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arkrud
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Posted by tkf:
Posted by arkrud:
Posted by tkf:
Posted by arkrud:
Posted by tkf:
Posted by Nalod:
His crap was not enough to make them profitable.
The movement was not about charity. The movement was about selling clothes.
The movement became constipated.
Marbury is toxic.
Years ago they did a bit of math to show how well the companies that Jordan endorsed had done well. Certainly he was not the whole, but solid companies hiring a solid endorser works.
Steve and Barry's had a good idea, and its not marbury's fault, but he is toxic and for him it was the only game in town.
I would have huge respect if Marbury spun it out himself, took the risk to sell the clothes, and donate his profits to charity.
That would be a movement worthy of making a contribution.
good post.. can't dissagree with that .. He has his 400+ man family to feed. They all are seating with their mouth open and waiting for... buks to fall from the sky. But at the end the story is always the same - if you are nothing you will have nothing in the end.
yea, and the sad thing for marbury is that, after all of his brothers(who were good ball players) failed to make it to the pros, he became the golden child. so everyone expects him to feed them...
And Steph is a good man in some way. In his place I will ask all this "brothers" to go f..ck themselves.
[Edited by - arkrud on 08-25-2008 12:47 PM] I have seen from up close hand how money just adds a lot of problems to these athletes. Marquis grissom, used to live right next door to me(in atlanta) when he came up with the expos... I watched him go from prospect to a huge contract. His son is two weeks older than my son, his girl and my wife were pregnant at the same time. when they seperated she got a lot of shyt... mansion, cars LOL.. And marquis had a big family who also had wants and needs.. that kind of stuff is just a mental and financial strain. he is a good guy tho...
My other friend got his money from an accident settlement. His wife was in a bad accident with a tractor trailor.... they got a ton of money, and all of a sudden, family I have never seen, came out of the woodworks, professing their love for their favorite nephew, cousin, etc... LOL... And I knew this guy for 22 years, It was sickening to see all of these people come from nowhere..
I could just imagine the Marbury's... Steph is probably dealing with money issues, with his family on a daily basis. he makes a lot of loot, but I bet he spends just as much on all of those hangers on, he has... Yep... This tuff… But it is a cultural phenomenon in some way. I am from European Jewish culture and there is the lowest point when somebody is begging for money. It is not comfortable even to accept money from relatives and friends... besides of dire need. To me when people do this they have no self-respect, not talking about respect to other people. And I also believe when you have money and giving it up like this, it destroys the ability of people leave their own live and make their own decisions. Helping people who cannot help themselves because of illness, kids, orphans is good thing, but if somebody has hands, legs, and head – make him work on his live by himself.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Hamlet
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