Posted on 11/06/2011 6:52:06 AM PST by Immerito
There’s no reason for Jordan to be drunk on haterade. These kids deserve the money, even if some of them blow a percentage of it making it rain at strip clubs. I’m not defending their financial irresponsibility, but we do need a little context. When we tell the stories about the athletes who are broke three or four years after retirement, we often leave out the details about the countless friends and family members the athletes helped while blowing their money. They “blow” money on school clothes, private schools, medical bills and college tuitions, too.
I fully comprehend the shortcomings of modern-day pro athletes, but I do not understand the outright hatred of them. They don’t deserve it.
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Of course the owners are out to screw you. And the fans too.
I don’t know what I am, but paying these morons this kind of money to play ball frosts me. Still, I don’t have to attend, but I would like to see a KU game without paying $150.00 when I am already paying the stupid tuition, room and board, etc and the kids are on some kind of “break” every time you turn around.
Your kid should have been a player, then yu’d get free tickets even on the road. Being a parent of a student doesn’t rate special deals. Watch on tv like most do
Wow, thanks for the economics lesson. You answered a question that wasn’t asked and wasn’t implied. What did I say that had anything to do with the price of a frigging seat at any event?
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