Just had to pass this along in case you have not seen it.
We hear the stories all the time. There are problems with the NBA. If you wanted to make a story about what that means exactly, you might want to use the facts from this stars real biography:
Raised in a single-parent home, with a rotating cast of father figures.
No tolerance as a youngster for real coaching. Countless victories are lost to poor strategy.
Terrible grades and at times a really glaring lack of education.
Shopping from school to school to find one who will grant a diploma.
A car provided by an unofficial "sponsor."
Trouble with teammates, family and sometimes the police, including for outrunning the police in more than one high-speed chase.
Later in life, divorce, dallying with various celebrities, and a child out of wedlock. We see these stories and we pull our hair out fretting. What can be done? Someone needs to fix this!
Ban the high school players! Instill dress codes! Lecture everybody about this and that!
Heres a little thing to make you think, though. That biography I outlined up above?
Whose is that? Care to guess?
Thats the tale of Lance Armstrongs life (as I learned from a new book about him). Yet Armstrong, for many reasons, is generally seen as one of the most dignified, successful and admirable of all athletes.
So, does that mean pro leagues need to get all wound up about character issues in more sports, or fewer? I cant say for certain. But I cant imagine a league of Lance Armstrongs would be subject to the same kinds of hand-wringing the NBA endures.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-42-21/What-s-Wrong-with-the-NBA.html
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