Former Basketball star Allen Iverson's career could be as Langston Hughes' called "no crystal stair," but that is still no excuse for just, plain 'ol rudeness. The media, of course, ran a statement given by Iverson when his gray Lamborghini, was pulled over for a traffic ticket. He was a passenger and reportedly told the officer (after being told that the car would be towed for expired tags), "Take it, I have 10 more"....Then going into an extra tirade exclaimed, " Do you know who I am? I make more than you do in 10 years?" (Hmmmm, probably more than 10 years, he probably makes more than the cop in a lifetime......meh, I digressed .. because that is beside the point). At the end of the day, none of us like being pulled over but is all of that really necessary? I think not. It's hard to feel sorry for a guy who gets to live out his dream, make millions of dollars and live a rock star life.
Yeah, definitely unnecessary and it makes him look arrogant. Not a very smart thing to say really, it makes him look bad and won't be good for his career (even though he's not playing anymore).
I think he's playing in Turkey, signed (if I'm not mistaken) a 4 million dollar deal. My question is why is he bragging about how much he makes and he hasn't even paid for new tags on his Lamborghini, come on, man...
It is Iverson. That is why he is playing overseas. It doesn't change his attitude or class which is nothing. Some of these super star athletes don't understand brand image. That media and the public is always watching your every step. If you say something ridiculous, it will be known within milliseconds. But they really don't care. They boast, brag, talk about their star status and they have no class. On the other hand, you have the 201o World Series Champions SF Giants that exemplify class. At least for the most part. They had a ring ceremony for former player against the Dodgers yesterday. Uribe now plays for the Dodgers, but contributed to the Giants push to the Championships last year. He hugged by his former Giants teammate and he was introduced in front of a sell out crowd at SF before the game as part of last years Giants team. That's class act. Overall, there's a balance of not so classy act and class act players in professional sports. I just don't pay close attention to those that ruin professional sports. There are far too many aspects of the game that I enjoy watching rather than worry about a million or billion dollar trash talking athlete that doesn't deserve my time.
