<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">PHOENIX -- Amare Stoudemire, the NBA's 2003 Rookie of the Year, accepted travel money and expenses from an agent while still in high school, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. The Phoenix Suns forward apparently is in the clear as far as administrative sanctions. But Robert Gadson, the National Basketball Players Association's director of security and agent administration, said Thursday that agent John Wolf could face action by the union depending on the results of an investigation.</div> Link
Another side of his crookiness......wierd anyways, because he looks so innicent always.....but afterall, I think it's a little wierd, that almost every NBA star has/is been a felony.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BronxTeeRex:</div><div class="quote_post">Another side of his crookiness......wierd anyways, because he looks so innicent always.....but afterall, I think it's a little wierd, that almost every NBA star has/is been a felony.</div> Don't you mean felon? Even if you do it doesn't apply here. I listened to the Jim Rome show when Amare admitted to accepting money in high school. You know why he took it? To support what little family he had left in his life. He already made up his mind that he was going to the pros, so he did not have to worry about colleges breathing down his neck. Why wouldn't he take it?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sunsfan1357:</div><div class="quote_post">Don't you mean felon? Even if you do it doesn't apply here. I listened to the Jim Rome show when Amare admitted to accepting money in high school. You know why he took it? To support what little family he had left in his life. He already made up his mind that he was going to the pros, so he did not have to worry about colleges breathing down his neck. Why wouldn't he take it?</div> Cause it's against the law.
Man, if Stoudemire really did this, then he's in deep shit. He should of never accepted the money, especially in high school. Bad move by him.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BronxTeeRex:</div><div class="quote_post">Cause it's against the law.</div> Are you trying to say if your family was hungry, you wouldn't steal bread for them to eat? Although that's not what happened, it's a solid analogy. He didn't try to take money to buy a hummer or anything so what's the problem?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting jadien:</div><div class="quote_post">Are you trying to say if your family was hungry, you wouldn't steal bread for them to eat? Although that's not what happened, it's a solid analogy. He didn't try to take money to buy a hummer or anything so what's the problem?</div> i agree with jadien, man he didn't kill anybody!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting jadien:</div><div class="quote_post">Are you trying to say if your family was hungry, you wouldn't steal bread for them to eat? Although that's not what happened, it's a solid analogy. He didn't try to take money to buy a hummer or anything so what's the problem?</div> Agreed. He was just trying to help his family out in anyway possible. Obviously he loves his family enough to do something illegal. I would do the same for my family if in that situaution.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting jadien:</div><div class="quote_post">Are you trying to say if your family was hungry, you wouldn't steal bread for them to eat? Although that's not what happened, it's a solid analogy. He didn't try to take money to buy a hummer or anything so what's the problem?</div> MAN! how hard can it be, something is called a " JOB "
It's a terrible situation for any teenager to have to deal with. Amare had enormous pressure on him to be the primary provider for his family. Although I don't agree with him taking the money and breaking the law, I can't really blame him for doing it. At his age he knew he was doing something illegal, but at that age you don't really think out all the consequences involved. These boosters should be the ones paying the authorities go after. They prey on these athletes and offer them the world for later compensation. The temptation is just too, great for a young adult to overlook. Amare should have to make ammends and be punished, but I'm sure he can be forgiven because his intentions for helping his family were admirable, it was just his plan on helping them that could have been different.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TimFlem:</div><div class="quote_post">Agreed. He was just trying to help his family out in anyway possible. Obviously he loves his family enough to do something illegal. I would do the same for my family if in that situaution.</div> Same for me. I don't really think he did anything wrong, for again it's another ethics situation where someone as they see fit "did the wrong thing for the right reasons." It's just money, the world's so full of it, it runs on it. Not his fault his family were having troubles, he wanted to get them out of the slump. Sure Telfair didn't do this, but he went to the pros for his family, you see? As for Amare, he probably didn't have much of a choice. Too many bad people around anyways swiping the cash and handing it out, life's too difficult to run without any shortcomings.
Does this really come as a surprise to anyone at all? Players have always been accepting cash and gifts throughout their "amateur" career. IMO It happens moreso in college then highschool but that is just speculation. The fact is: It's nothing new. I applaud it actually. The schools are making tons of cash off the student but the student/players get nothing in return. That is part of the reason why so many players are declaring early. They have mouths to feed and college is not helping them feed them. When people get caught it becomes a big deal and gets too scrutinized but the fact is that 90% of the NBA players have accepted cash either in college or highschool. It's just the reality.
...and this was what 2 years ago? Now, they are deciding to do something? I mean I know Amare was wrong, but why now? Why didnt they do something before he got drafted?
