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Delfino Delivers · #31 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Murph

Is it my imagination, or do Federal Prosecutors seem to be going after high profile African-Americans with a vengence these days? The list is long...Vick, Bonds, OJ, Marion Jones, Al Sharpton.

Just your imagination.

max · #32 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 12:17 PM

This did take center stage over the ref scandle which kind of ticked me off. Now its still the same old same old in the NBA.

Stern should send Vick a thank you.

TaShawn · #33 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 01:33 PM

NBA- ref scandal
NFL- Vick
MLB- Mitchell Report (w/ 20 current/ former Cubs on there!!!)
NHL- crickets

Murph · #34 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Delfino Delivers

Just your imagination.

I have read that it's unheard of for the Federal Government to get involved in a dog fighting case.

I also find it unusual that of the hundreds of athletes who have been implicated in the performance enhancing drug scandels, the only two who have been or are being prosecuted are Bonds and Jones (for purjury).

And while OJ is clearly a murderer, it is also clear that he was entrapped by the FBI in Vegas.

I think the moral of the story is, if you're a very high profile African-American, you'd better dot every I and cross every T in your personal and professional life, or you'll be prosecuted by the Federal Government.

TaShawn · #35 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 03:02 PM

Yeah. OJ and Vick are in trouble for not dotting their i's.

Delfino Delivers · #36 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 03:23 PM

Or maybe it is just a numbers game. Look at the number of high profile athletes and then look at the percentage that are African-American and how many are other nationalities.

If you are fishing in a barrel with 100 bass, 10 bluegill and 2 frogs; the odds of catching a bass are pretty good!!!

Delfino Delivers · #37 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Murph

I have read that it's unheard of for the Federal Government to get involved in a dog fighting case.

I also find it unusual that of the hundreds of athletes who have been implicated in the performance enhancing drug scandels, the only two who have been or are being prosecuted are Bonds and Jones (for purjury).

And while OJ is clearly a murderer, it is also clear that he was entrapped by the FBI in Vegas.

I think the moral of the story is, if you're a very high profile African-American, you'd better dot every I and cross every T in your personal and professional life, or you'll be prosecuted by the Federal Government.

I hope you really don't beleive that.

Murph · #38 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 03:42 PM

I'm not the only one who believes it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/sp...m%20C%20Rhoden

buddahfan · #39 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by max

I am only going by what I heard on the Jim Rome show. He said Vick worked out a deal to serve between 8-12 months ( minus 1 month served ). But the judge doubled it and took the high end of 24 months - 1 served given his recent conduct.

The guy ran an illegal gambling ring. I am sure at some point it dawned on him that he could get caught, kept doing it anyway.

With that. Once he pays his debt to society he should be free to do what he wants.

Somehow I don't think he could get a job with

The Humane Society of the United States

The Low · #40 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Delfino Delivers

I hope you really don't beleive that.

It is true to some degree. OJ aside, with the exception of maybe Pete Rose, most high profile Whites that get into trouble often have their escapades laughed off or forgotten about relatively quickly. But with individuals like Bonds and/or Vick, the general American public latches on and doesn't let go. No one has seen or heard from Dohnaghy and his scandal since the week Vick's story broke and if you bother to bring it up, you're quickly shushed into going back to the Vick story.

As far as public perception, media coverage, and complete voracity that prosecutors seem to have. The high profile Blacks have a lot more to worry about when it pertains to how their lives can turn out. If people vow to never forget or forgive you for what you've done, you may never get a second chance to do ANYTHING (even outside of sports) ever again.

Just listening to sports talk radio, I hear it all day. The overall anger and resentment towards Black athletes who have legal or personality issues is 5 fold that of what callers call in and rant about when it comes to a lot of non-Black athletes. (For example: You never hear terms like "thug" or "punk" tossed about unless it has to do with Black athletes.)