 The company initially announced in July that it had "suspended Michael Vick's contract without pay, and will not sell any more Michael Vick product at Nike owned retail at this time", although the company said it had not terminated the contract, apparently waiting for a guilty plea or a conviction to do so, as animal-rights activists had urged the company to do.However, Nike also announced it was suspending the release of the Zoom Vick V, a new line of shoes.On August 24, hours after details of Vick's guilty plea and statement of facts were made public, Nike announced it was completely terminating its relationship with him.