Michael Vick

Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons NFL franchise. He is the older brother of current Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick and cousin of New Orleans Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks.

Off the Field

EA Sports chose Vick to be on the cover for their popular Madden NFL 2004 football video game, in which he was infamously unstoppable. Vick was struck with the infamous "Madden Curse", as in the pre-season that year he broke his leg and went on to start in only a few games, without him the Falcons were dismal and had no chance of getting into the playofffs. He also appeared in a Powerade television commercial featuring a handheld camera view of him during practice knocking receivers off their feet with his passes and then throwing a ball 100+ yards into the upper deck of the stadium. However, most of the commercial's effects were created by a computer—despite his amazing arm strength, Vick clearly didn't actually throw a ball that far.

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EA Sports - Madden NFL 2004 - Video game - Powerade

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In March 2005, Sonya Elliot filed a lawsuit against Vick claiming he passed on herpes to her without telling her he had the STD. She also alleged that Vick had visited clinics under the alias Ron Mexico, and therefore knew of his condition. This led to a deluge of fans ordering #7 customized Falcons jerseys on NFL.com with the name "Mexico" on the back. Two days after the lawsuit became public, the NFL blocked the jersey/name combination. In a related note, in Midway's upcoming NFL Blitz game, due to a lack of a license from the NFL, the Washington Redhawks team quarterback is a fleet footed left hander named "Mike Mexico".

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2005 - Herpes - STD - NFL Blitz

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