As more details emerge regarding the decision of Mike Vick to cancel his appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, FOX 29 in Philly reports that the Eagles had a hand in keeping Vick away from the program.
Per the report, Vick made the decision not to proceed with the interview after the Eagles voiced objections to it.
The report doesn’t provide any specifics as to the who and how and why, but the Eagles possibly were concerned that: (1) Vick had already said everything he had to say about his history of dogfighting; (2) Oprah surely wasn’t interested in talking about football; and (3) if Oprah had invited one or more of the people who adopted fighting dogs rescued from Vick’s Virginia property, it would have created a This Is Your Life-style moment gone very wrong, very quickly.
And so we now must set the official PFT DVR (hey, it’s a write off) to The Oprah Winfrey Show for the next week or so, in order to see whether she decides to have a show featuring the people who adopted Vick’s dogs.