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Originally posted by SpongeBobTheDestoyer:
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Originally posted by GForce:
What do I think of Kobe? Hmm, well I think he's an overpaid athlete just like most pro athletes. Alot more people, especially children, are starving or undereducated. They wear ragged clothes and are malnourished. I really don't like watching sports just to pay the atheletes when I can instead be spending my money for those in real need of money. I am not a athlete worshipper. I admire those who are in the service professions, helping those who need help. Athletes?! Bah! As far as Kobe's problems, I don't know if he did rape her, but I really feel sorry for his wife. What the hell was he thinking? Adultery. Cheating on his wife. No I don't feel sorry for him. Maybe this will deflate his pompous ego down to earth.
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I don't think you should blame the athlete. If you want to blame someone point the finger at the owners or the agents. They are the ones that deal with the money. Athlete's are just people who have dedicated their lives to something they love, just like someone in a service profession you mentioned. Some people are blessed with a big heart or a super intellect, and some are blessed physically. Should they be denied the opportunity to use their god given talents to make themselves and other people happy? And when it comes to all that money I haven't heard of an athlete who doesn't donate to charity. Look at Dikembe Mutumbo, he's donated 3.5 million dollars of his own money to help build a hospital in Kinshasa, Congo. Things like that happen and they don't get publicized. But if something negative happens it's all over the news, even if it is only an allegation.
I heard that the girl involved with Kobe was on the American Idol show not to long ago and when she didn't win she blew up and had a big breakdown. Another of the girls said she was "unstable". Anyone else hear about this? [/QUOTE]True about the owners and agents. Sorry, I was just itching for a rant to millionaire athletes. I just don't get it when employers are willing to fork over millions to athletes for just playing sports when ALL that money could be used for something more uplifting, constructive, and productive towards the evolution of humankind. Sports IMO is not it. The USA is a very rich country yet we are also one of the poorest. With all this money, there are still starving, deprived, unemployed, undereducated, etc people in this country. We also are willing to spend billions to wage wars. Come on people. Let's get real and make real advancement towards an peaceful and enlightened world. We need to reset our priorities towards more meaningful goals than competition and wars.