Vick May Do PSAs for PETA

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted May 1, 2009 3:13 PM CDT
Vick May Do PSAs for PETA
Michael Vick, seen in a 2007 file photo, is due to be released from jail May 20.   (AP Photo)

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.
(More Michael Vick stories.)

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