Marcus Vick

Marcus Vick
Michael you become a little weary of the topic for Atlantans. For years, we were discussing his football career, his charges dogfighting, the circus surrounding both, and a prison sentence. Should be is forgiven? Is it really repentant? So that it can become a mere shadow of the player when he first started with the Falcons?

A few years later as the third major center series with the Philadelphia Eagles, he is still working to rebuild his reputation and his career stalled. As part of this process is to bet on "Michael Vic project", ten-part documentary of the reality shows for the first time at 10 pm on Tuesday.

I received an advance copy of the first 30 minutes of last Saturday morning.

"It is dark, and he saw the light of that," the narrator intones at the outset. "Blessed with a second chance, and once again we must rise above to heal the family, society and heritage."

"I'm Michael Vick," he says. "I fell from grace was tragic. But it was all my fault. And I'm on a mission to get all the afternoon.'s Not money and fame, but to restore the good name of my family."

Do you plan to see "Michael Vic project"?

* Yes. I'm curious to see how he is trying to revive his life.
* In any way. I am tired of you, Mike.

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You have a New York Times recently that he does not expect the people who hate to change her mind, or even bother to watch the show. But hopes to be a positive example for children who see him as a person who is trying to extricate himself.

It opens the first episode we talk about how rough it was to grow up in a rough part of Newport News in Virginia and went to his home in childhood. Tells his youth and how it happened in football in the strokes and a few large. See video of it as a child and the University of Virginia Tech, where shine. "College football was very easy," he said. "I need more of a challenge." So he quickly entered the NFL.

"Draft day is the greatest day in my life," said Vic. Quartertback was the first black to be named first in the draft resolution.

One time with the Falcons, and he did not hesitate began to live a life of "double". In fact, it's separating his life to football of his love for dogfighting childhood. He began watching dogfighting at the age of 7. He emphasized that his brother Marcus. "We never knew there was nothing wrong with it," said his brother.

Vic showed that dogfighting was a child. "I really took it. I am intrigued by. I gravitated to it," he said.

"He was living two sides," said his brother Marcus. "At the time outside the stadium, he said the dark side to him."

Started "Bad Newz Kennels" in Surry County, Virginia, where he bought 15 acres for $ 34,000. "I think that has the money and was in the ground," he said. "We can do it confidential," and built his house on the property. "It was for all men who you are around", most of them childhood friends, he said.

You will fly home from Atlanta every Tuesday to check on the dogs and control dogs. Of his colleagues do not say football or employers on this subject, it is clear he did not know what he was doing was wrong. But in any case.

In 2004, which was signed for a period of ten years with the Falcons and was awash in money. He said he enjoyed the lifestyle, and so did his family. (Interestingly, no victory over the Falcons, not the footage and clear so there is no videotape him playing football and professional, including the game in December when he scored a drop in Georgia as the Dome of the Eagle. ESPN footage was not clear from news reports, although from.)

At the same time, he said that dogfighting operation has been growing leaps and bounds, 20 even 68 dogs. "It was out of control", and said to him circa dogfighting 2004-05. His mother and his brother urged him to stop. But he ignored their pleas.

"The money has changed with him at this point," said Marcus.

"Money makes it difficult to listen to the people," admitted Vic. "In the end, everything was about me."

His cousin was arrested with marijuana, which led to authorities finding out about dogfighting. "My whole world collapsed," he said.

You think in the beginning that he can get out of this situation by paying the right lawyers. But he denied that the media for months, effectively now recognized that he had lied. "I did not have the courage to say so," he said. "I just want it to go away." But a lot of people, and he soon realized, they were prepared to testify against him. Contract with Nike was nixed. He had a clause in the contract that forced him to the hawks to return millions. He had his back to the wall.

He eventually pled guilty. "He was injured a lot of animals. I did things that were brutal and inhumane", he said. (And the show, at least one episode, did not describe what actually happened, although we know that killing and torture of dogs who did not perform.)

James DuBose, executive producer (BET shows "Keyshia Cole", "& Neffe Frankie", "Monica: Still Standing" and "small Toya") said, "we are not baseball at all. The whole point we wanted to tell the raw, the real story ".

DuBose close to you people (including Brian Sher, who produced the MTV show "Transparency International: The road to salvation") in July. DuBose said he wanted to make sure you were really sorry for what he did, and he was doing this show and for the right reasons. He felt that was the case and moved forward. "We connected," he said.

You already filmed footage of himself in prison, and after, and some were using DuBose. Surprisingly, DuBose He said that this production has been the easiest so far. "People often do not understand how to produce the gas can be," he said. "It's got ready for that."

DuBose said she fired from August until January. "This may seem strange but in fact loves animals," said DuBose. "I want to be clear: what he did was terrible and shocking. I am simply saying that he made a mistake. He's going about it the right way. It is not building back Michael Vic football player, but Michael you man."

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He said there are no plans to do more than one series. DuBose is now busy until the completion of the "Tiny Toya," up to the second season on BET in April. "Frankie & Neffe", and said: It is in the air. The same thing with "Monica: There are still out there."