LeBron James:driving around Akron in a Hummer H2
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sophandros
Free Thinker
Exactly. Raise the academic bar, and eventually the kids will jump over it.
I don't believe in remedial courses at Universities; teach the stuff in HS. If the kid doesn't learn it there, he needs to go to JC or CC to learn it. If too many kids need to go to JC or CC, what does that tell us about our Secondary Educational system?
sophandros
Free Thinker
On the flip side, Venus and Serena aren't bad examples, are they? How about Ken Griffey, Jr.? Chanda Rubin?
Of course, there is the plethora of kids who DON'T make it and are working in lumber yards and garbage dumps now...wait, those guys are EXCELLENT examples. Perhaps THEY should tell some of these kids, "Don't believe the Hype."
LMBH
Member
Hopefully paid premiums was the first order of business once it was obvious that LeBron was the chosen one for the NBA draft and multi-million dollar endorcements.
On first though, the Hummer did raise the eyebrows until I remembered how many luxury cars I have seen in several high school student parking lots.
Blacknbengal
Well-Known Member
Call it what you want, but I call it how I see it. :uhoh: She is exploiting him just like some little trick that would get pregnant and put him on child support just because of his talent.
Blacknbengal
Well-Known Member
What? His aunt's mopad??
jstate83
GOAT FARM!
Originally posted by Blacknbengal
What? His aunt's mopad??
Caddy Escalade.
Big deal about the hummer. He's not going to college, probably has insurance for a zillion $'s. Everybody else is profitting off this kid, let him have his ride. The Escalade was not a problem, so why is the hummer a big deal now???
Blacknbengal
Well-Known Member
Well, whatever he had; his mother's boyfriend bought it for him so that he could get a piece of the action too.
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First this is the most hypocritical thing I 've seen in a awhile first they put the kid on SI then on national TV where everybody can profit accept the kid and his family the high school profits by moving his games to a bigger arena with more people to watch and the high school assciation profits because the get a cut from tv, bigger crowds, and allowing his school to play out of state schools. Then we want to criticize his mother for buying him the car when we simple don't have all the facts maybe it was a deal made but so what very few banks these days loan money to black even on future earnings. I remember coming out of high school and being recruited, at graduation my mother bought me a musthang everybody wanted know how she could afford the car the fact when I signed my scholarship she took part of the money she was saving to send me to college and bought me that car. My point is don't pass judgement according to the article because as we all know America builds you up to tear you down. As far as the n and flies we have nothing to say when some 14yearold white tennis player turns pro or about the way their family spends there money.
Blacknbengal
Well-Known Member
9 out of 10 14 year old white tennis players comes from Confederate money. This guy's mom didnt have anything. She had just got out of Rehab some years back. Someone correct me if Im wrong.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Well having sold and gettin cars finanace for over 13 yrs. I can tell that what probably happen is that the bank did give a loan base on future earning.
What they probably did was to sign his mother up on a leasing contract which even with marginal credit usually can get done(GM contracts are a little easier)
Probably had to put zero or first payment down with a one time payment due in a yr. I've done this many times.
Now the problem that I might have is that if in some way they find a way to say he violated their high school association policies(remember they're different state to state) then not think about the repercussion on his teammates and the fact that their season woud be all for not(you gotta know that other schools and parents"white" or envious)it show's just how self-centered and immature both he and his mother is.
By the way why are ya'll talking about scholarship you know this kid ain't seeing one day in nobody university
What they probably did was to sign his mother up on a leasing contract which even with marginal credit usually can get done(GM contracts are a little easier)
Probably had to put zero or first payment down with a one time payment due in a yr. I've done this many times.
Now the problem that I might have is that if in some way they find a way to say he violated their high school association policies(remember they're different state to state) then not think about the repercussion on his teammates and the fact that their season woud be all for not(you gotta know that other schools and parents"white" or envious)it show's just how self-centered and immature both he and his mother is.
By the way why are ya'll talking about scholarship you know this kid ain't seeing one day in nobody university
jstate83
GOAT FARM!
Originally posted by Blacknbengal
9 out of 10 14 year old white tennis players comes from Confederate money. This guy's mom didnt have anything. She had just got out of Rehab some years back. Someone correct me if Im wrong.
She has a 17 year old son that is going to be the first pick
in the NBA DRAFT!!
Like I said, everyone is profitting off this family, including car dealers that want to be on a first name basis when he get's his $10 million signing bonus.
My point is nobody knows what the situation is to say where white 14 yearold parents get thier money is to make an assumption or is to beleive a sterotype. For the Ohio athlehtic association to say at this stage that he's getting unfair benifits is a farce after they have exploited this kid from the very start. Some of you have said his mother is exploiting him if I read correctly the H2 was for him not her if would be different if she bought it for herself. Bluedog when I mention scholarship I was referring to myself and my situation Lebrun James is going to the NBA no doubt but the situation is similar.
Beer Man
I RAISE..... ALL IN
Everyone wants to bring this kid down. Everyone is making profits off of him. Let him drive whatever he wants. It was not a gift from someone outside his family. No rules have been broken. Colleges break rules all the time anyways. I remember my brother telling me about Cincy sending T.J. Ford every new pair of J's before they came out.
unknown
New Member
Thank you Beer Man. These folks actin like the kid went somewhere and took the truck from a damn agent or somethin. And even if he did, he's not goin to the NCAA's so who'd care? He deserves it, let it rest. And SMH @ the white kid comment...I don't even think that was worth mentioning.
No matter how much you may say others are making dollars from him, he is still a kid on a public school team that has to follow the rules that are set by the Ohio School Sports Association or whatever they are called. His mother does not have a job and you cannot funnel funds, gifts, future earnings or anything thru her for him. He may have just cost his team some games when they find out all the facts that are going on and he becomes in-eligible. If he wanted to get all these things from future earnings he needs to quit playing high school ball and do that. These players usually will wait till the season is over before getting these future earning loans from banks, but NOOOOOOOOOO he needed to have the best dam vehicle on the block now instead of then. Whats a few more months of riding the bus or driving the hooptey a little while longer.
I do not know the rules for Ohio high schools. But I think I may wind up cosigning this. I definitely will not be mad at the brother if he earns millions of dollars for playing ball. But let's not be naive. People will act like a leech and will try to get every dime they can off of him. If LeBron and his mother are smart (I will not bet the house on the mother getting any sense.), they will protect themselves financially and will listen to some sound advice. The message below expresses some of my thoughts.
Maybe LeBron had better watch his mother. Whatever, I hope I will not be having pity for him some years later. I hope I will not. :mrt:
Man Fiyah the rules should apply to everybody than if this kid was going to college he would get gifts under the table but at least he trying to be above board his mother could have kept the H2 and drove her self and no one could say a thing all you could do is speculate as far as learning some humility man please this kid is on the cover of SI, ESPN and every other Newscast or Sportcast humility went out the window a long time ago. As I said before they build you to tear you down and we as Blacks lead the charge against our own. If this was Baseball this wouldn't be discussion.
dacontinent
Preacher
Exploitation
Some of you really amaze me in your views. One minute I read that folks are complaining that a high school ball player is riding in a luxury auto that clearly violates the spirit of the eligibility policy of the state. Then you tell me that kids don't need to play high school ball to get elite exposure. If those are true, the exploitive culprits in this case are clear:
LeBron James and his family
Why?
Because he could have all of this without the athletic association coming into question simply by not playing high school ball.
Sorry, this is not slavery. 13-14 year old kids - regardless of race, creed, color, etc. - in sports where they allow them to be professionals and collect all of the revenue desired are still PROFESSIONALS. LeBron James does not yet fit into that category, but he is exploiting the system in order to enjoy the best of both worlds. Everything that he has done prior to this high school season had already set the stage. He has very little to gain by playing high school ball this year. He could have spent the year focusing on studies and spent his extra-curricular time getting mentored in how to manage his life - and still made the same deals for the same toys.
Some of you really amaze me in your views. One minute I read that folks are complaining that a high school ball player is riding in a luxury auto that clearly violates the spirit of the eligibility policy of the state. Then you tell me that kids don't need to play high school ball to get elite exposure. If those are true, the exploitive culprits in this case are clear:
LeBron James and his family
Why?
Because he could have all of this without the athletic association coming into question simply by not playing high school ball.
Sorry, this is not slavery. 13-14 year old kids - regardless of race, creed, color, etc. - in sports where they allow them to be professionals and collect all of the revenue desired are still PROFESSIONALS. LeBron James does not yet fit into that category, but he is exploiting the system in order to enjoy the best of both worlds. Everything that he has done prior to this high school season had already set the stage. He has very little to gain by playing high school ball this year. He could have spent the year focusing on studies and spent his extra-curricular time getting mentored in how to manage his life - and still made the same deals for the same toys.
The rules do apply to everyone, tell who they don't apply to. Gifts under or over the table are still illegal no matter how you put it. How many have we seen schools be penalized for what individual players or coaches did to take money, cars and other things for their advancement only. Cheating is cheating no matter how you do it. What happens to his team mates thats trying to win a title and if they find something all those games in which he played are forfeited because he took gifts. They have a pretty good team even without him. Yes, he could have not played this year and took all the endosement deals he wanted, but he didn't. He wanted to play high school ball and is doing that. Now this comparison with baseball I don't get. No american high school kid is eligible for pro ball on the minor league level or the major league level. High schoolers can go pro and not go to college but how many 1st, 2nd or even 3rd rounders in baseball make it to the major league level? My guess would be about 20% and thats being generous. They get that signing bonus and make a regular base salary after that. Not too many of them even get that big signing bonus either. DOn't compare apples and oranges, baseball have about 40-50 rounds for a draft and basketball has 2 and only those in the first round get guaranteed money for 3 years with a 4th year option. I'm not saying he should go to college and forgo any money he will get from paying pro basketball. I'm saying his mom has no job, he has no job and he's driving around in a 50K vehicle....if its a duck, its a duck.