Michael Vick Gets Deal With Nike

Is it too soon for Michael Vick to get an endorsement deal? Apparently not. Not, at least, where Nike is concerned. The shoe giant said they are not going to do a Michael Vick shoe, but they are going to pay him to wear Nike apparel.

If you’ll remember, Nike did have a shoe deal with Vick before he went to prison. They made several thousand “Vick V” shoes and then when Vick pleaded guilty to dog fighting they stopped making them. There were left with the ones they made it and end up costing Nike a million and a half bucks.

But that’s not all. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, when Vick plead guilty in August 2007, Nike dumped him from their endorsement roster and issued a statement that said it was because, “any cruelty to animals inhumane and abhorrent.” Now, I know Vick has done his time and people are trying to give him a clean slate, but saying Vick’s crime was “inhumane and abhorrent” just a few short ago and now offering him a deal is a little ridiculous, dontcha think?

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