1/30/08

NBA and the forgotten dreams...

I'm so tired of opening my newspaper, reading the homepage of yahoo, watching Sportscenter about some whiney NBA player who wants "out". They don't like this, they don't like that, they want more money, they want to be in more control...blah blah blah blah blah....GOODNESS! It's enough to make you sick. I watch my boys and their teammates play their hearts out weekly. I don't know their ultimate goal, be it a college scholarship, to go to the NBA, dreams of riches and fame but I know right now, at this point in their life they think these men, who play on tv, drive a fancy car, live in a big house and live to play basketball every other day of their lives are the GODS OF THE UNIVERSE (not literally). I watch my son do pushups and sit ups, toe raises, work hard in practice to try and improve his shot and study any college or NBA game that comes on tv. I think to myself as I watch the documentaries about their road to success, the estranged fathers, the poverty, single mothers, have-nots. Although there are several successful stories of "normal" families it isn't the the higher percentage that makes the "better" story. The episodes NBA and NFL athletes who talk of 3 children sleeping to a bed, talking shoes, hand me downs, mothers working 3 jobs and never being able to come to games. When is all of this forgotten? On their first paycheck, the third, or somewhere between the lamborghini and the $25million dollar home. They forgot there are still kids out there working to fundraise with their AAU team for something as simple as a uniform and a pair of shoes for everyone on the team. Youth coaches who say, "I wish I could hit the lottery and take my whole team to nationals," another dream on the quest for glory. Instead they become nothing more than overpaid BRATS who want more! If you want to run the team, then buy the team. Stop spending your money on your 4th house, your 15th car, your $2 million dollar dogtags and overpriced tvs for the 3rd row seat that only the car driving behind you can see. How about not investing in a soul food restaurant or rental car dealership that will last one year but instead something that will last the long haul with real profit. Yes, Kevin Garnett and the likes got the money "in the end" but to sit out and say I won't sign, I won't play unless I make a record setting earning? How about some show and prove first. Can we see what you can do first? It's not limited to the NBA, the NFL has some whiners too. All that sitting Larry Johnson did...for what? Wasted money in my opinion. No show and prove their. Nothing that should make Kansas City feel like it was worth the wait. Kobe (I want to be traded, I wanted to be traded, I'm a team player see how I go to the media and say I wanted to be traded, please believe how much of a team player I am). Jason Kidd - a text message "I have a migraine???" to your coach right before a game??? (have some class), I've damn near had to hold my son down and tie him to a chair with a 102 degree temperature to keep him from playing. I'm not even going to go into the disgust I have for A.I and his antics. What an awesome role model he is. Good thing he's not a role model to my children and their daddy has done his job. More on this later...it's a work in progress...

1 comment:

  1. YES! YES! YES! This should be on the board in the dressing rooms of all professional teams.

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