LeBron Is Out
What a complete joke. LeBron James has been stripped of his high school eligibility the the Ohio State Athletic Association because he accepted 2 basketball jersey's from a local store. Amateur rules have got to be changed. Did you know that in Kansas, kids aren't even allowed to compete in non-KSHAA sanctioned events during the school year without losing eligibility? So if I had gone down to Oklahoma to play a golf tournament in the fall of my senior year - I would have been ineligable to play in the spring. Nice rule.
Though its not much different than the other zero-tolerance shit schools pump out. Think about it - LeBron gets his eligibility stripped over 2 pieces of clothing. The exact same punishment that he would have gotten had he signed with an agent and a shoe company and accepted the millions of dollars that would come with it.
"I think this sends a message that we are all about fairness,'' Muscaro said. "LeBron is being treated like any one of the thousands of student-athletes in Ohio.'' "Naturally, LeBron is talented and he's noted nationally and internationally, but as far as this association is concerned, we will treat him the same as all our other athletes. James is the first athlete he has declared ineligible in his 14 years as commissioner.
Yep, just like everybody else - except he's the only one to be declared ineligible. He should have gotten a 1 game suspension and been made to return the jerseys.
Though its not much different than the other zero-tolerance shit schools pump out. Think about it - LeBron gets his eligibility stripped over 2 pieces of clothing. The exact same punishment that he would have gotten had he signed with an agent and a shoe company and accepted the millions of dollars that would come with it.
"I think this sends a message that we are all about fairness,'' Muscaro said. "LeBron is being treated like any one of the thousands of student-athletes in Ohio.'' "Naturally, LeBron is talented and he's noted nationally and internationally, but as far as this association is concerned, we will treat him the same as all our other athletes. James is the first athlete he has declared ineligible in his 14 years as commissioner.
Yep, just like everybody else - except he's the only one to be declared ineligible. He should have gotten a 1 game suspension and been made to return the jerseys.
# | January 31, 2003