What is up with that?
What is up with that?
Runnerixx wrote:
What is up with that?
Name one NBA player with an "extensive" criminal record.
What is up with the Olympic Gold Medal winning marathoner getting arrested?
Or that guy that got 4th in the 1972 5000m and his drunk driving?
Isaiah Rider.
Runnerixx wrote:
Isaiah Rider.
Doesn't play anymore.
I asked about NBA players. He was an NBA player.
There's just something that all of these thugs have in common, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
By 'all these thugs', you mean Isaiah Rider?
Allen Iverson never should have been in the NBA in the first place. Someone is collecting his kickbacks now.
Eeeeeewwwiiieeeee What up with that, what up with that?
Runnerixx wrote:
I asked about NBA players. He was an NBA player.
There's just something that all of these thugs have in common, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
You cant put your finger on it because your finger is stuck up your gay lovers ass.
chikin wrote:
http://www.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/character/index.jsp
Honestly, out of the hundreds of current players and the thousands of players that have been in the league that the list draws from...Thats not too bad.
You'd have a tough time showing that the NBA is any worse than ony other similarly sized group.
chikin wrote:
http://www.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/character/index.jsp
Ok, a list that includes speeding violations (GASP!), "Stuff involving women", "Violent stuff", traffic violations and "Other" is not the most trustworthy and accurate list for seeing if NBA players have a long rap sheet. Hell, they list guys who were later found innocent of crimes. Yes, very fair.
NBA players are no worse than pretty much any other jobs workers.
The real criminals sit on the owners boxes, of course.
But as members of the ruling elite, they are above the law for the most part
Runnerixx wrote:
There's just something that all of these thugs have in common, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
I remember Lebron getting a speeding ticket a few years ago. That and he raised 2.5 million dollars for the Boys and Girls clubs of America last summer. He also raised and donated 250k to the city of Akron. He also gave away a bunch of thanksgiving dinners to needy families.
It's probably all the good things NBA players do that you can't quite put your finger on.
Few industries hire based on competency. When you hire an accountant, you simply want to hire an accountant who can get the job done. It doesn't matter if you hire the best accountant or the second best of the thousandth best accountant in the country so long as the one that you do hire has the skills to do the job. No additional revenue comes from employing a slightly better accountant. Skipping over a convicted felon to hire a non-criminal won't really hurt you even if the felon is a better accountant. Might as well hire the guy with the clean sheet if you don't stand to lose anything by skipping over other qualified candidates.
In professional athletics, firms hire entirely based on competency. You don't just want some guy who can play point guard. You want the best point guard you can get. In this setting, better employees lead to greater revenue. Irrelevant things like criminal records don't come up because they don't have any impact on an individual's ability to play point guard. Ability to play point guard is the only thing that matters in this hiring decision.
You can see this in all industries, really. Industries that require nothing more than basic competency and have a large pool to draw from can select employees based on all kinds of criteria that has nothing to do with pure ability. Industries where the skill of the practitioner directly translates into revenue won't consider such things. A top end lawyer or specialized surgeon can get away with things that an elevator mechanic or teacher cannot.
White NBA fans and seething self hatred they have for their own people.