Playgirl Bids For A Pound of Vick's Flesh

By A. Scott Walton
Michael Vick should dodge PLAYGIRL as if the magazine was Giants defensive end Justin Tuck launching a ferocious bull-rush from his blind side.
And if anyone in what’s left of the resurrected NFL star’s entourage has Vick’s best interests in mind, they’ll shield him from the reported $1 million offer to pose nude in PLAYGIRL with the swift, unyielding effort of an All-Pro right tackle.
Vick’s an unconventional player whose “unconventional” lifestyle off the field earned him a long stretch in federal confinement and cost him a fortune in salary and endorsements.
The last thing he should ever do as he seeks to salvage his career is to take the bait (a big donation to the group also-known-as peopleformediaexploitationofanimals) and fumble his dignity any further than he already has.
If wide-spreading reports* are correct, a lowly spokesman (not even a chief executive) for PLAYGIRL issued a statement that read: “I figured he paid back society for dog fighting, but what about the animals?
"This way he could donate a large sum to PETA and all he'd have to do is pose for the magazine! It's kind of a win-win situation!"
That’s more trash than OchoCinco and T.O. together could spew on Twitter on their worst days!
In truth, it’s a lose-lose proposition if Team Vick even dignifies PLAYGIRL’s ploy with a response at all.
This is a man who spent many months subject to naked scrutiny (to say the least) by scores of strangers in the penal system as punishment for funding a dogfight operation.
Allowing PLAYGIRL any piece of his ass would sabotage an attempted comeback that has precious little time left on the clock.