Yesterday, while looking at one of my favorite Sports Talk Shows (PTI). A story out of CA, just made me shake my head, and wonder, why brother? Why?
There's a brother out in some small LA suburb, who's suing the city's High School Athletic Board for 1.5 million dollars, because his son didn't make the Varsity Basketball team.
He's suing for possible earnings his son would make in the NBA. When I heard the assonance of the story, my thoughts were, please don't let this be a brother. Low in behold, it was.
This kid is only a sophmore in High School, with his future clearly ahead of him, why would a father damage his son's future like that?
If he does make a team, his teammates, and schoolmates, will say he only made the team, because his dad would sue, if he didn't. If he transfers, a school will not touch him, because of his father.
Are parents that far out of touch with sports? I've seen some little league games, where parents lose it, because their kids are not playing, I mean they literally lose it. I went to one of my cousin's kids game up here, and this father threatened to kill the coach, if his son didn't start the next game.
Now, these are the same parents, that won't ask, what are the reason their kids aren't playing, or won't ask what steps can they take to help their kids become better, so they won't get cut the next time.
This brother is clearly out of touch with reality, and some civil minded friend, or relative needs to get it through to him, that he's needs to drop this suit, and apologize to coach, the school, and the Athletic Board, and mostly to his son.
I hope parents like this, realize, a Moses Malone, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, or any other high school phenom doesn't come along every year. Sure Kwame Brown, being the first overall high schooler to be drafted first overall, didn't help matters much, but some of these parents need to realize, it doesn't work that way for every kid.
NICE
There's a brother out in some small LA suburb, who's suing the city's High School Athletic Board for 1.5 million dollars, because his son didn't make the Varsity Basketball team.
He's suing for possible earnings his son would make in the NBA. When I heard the assonance of the story, my thoughts were, please don't let this be a brother. Low in behold, it was.
This kid is only a sophmore in High School, with his future clearly ahead of him, why would a father damage his son's future like that?
If he does make a team, his teammates, and schoolmates, will say he only made the team, because his dad would sue, if he didn't. If he transfers, a school will not touch him, because of his father.
Are parents that far out of touch with sports? I've seen some little league games, where parents lose it, because their kids are not playing, I mean they literally lose it. I went to one of my cousin's kids game up here, and this father threatened to kill the coach, if his son didn't start the next game.
Now, these are the same parents, that won't ask, what are the reason their kids aren't playing, or won't ask what steps can they take to help their kids become better, so they won't get cut the next time.
This brother is clearly out of touch with reality, and some civil minded friend, or relative needs to get it through to him, that he's needs to drop this suit, and apologize to coach, the school, and the Athletic Board, and mostly to his son.
I hope parents like this, realize, a Moses Malone, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, or any other high school phenom doesn't come along every year. Sure Kwame Brown, being the first overall high schooler to be drafted first overall, didn't help matters much, but some of these parents need to realize, it doesn't work that way for every kid.
NICE
My nephew has mad skillz!!!