National Football League Quarterback Challenge

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The NFL's Quarterback Challenge is an annual competition of National Football League quarterbacks, currently sponsored in part by DirecTV, produced by NFL, PLAYERS INC and NFL QB Greats. The first NFL Quarterback Challenge took place in 1991. The event were previously sponsored by 989 Sports and in 2005 by Electronic Arts EA Sports.

[edit] Michael Vick controversy

The competition, which was filmed May 19, 2007 at Cayman International School, was scheduled to air August 3, 2007 on ESPN. ESPN cancelled the program due to the NFL executives sending a notice regarding Michael Vick. During the summer, Vick was arrested due to his involvement of dogfighting competitions. The editing and time constraints needed to delete Michael Vick's appearance from the Quarterback Challenge led to the airing being cancelled.

[edit] Winners of the competition are:

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