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Are you kidding me? Vick gets reality TV show

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Seriously? I don't even know what to say to this.

 

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33215259/ns/entertainment-gossip/ Michael Vick lands own TV show on BET

By Courtney Hazlett

The Scoop

msnbc.com

What do you get when you add an arrest for running a dogfighting ring to a recently completed 18-month prison term? If you?re infamous quarterback Michael Vick, you get a deal for an eight-part television series on BET.

The tentatively titled ?Michael Vick Project,? a ?docu-series,? not a reality show per se, will spotlight his comeback with the Philadelphia Eagles and also delve into his back story, from his difficult childhood to his 2007 arrest for running a dog-fighting ring, according to the L.A. Times.

Vick was released from prison in May, and several months is enough time to put together a television deal. However, if the cameras have extensive coverage of the hours and days immediately following his prison release, it does makes you wonder if he was negotiating a deal from behind bars.

Regardless of how the ?Project? came together, it doesn?t sound like PETA members will be setting their DVRs when it airs.

?People who abuse animals don't deserve to be rewarded,? said PETA spokesman Dan Shannon. ?They shouldn't be given multimillion-dollar contracts ... or given the privilege of being a role model.?

The show, I predict, will be a fantastic success at least from a viewership standpoint. There are a number of Vick fans out there who will watch for the simple reason that in the privacy of your own living room, you?re not judged for supporting a football player who preferred dogs engaged in bloodsport over dogs engaged in games of fetch.

The series is scheduled to air in early 2010.

 

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  • mlm1128mlm1128
    What?  You don't think people that torture animals should be rewarded with a job AND show when they're released from prison??
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  • KrisBriMcBunnyKrisBriMcBunny member
    oh hell no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Josh-10/1/87, Brittany 3/9/91, Mandi 7/26/92, Michelle 9/11/06 image I'M GRAPE JELLY- ALWAYS AROUND & ALWAYS THE SAME If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me. For I must be traveling on now. Because there are too many places I've got to see. -Allen Collins & Ronnie VanZant My favorite verse!
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  • eclaireseclaires member

    Gross.

    I have no issue w/ Vick returning to the NFL - that was his job, he should get to return to it if they want him back, just like any other person who serves time in jail.

    However, this is so unnecessary and ridiculous.  Although I guess if people will watch it...

    I won't.  Yuck.

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  • M&B2008M&B2008
    The article is forgetting to mention that it is Vicks production company that is putting this on. So its not like people were knocking at his door to do this.
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  • LittleMamaBLittleMamaB
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    Gross.

    I have no issue w/ Vick returning to the NFL - that was his job, he should get to return to it if they want him back, just like any other person who serves time in jail.

    However, this is so unnecessary and ridiculous.  Although I guess if people will watch it...

    I won't.  Yuck.

    This exactly. I had no issue with him returning to his job. I do have a problem with this though. Ew. 

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