<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Thursday, July 08, 2004 Canzano: July 8, 2003, will 'stick with me forever' O ne year ago today, Lynn Turner, then a 32-year-old guest services assistant manager, was told to clean out her desk and be out of the Rose Garden office building by 1:30 p.m. Her security badge was taken. Her job was taken. Maybe you remember the day. Co-workers, ones Turner had eaten lunch with every day for seven years, saw her carrying her belongings down the office hallway and said, "You too?" Turner was one of the 88 people working for the Trail Blazers or Oregon Arena Corp. who were fired last July 8. And you should know the first thing she thought about was her 5-month-old son, Cole. "I was scared," Turner said. "I was just back from maternity leave. I had a new baby and no job." Turner is a single mother. She receives no child support. And the nearest family she has lives in Montana. A couple of months before Cole's birth, Turner scraped together a down payment and purchased a two-bedroom home in Gresham. And, also, she bought a new car with the last of her savings. "I wanted a safe car for my son to ride in," Turner said. Then, one morning her whole world went dizzy. Think missing the playoffs makes for a tough year? Try missing meals. Think making over the roster makes a rough year? Try making over your resume. Think having to declare corporate bankruptcy is difficult? Try living on $140 a week in unemployment pay. That's what Turner did. "If it was me and me alone, I could have lived on Top Ramen noodles three times a day," Turner said. "But there was my son to feed." She borrowed a little money from her parents. She and her son went without health insurance. And she sent out five resumes a week. After two months, she was hired at a bank in Troutdale. "I was luckier than some others," she said. </div> Full Article Article courtesy of the Oregonian This is sad, the NBA is a business more than ever, and will thrive in being one more than ever in the up and coming years. Whether it means losing fans, employees, or even players. Have fun!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dee still ballin:</div><div class="quote_post">I read the rest of it. Powerful Stuff. Thats the type of article that makes you think.</div> yea,it happens in every sport org. once in a while,they can spend 30 million dollars on a player but paying 4000$ per month to support a family is too hard for them.
