Being a fan here has never been so much fun(At least in my lifetime). None of our teams have won the final game of their respective season, but they sure as hell gave us a good ride. Local athletes like Jenson Lewis, Troy Smith, Anthony Gonzales, Ted Ginn, David Lighty, Joe Jurevicius, Josh Cribs, Eric Snow, and of course Lebron James have captured our hearts. Others like Fausto Carmona, Chris Wells, Daniel Gibson, and Derick Anderson have stepped up To huge levels for us. Greg Oden, CC Sabathia, Kellen Winslow, along with the aforementioned Smith, Cribbs, and the King have all been the very best there position has to offer. Our town has so many athletes doing great things on the biggest stages. Pro sports are fun in NEOhio. We can finally cheer again.
Well, not so fast. Anderson Varejao, the Brazilian rebounder that resembles side show Bob from the Simpsons is insulted by the contract offer of 32 million dollars over 5 years and refused to sign. He has reportedly asked for as much as 45 million. Now he is demanding that the CAVS trade his rights or he will take his talents to Europe. Somehow he feels this would be a better plan than to earn $32,000,000.00 over the next five years while playing with the best player in the game.
Now, I understand these guys can make a lot of dough to play. But Andy is asking well beyond his market value. The guy is not the starter at his position. He wants starter money.
My biggest problem with Varejao's demand is that he feels he is being treated unfairly.
I am not sure what he thinks unfairly means.
Most of the workers that work in the same part of town he works(Gateway) are service employees. Peaple like Zac Nichole and I that work long hours for erratic pay, with few benefits and a dependence on gratuity to earn a living.
The really screwed up part of all this is that,
ANDERSON VAREJAO DOES NOT TIP HIS SERVERS!
Lucky for Andy, nobody tips in Europe.
One last thing Andy, ask Maurice Clarrett if he would have done any thing differently.
Some of us are just happy to have a chance to play.
5 comments:
right on charlie...
he is getting bad advice. And the fact that he does not tip is even worse.
He wants to get paid about 100,000 grand for every flop.
lets make him chug a cooler of very sour gatorade.
gheesh
i totally agree charlie!
i think this is a larger social issue though. i don't want to go on and on, ;) but seriously it seems that there are alot of people in the US today (i can only speak for the US but i'd bet it is all over)that have this sense of entitlement. as though they are owed something or deserve something without having to work hard for it.
i guess for us 'normal' folks the difference between 32 mil and 45 mil is really insignificant since we couldn't fathom making 32 mil over 5 years, yes that is 6.4 mil a YEAR.
but seriously andy, the grass is always greener! make sure if you can talk the talk, you can walk the walk.....to europe!
Yeah, Andy's being a butthead. I guess that happens sometimes when 23 year old kids become millionaires by playing a game.
As you mentioned we have quite a bit to be happy about sportswise here in NE Ohio....I'm jumping for joy that Damon Jones has finally started to hit a few jumpshots.
And Z's looking better than he has in years....
And Lebron's early season numbers....whoa!!!!!
great blog btw. I totally agree with how you feel about andy. I do think he is a good addition to the team, BUT, like you stated earlier, he is not a started and wants to receive starter pay. Complete and utter crap if i say so myself, but what can you do. I say though if he wants to go to Europe let him. The leagues there do not have the caliber of playing that the NBA possesses and i do not believe that the pay equals out, but with the weak dollar and all maybe it does haha. Great blog keep up the good work ;) and CLEVELAND STAND UP!!
Charlie, thanks for the well wishes. I'm fighting as hard as I can at not being doglike. Hope you are feeling better yourself!
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