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enough is enough - a Kobe rant

healer677

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Something dawned on me yesterday......

This whole "court to court" deal with Bryant and how disillusioned and dense fans seem to be in realtion to things that are of real importance.

Let's see...

His name is NOT Kobe Tillman or Pat Bryant - there is nothing heroic in his actions. He is not shuttling to and from the middle east. Fighting for freedom in the daytime and fighting for a NBA title at night.

The man is an accused RAPIST (no, not guilty - just accused). He gets paid millions of dollars to play basketball. He scores 42 points to help his team - great (BUT he gets paid a lot of money for this!). He allegedly raped a girl - and he has to go to court....so what! Baby, if you wanna hear the music - you better pay the piper.

This is my problem - I see nothing heroic here.

Why does the general public excuse bad behavior by celebrity athletes? Is this the publics fault or the sports writers who seem to idolize these people like they're s@&#ing them off - it's sickening.
 

parang

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Healer--Now tell us what you really think.
But I do agree with you.
 

Ranger68

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Agreed, entirely. Players charged with such serious crimes should be suspended with pay.
 

drd

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tut tut healer..u shud cite ur sources

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=whitlock/040513
 

shack

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I agree 100% that he's no hero and I'm not a fan of his or even basketball, but there has to be times that the distractions of the proceedings make it more difficult for him to concentrate on his game.

So, if he happens to perform well on the court it means he's been able to put those distractions aside for the time being. Good for him, but this still does not make him any more worthy of any extra accolades.
 

the_big_E

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On a somewhat unrelated note...the end of the Lakers/Spurs game tonight was unbelievable. I only watched the last minute but it was insane! Anyone who saw it would surely share this same sediment!
 

Snook.fr

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Ranger68 said:
Agreed, entirely. Players charged with such serious crimes should be suspended with pay.
What a strange thing to say....
Specially in America where people sue for Nothing!!!

Yes he is Accused of Rape, but not yet a Rapist!
What if he is found not guilty? how could you possibly compensate the Team for the loss of their star because of false accusations?

:rolleyes:
Please get REAL.
There is a BIG difference between being accused of something and having done the Thing.
 

Ranger68

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He's not being SUED, dude, he's being CHARGED. He'd only be charged if there were sufficient evidence to bring charges and the prosecutor thought there was a reasonable chance of conviction.

To use your argument against you, there's a BIG difference between being accused of something and having NOT done the thing.

I think it's in the best interests of the league to put as good a face on the situation as possible and tell him to forget about basketball for a while.
What's to get real about??
:rolleyes:
 
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