poor taste
In what we wish were an oversight by NFLSHOP.com, you can purchase a Philadelphia Eagles jersey for your dog...customized with
Michael Vick's name and number. The New York Daily News
ordered one yesterday, and the NFL has no intention to block customers from buying canine jerseys with VIck's name. Should they?
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lawsuits
The Florida Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Showbiz Promotions, LLC, maker of the
Caylee Anthony doll and the
Michael Vick dog chew toy, claiming that the company promised to donate the profits to charity — but did not follow through.
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bankruptcy
Michael Vick, the allegedly herpetic former NFL quarterback and dog lover, has filed paperwork detailing the decent into financial ruin that lead to his bankruptcy filing in July of this year. Vick blew through
$17.7 million dollars in two years preceding his Chapter 11 petition. If that sounds like a lot of money in a short amount of time, consider the fact that Vick has been imprisoned since November 2007. For those of you looking for some insight into Vick's
attitude towards money, the Smoking Gun points out that one of his check memos reads, "chump change."
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ron mexico
For those of you who are not aware, there is a certain incarcerated former NFL quarterback who was accused of using the name
"Ron Mexico" when visiting medical clinics to get treatment for genital herpes. He's since been sent to federal prison for his involvement in a dog fighting ring — but it seems that his alias is passing the time working at Chick-fil-a.
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