10.23.09
MJ, Shoes and Money
Sort of wierd story. In a nutshell, Michael Jordan’s son plays for a school who has a contract with a shoe manufacturer other than MJs endorsed manufacturer. The son is refusing to wear the new shoe as his Dad’s enodorsed one has “special meaing” to the family…I didn’t know that money and “special meaning” were interchangable terms…I guess I was wrong.
Nike-adidas conflict a problem for Michael Jordan’s son at UCF
What is interesting most in the article is not in the article but at the bottom of the page where the readers comment on the posting. I don’t think most of them feel too sorry for the Jordan’s and there’s a strong bent towards a disgust for money in college sports. I may be rading too much etween the lines…I tend to do that…but the readers give me hope that not everybody sees the college sports world as about money…education first and then the money. If the education is not important, then just scrap that part of the deal and let them play without regards to a pretense of a degree with any meaning…just play, no school and no degree.
It’s easy for someone like myself to talk about the high and mighty concept of student atheletes…I was niether…not an athlete and not much of a scholar…and I went to a school that doesn’t have the best track record in any sport. The University of Idaho doesn’t shine on any field, but it’s a great school…but coming from UI makes it easy to talk about the theory of a student athlete…that’s about all you can hope for at UI…a few people go prop from the school, Wayne Walker comes to mind.
A freshman in college should be concerned about freshman concepts…passing English…playing good ball…learning about “stuff” and growing as a person. The idea of hyjacking the endorsements of school and father is really beyond where the young man’s focus should be. He should get his head in the game…his game, not his daddy’s.
This coming from an MJ fan…sure do miss watching him play.
