Vick, Nike Reunion? Not So Fast Says Company

Nike: No endorsement deal with Vick

Nike's marriage to Michael Vick might not be back on again after all.

Nike doesn't have a "contractual relationship" with Michael Vick, the company said Thursday.

New sources, quoting the quarterback’s agent, originally reported that a deal was reached between the Birds’ controversial QB and the sports apparel behemoth.

Nike has “agreed to supply product to Michael Vick as we do a number of athletes who are not under contract with Nike,” they said in a statement released Thursday morning.

On Wednesday, Michael Principe, the managing director of BEST, the agency that represents Vick, announced the Birds QB had a new deal with Nike during a panel discussion at the Sports Sponsorship Symposium.

Vick's agent, Joel Segal, didn’t immediately return a call for comment Thursday.

Nike, which signed Vick as a rookie in 2001, terminated his contract in August 2007 after he filed a plea agreement admitting his involvement in a dogfighting ring.

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