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  • Broke Athletes: Are Folks Hating or are these Athletes just Fiscally Stupid?

    By BWP Staff Writers on July 18, 2010

    Scotty Pippen

    According to the NBA Players Association, 60% of former NBA players go broke after the checks stop rolling in.

    This fact has been peppered throughout the media as of late with the trials and tribulations of these one-time millionaires: Kenny Anderson, Antoine Walker, Latrell Sprewell, Derrick Coleman and Scottie Pippen.

    Each of the aforementioned players were dominant at one point, commanded double-teams and All-Star accolades, and were given long term contracts worth tens of millions of dollars. And, sadly, each of them is a black man who came from humble beginnings and has returned to those “roots” all too unceremoniously.

    This subject matter may be something to grin and smile about for some who are reading this article. But prior to the modern predominance of the phenomenon of the “Hateration Nation” in which we currently live … black athletes were looked up to, idolized and seen as something to aspire to. We looked to take some of their attributes and embed them in ourselves. We wanted to be tenacious; never quite play (or work) injured; show leadership skills and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

    Antoine Walker

    Today athletes are looked up to, to a point, but what we’re really waiting for is the calamitous fall. We’re looking for him/her to go broke so we can feel better about our miserable little lives. So now you no longer have to speak negatively about the millionaire black man – with the white wife, who used to date your sister or who you used to be better than in high school or who you beat up in high school – making it out the hood. Why is that you ask? Because he’ll be back any day now and you can feel better about your measly little ant-like existence. Thus is the way of the modern “Hateration Nation.”

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  • dawilliams replied on 2010-07-19 00:57:00.0
    BWP Staff Good subject. Great references! Lets hope those who do read come up with serious input! a luta continua

  • grassroot replied on 2010-07-19 06:24:00.0
    Many Black athletes don't have any skills and/or not skilled at anything else other than the sport that they are good at. Also, they don't have a support system to deal with their money as many white athletes. In addition, after they stop being a show/clown for white American, they are just another Black man. Can't get a job just like many other Black men. This message was edited by grassroot on 7-19-10 @ 1:09 PM

  • mem-ra replied on 2010-07-19 08:28:00.0
    talking about money again? stupid niggers... where are you on the "real money" threads

  • grassroot replied on 2010-07-19 09:33:00.0
    where are you on the "real money" threads I don't lap dance and get flucked like you.

  • mem-ra replied on 2010-07-19 09:37:00.0
    um ok..whatever that means.... before talking about money..you should get a grasp as to what it really is. stupid nigger.

  • grassroot replied on 2010-07-19 12:59:00.0
    It means you bend over backward for hb and he bend over backward for you. Therefore, any reference you make to anything that regard hb is to be disregarded. Now go back to your lap dancing partner. I am sure you two can convince each other of anything. Sleeping with your own worst enemy! [b]L O L[/b] before talking about money..you should get a grasp as to what it really is. Oh yeah, and you know what it is! [b]L O L[/b]

  • mem-ra replied on 2010-07-19 14:31:00.0
    yes as a matter of fact i do know what it is...and have presented the information to the boards several times. you have just indirectly admitted that you do not know what real money is. so...shaaaaadup.

  • grassroot replied on 2010-07-19 15:03:00.0
    yes as a matter of fact i do know what it is...and have presented the information to the boards several times. By your standards, [b]Memrat[/b]. L O L you have just indirectly admitted that you do not know what real money is. There is no one thing that is real money. [b]Money is a social construction.[/b] This message was edited by grassroot on 7-19-10 @ 3:08 PM

  • mem-ra replied on 2010-07-19 15:11:00.0
    money as a social construction has been defined. and federal reserve notes or fiat currency is not real money. i have given the definitions ad nauseum. now whether you choose to believe that i am the standard is arbitrary. if i say that 2+2=4 you will respond in kind " to your standards" however if i ask what two plus two is, without specifying ..errors can result two is not to is not too, and four is not for is not fore. but when i have clearly defined and sourced legally the details which i am specifying, and you still choose to be obtuse....that is your choice. choose freely! stupid nigger.

  • grassroot replied on 2010-07-19 16:11:00.0
    money as a social construction has been defined. and federal reserve notes or fiat currency is not real money. It's the only real money that the average person relates to and use. All the other bullshit is abstract and change as needed. In any case, as you express it, real money is whatever those in charge and/or control want to call it. This week it is silver, next week it's gold, etc. Again, real money to the average person is what they use to put food on the table, etc. So, fiat currency is as close as most people will get to anything that is real money to them. Anything else is abstract bullshit to them and out of their control.

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