More LeBron
A last thought (for today at least) on LeBron James. The problem I have is not so much with the rule (not accepting gifts), but the punishment. If he had gone on the court and been talking trash about his Hummer, and ended up starting a fight - do you think he'd have lost his eligibility, or just suspended for a game or two. If he'd have tested positive for drugs - suspended for a game or lost his eligibility?
Maybe I'm just ignorant, but it would seem to me that being on drugs and starting fights during the game are more serious infractions - yet he gets the proverbial death penalty for something much more minor in nature.
Also, ESPN is running a web-poll, and talking about it on their Sportscenter shows, that is completely wrong. There are 5 options in the poll, 4 of which for people who think he should have gotten a lesser punishment, and 1 option for those who think the punishment was fine. Currently 41.9% think the current punishment was appropriate, and 58.1% think it was wrong. But becaue that 58.1% is broken up into 4 pieces due to the nature of their poll, ESPN keeps reporting that the poll is showing ESPN viewers agree with the current punishment. Idiotic mistake.
Maybe I'm just ignorant, but it would seem to me that being on drugs and starting fights during the game are more serious infractions - yet he gets the proverbial death penalty for something much more minor in nature.
Also, ESPN is running a web-poll, and talking about it on their Sportscenter shows, that is completely wrong. There are 5 options in the poll, 4 of which for people who think he should have gotten a lesser punishment, and 1 option for those who think the punishment was fine. Currently 41.9% think the current punishment was appropriate, and 58.1% think it was wrong. But becaue that 58.1% is broken up into 4 pieces due to the nature of their poll, ESPN keeps reporting that the poll is showing ESPN viewers agree with the current punishment. Idiotic mistake.
# | February 01, 2003