BET's giving Michael Vick the chance to publicly redeem himself after being convicted of coordinating dog fights and animal cruelty. The NFL great will star in an eight part documentary-style reality show airing early next year on the network. The show titled The Michael Vick Project, will follow the dogfighting ringmaster as he joins up with the Philadelphia Eagles, rebuilds relationships with his fiancée and kids and attempts to make amends—presumably of both the court-ordered and PR-advised variety for his 2007 arrest.
"I just want people to really get to know me as an individual," he told the paper. "What I want to do is change the perception of me. I am a human being. I've made some mistakes in the past, and I wish it had never happened. But it's not about how you fall, but about how you pick yourself up."
