Vick To Investigate Sport of 'Child-Fighting'

Attention citizens of the Hampton Roads, Virginia area: Michael Vick could be working with your children. The good news? They'll receive training at several local Boys and Girls clubs in athletic activities from a professional athlete who was worth tens of millions of dollars at one point in his career. Downside? He may pit them against each other in combat unto the death, and then invite his friends over to watch and bet on the outcomes of the matches.

If this thought excites you, then Michael Vick's informal "Camp for Aspiring 50 Percent Passers" opens in the Hampton Roads area courtesy of Vick's probation terms. The former Falcons QB has transferred from his job as a $10 per hour construction laborer, and will instead be working on "health and fitness activities" with the Boys and Girls Clubs. Vick attended the Boys and Girls Club as a youth, something they may not want you to mention a lot given how things worked out with their charge-turned-counselor. Now he pulls a kind of Kenny Powers act by returning at his low point to work with youth, teach them the valuable lessons of adulthood, and to steal the principal's girlfriend and leave her at a gas station on his way down to a contract with Tampa that doesn't exist.

I wish him the best with his work. As a former youth program worker, I can appreciate the challenges and rewards of working with youth: their energy, their curiosity and their humor. However, as a formerly young smartass, I also appreciate the kind of joyful buzz that comes with asking Mr. Vick "What are your tips for making my dog the best it can be in the ring?" in front of a crowd, and then being told to leave the program until I learned to act right. Two things, kid-who-is-going-to-do-this. One: You'll never get better, so just accept that, and two: record this moment with a camera, and then send it to blogtips[at]sportingnews[dot]com. We could be talking tens of dollars for you and yours here. Tens, we tell you!

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