If I was his ex-wife, I'd be furious. The gold medal should eventually pass to his children. SInce (I think) the divorce has been finalized, it is doubtful that she has any property rights in the gold medal, but it still is pretty selfish on Kidd's part.
Kidd is a selfish moron, in real life situations he's the exact opposite of what he is on the court. At the very least he should give it to CP3 for covering his ass these past month and keeping his sterling international record spotless.
The same ex-wife that wanted nothing to do with Kidd's first child? I have zero sympathy for that psycho
it has nothing to do with her--it is about his children. Maybe you can argue that his older kids should get it--but it should pass to SOMEONE within his family. Down the street from me is the wife and kids of a former major league player; the player placed some of his memorabilia on e-bay so it wouldn't pass to them. I don't know what the legal status of their relationship and property rights were at the time, but she was able to successfully stop the sale. What Kidd is doing is selfish and slimy, and (assuming that this epitomizes his relationship with them) I wouldn't be at all surprised if his kids end up hating his guts if they don't already. [I phrased it as his wife being furious because most of his kids are probably too young to understand the ramifications of this, and it mirrors the experience of one of my neighbors, the ex-wife of a former major league player, who tried to sell his personal memorabilia on e-bay to keep it from passing to her and his children. She successfully sued to halt the sale.]
Well, to play Devil's Advocate, Kidd's kids now have immense connections with the Wynn family, one of the richest families on Earth.
As long as he is alive and of legally sound mind, it is his to do with as he pleases. How is what he is doing selfish? He was the captain of the team that earned the gold medal. His children did nothing for it and are entitled to none of it. It is no different than earning a college degree. That doesn't get automatically passed to one's children and neither should items earned through competition. Based upon what you said, I find your neighbor to be a real bitch and I can't believe a judge sided with her. That stuff is his and his alone.
you are being quite unfair. As I said--but perhaps too tersely--I don't know whether their divorce was still pending at the time, or whether his athletic awards were subject to property distribution. regardless, he is being selfish . . . a college degree is not analogous. A Nobel Prize, an Oscar, or an Emmy, however, are.
Why should any of those things automatically be passed to one's child? And you still have explained how it is selfish
I don't see why this has anything to do with his kids, his wife, or his divorce. I'm with cpawfan on this one. Look, he earned it and noone else besides the members of his team, the coaching staff, and management did anything to help him earn that. He is alive and he can choose to do with it however he wishes. Why would he be obligated to give it to them? If they were still settling their divorce, and she asked that his gold medal be part of the settlement or whatnot, then she'd just be a selfish bitch for taking his stuff that he earned, that she played no part of.
Well no doubt I think it is dumb too lol Just the whole "entitled to his kids and wife" thing kinda perturbed me.
Seems suspicious like bart simpson once said... its like a milk dud: sweet on the outside, poison on the inside
