In his infinite wisdom, Stephon Marbury has decided that Mike Vick is being treated unfairly.
“We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean?” Marbury said in an interview that was aired by Capital 9 News in Albany. “From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors and I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down … I think he fell into a bad situation.”
Let me address his statements one by one…
“We don’t say anything about people shooting deers and shooting other animals, you know what I mean?”
Yes, I think I know what you mean, and you’re wrong. A lot of people around the country are against hunting. But that’s not the point. You’re comparing something that is illegal everywhere (dogfighting) to something that is legal in many states. Society has spoken, and breeding dogs to fight and maime is not acceptable behavior.
“From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors…”
So since you hear that dogfighting is a sport behind closed doors, that makes it OK? Does that make Fight Club OK? (Oops, I wasn’t supposed to talk about Fight Club.)
“I think it’s tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down…”
I hear this kind of arugment a lot when the media is all over celebrities or athletes who run into trouble. Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s not. This is one of those cases where it’s not. Vick’s decisions have come back to haunt him. He broke himself down.
“I think he fell into a bad situation.”
So he decided to fund and actively participate in an extensive dogfighting ring because of peer pressure? He didn’t want to hang, electrocute or shoot those dogs – his buddies made him do it.
Stephon, what color is the sky in your world?
