Comments on: Michael Vick Contract Terminated by Nike – It’s Over!

By: theprofromdover

theprofromdover — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:17:07 +0000

He is the deal as I see it. Vick got caught doing something illegal, running a dog fighting operation, and insisted to the Commissioner of football and his sponsors that he was innocent of the charges and would be vindicated in court. His instance of innocence has now turned out to be a lie as proven by his copping a plea. No to mention what still might come out when he disclose all the info the government wants for his plea agreement. We support people who participate in dog killing and gambling on illegal activates would be a great slogan for a Nike t-shirt at Footlocker right? I know itâ€™s no Bo knowsâ€¦ but then Vickâ€™s kicks were never as good as Boâ€™s anyway. He blew with the NFL and Nike when he lied to them and then did a 180. Not that smart of a move. As for the Kobe argument if I recall the charges were dropped, we had the huarache (sp?) 2k4 and 2k5 before the ZK1, and I donâ€™t see him on Sprite commercials anymore. Is killing a dog akin to killing a person? No. Is killing multiple dogs in an illegal gambling operation and then lying about it to everyone and then taking a plea making your bosses look stupid a reason for your employers to fire you? I know Iâ€™d be fired if I did the same thing.

By: ill Dapoe

ill Dapoe — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:11:55 +0000

bottom line.. he’s doing jail time. how is he gonna market his shoes from behind bars. Nike did what they had to do, what im more concerned about is whether or not he’ll be banned from the nfl for life. The new commish has lost his mind and he’s been suspending players like its going out of style. after seeing what he did to pacman for a few misdameanors, what do you thbink is gonna happen to Vick.

but back to the shoes, nike did the right thing his job for them was to sell shoes and products. Now that he isnt able to do that, the got rid of him.

By: jthornt

jthornt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:41:43 +0000

It was predictable what Nike was going to do. They have already stripped stores of his jersey and etc. It was just a matter of time. In my opinion, I feel that the media has blown this whole thing out the water. Don’t get me wrong, Vick was wrong in any participation in these dog crimes. But, I feel that it’s wrong to single him out since there are other crimes done by people and other celebrities. Ex. Paris Hilton and Lidnsey Lohan can have multiple DUI’s but can spend 82 minutes in jail. If I’m not mistaken, when you drive under the influence, you put at risk the lives of other people. It seems that dogs are at the same level as humans now. Wow, what a concept!!!!!

By: Jay Bills

Jay Bills — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:18:28 +0000

I dont agree with kicksta 100%. It was a business move and Nike is a business but like Rich Young said, Nike should have froze his contract until this mess clears. Everyone is quick to jump on sides when the heat is turned up. Once this becomes old news and once Mike comes back to the NFL people will want his stuff. Everyone besides the doggie lovers. Everyone is NOT a doggie lover, people like dogs and Mike was a bit harsh, ok very harsh. People forgive and forget and Nike doesn’t want the heat right now, but they’ll prob resign him. My vote went to NO. If you dont agree SO WHAT. I still like Mike and his sneaker line.

By: G-Roc

G-Roc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:01:17 +0000

Thanks for your feedback Kicksta, this is the type of stuff I want to see, people expressing how they feel. So far 56% voted No, and 44% said Yes. Let’s keep the votes and comments coming!

By: Kicksta

Kicksta — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:38:04 +0000

People can say Nike was wrong for killing Vick’s contract but, from a business standpoint, how would that look if people, most likely Nike consumers, see them “supporting” a man who would do something like that. They really had no choice, his shoes were not selling real well and then this happens. It was bound to happen. Now the whole “government is tripping about dog fighting” thing is just crazy. There is nothing wrong with fishing. If people aint eating the fish, they usually throw it back in the water. And I don’t see people raising deer and ducks so they can make bets on which one will beat the crap out the other. So stop it. Bottom line, if you were a big wig in Nike, if you was smart, you would do the same thing they did. They weighed their options: 1) side with Vick and suffer the wraith of the media and the people, which would have the possibility to lose sales all over, or 2) be like everyone else who said that Vick was wrong and take “action”. I figure they thought that it would be much better to make a small portion of the paper for the “right” reasons then to make front page for the “wrong” reasons. Business is business, and Vick should have known, as well as everyone else here, that something was gonna happen, especially with Nike. Now the whole Kobe thing…the people didn’t turn the heat on Kobe like they did Vick. It was a different situation, and you can’t compare the two.

By: Rich Yung

Rich Yung — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:00:52 +0000

Yes I love animals, but com’on we all make wrong decisions in the spur of any moment. What Nike did was pretty rash and predictable, what they should’ve done instead is freeze or discontinue Vick’s endorsements and products until everything is resolved and settled.

By: A.I

A.I — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:00:42 +0000

ANY OF YOU MOTHER LOVERS THAT SAY THAT NIKE MADE A WRONG MOVE IN TO TERMINATING THAT DUDES CONTRACT DONT CARE ABOUT ANIMALS. FORGET ALL OF YOU MOTHER LOVERS.

By: tvxl13

tvxl13 — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:20:43 +0000

act like mike vicks shoe sold. after number 3, his shoe was allready done for.

By: C Lo

C Lo — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:19:00 +0000

Nike is dumb for this one. I know it’s suppose to be a smart business move and all but this story doesn’t add up right. They didn’t do anything to Kobe. Like the inside man said they use animal materials to make their shoes and all. I don’t think they should terminated him, they should have released the Vick V’s. After the smoke clears they could have went back to making his stuff. Some of his fans are made but most of them still like him.