Michael Vick - Texas A&M Parody Shirt BANNED

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October 12, 2007

T-shirts created by a Tech student featuring formal NFL player Michael Vick hanging the dog mascot Texas A&M were banned. The text on the shirts said “Vick Em” with reference to the Aggies slogan “Gig em”. The back of the shirt features a football player with the number seven and a rope with a graphic of the mascot Reveille in the noose. The student was trying to sell them at a game last Saturday in Lubbock.

Michael Vick currently faces five years of prison if found guilty of dogfighting charges. According to KCBD, Texas Tech University President Jon Whitmore issued the following official statement: “Texas Tech University is an institution of higher learning where values such as respect for others and civility are both taught and practiced. We will not permit individual students or any student organization to profit from selling merchandise on campus that is derogatory, inflammatory, insensitive, or in such bad taste that it reflects negatively on this fine institution, its students, athletic teams, alumni or faculty.” The students were placed on suspension and may face charges of solicitation, but the students were quick to apologize to the university.

KCBD reported later that after the Theta Chi Fraternity has been on probation the Michael Vic t-shirts have become collector items with a hefty price tag. The shirt originally sold for $10 is now being sold for $130 on ebay. However, we were unable to find these $130 t-shirts on ebay but found countless t-shirts for sale on ebay about the Michael Vick controversy.