a spokeswoman for the retailer.

So, he can wear their stuff, but they're not paying him to do it?!

Maybe they should wait till he's officially rehabilitated before they start giving him a wardrobe!!

Just sayin'!