AN ARTICLE BY JOHN GARRITY with Sports Illustrated has apparently uncovered the fact that Tryon was never offered $1 million to play in Dubai as was widely reported in the media (and repeated here).

"Tell me about the million dollars they offered you to play in Dubai," Hoch said, making a sarcastic reference to media reports that Tryon, who is still in high school, had refused a Middle Eastern sheik-down. Ty looked embarrassed. There was no million-dollar offer, he said. No half-million dollar offer. "A hundred thousand?" Hoch asked. Ty's shrug said maybe. "Where does the media get this stuff?" he asked.