
Incarcerated NFL star Michael Vick is looking to make some quick cash by writing a book that would likely detail his road from poverty to becoming the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL.
According to the New York Daily News, the former Atlanta Falcons player – currently serving 23 months for financing a dog-fighting ring – reportedly has literary agent Scott Waxman shopping a proposal for a memoir. Needless to say, the idea doesn’t sit well with the folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
“What will he call his book, ‘Vick: One Lucky Dog’?” PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk asks the Daily News. “If Vick has started writing this book while in jail, the proceeds should fall under the rule that says a felon can’t profit from his murderous deeds.”
Vick, who is now in bankruptcy proceedings, may also use the book to express shame regarding his dog-fighting enterprise, as he has been told by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that his chances of playing football again depend on whether he demonstrates sufficient remorse.
Still, Newkirk argues, “Shame and contrition mean keeping a low profile and letting time tell that you’ve reformed, not angling for … a return to stardom and a book deal.”

Damon Dash said he was so caught up in making sure the people around him were succeeding that he took his eye off the ball regarding his own financial well-being.
The one-time rap mogul has been making headlines with his money struggles in recent months; he is facing foreclosure on his two properties in the trendy TriBeCa area of New York and reportedly owes $2 million in state taxes, among other debts.
His designer wife of four years, Rachel Roy, filed for divorce earlier this month after Dash helped her launch her own women’s fashion line. Dash now says part of his financial predicament is related to helping the likes of Roy and rapper pal Jim Jones – and not spending enough time on his own projects.
He tells Billboard.com, “My mistake was watching everyone else’s careers and not watching mine.”
He adds, “After being able to settle my wife’s company, I was able to start doing other things. My first approach was the music business and getting with Jim Jones… I spent the last six months doing research, trying to figure out how to use all my resources to blow this out.”
Do ya thing Dame…