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To: Carolyn who wrote (17379)	8/23/2007 3:01:05 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90487

Lindy had mentioned when this all started that dog fighting was quite large in the south amongst the black population. I thought how in the world could that be. Well when I see a comment like this from an NBA player he may just be right. We are probably lucky Vick is pleading rather then taking his chance on an OJ. Stephon Marbury defends Michael Vick, calls dogfighting a sport August 22, 2007 NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury defended Michael Vick, calling dogfighting a sport and comparing it to hunting. Marbury spoke Monday about the federal dogfighting conspiracy charges against Vick while promoting his basketball shoe in Albany, N.Y. "I think it's tough," Marbury said, according to Albany TV station Capital News 9. "I think, you know, we don't say anything about people who shoot deer or shoot other animals. You know, from what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It's just behind closed doors." On Monday, Vick said through a lawyer that he will plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and conspiracy to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture. He also faces possible prosecution in Virginia. "I think it's tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down," Marbury said. "I think he's one of the superb athletes, and he's a good human being. I just think that he fell into a bad situation." In his mind shooting a deer and killing it quickly is equivalent to dog fighting where they rip each other to pieces until one is dead and often the other is to injured to go on so they beat it to death or electrocute it or some of the other spiffy ways I heard of in this case. All I can say about that is that is just UFB.