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Vick May Do PSAs for PETA

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted May 1, 2009 3:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – As he seeks to scrub his sullied image, disgraced NFL quarterback Michael Vick is in talks appear in public-service ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Advertising Age reports. “We want him to discourage people from taking part in dogfighting,” a PETA rep said of charges on which Vick, 29, was convicted. “Michael Vick sure can. He can say, ‘Look, I did it, I was wrong, and it ruined my career.’”

Vick is due to be released from federal prison May 20 and must then seek reinstatement from a league wary of the bad publicity his return to the game could bring. The PETA gig is part of a broader blitz that will also include TV interviews and donations to other animal-rights charities.

Michael Vick, seen in a 2007 file photo, is due to be released from jail May 20.
Michael Vick, seen in a 2007 file photo, is due to be released from jail May 20.   (AP Photo)
Quarterback Michael Vick, center, is escorted by US Marshals arrives at the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va., in this July 26, 2007, file photo.
Quarterback Michael Vick, center, is escorted by US Marshals arrives at the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va., in this July 26, 2007, file photo.   (AP Photo)
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We're suspicious this may come from a place of simply wanting to repair his public image, rather than genuine remorse. ... If he can't tell the difference between right and wrong, we can't get in bed with this guy. - PETA exec Dan Shannon

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Robert_Dada
May 1, 2009 8:38 AM CDT
Vick is scum of the lowest kind but PETA is not much better.
myvoice
May 1, 2009 8:36 AM CDT
its like getting OJ to represent battered wives or Jeffery Dahmer doing a PSA on why eating little boys is bad! WTF?!
Reader2898
May 1, 2009 8:26 AM CDT
It would seem entirely like a PR stunt on his part. I don't see how someone who ever condoned -- much less organized -- dogfights could ever credibly come out and say, 'it's an awful thing.' If he hadn't gotten caught, I doubt he would've had a change of heart.

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