The Blind Side scandal

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Anonymous wrote:Michael Oher's net worth is about $20 million or more. He had a very successful football career and is now age 37.

I worry he spent it all and he is looking at this as a way to get some money.

And?

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I bet this has more to do with him learning he was not ACTUALLY adopted and thus NOT entitled to a share of "mom and dad's" $200+ MILLION net worth. And I bet after he retired, "dad" did not bring him into the fold of the company (real estate and fast food franchises). Basically exploited the young man when he was a hot commodity, then faded when the movie became old news and he washed out of the NFL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Without the family who took Michael Oher into their home, Mr. Oher may have never played pro football. His gpa was way too low for NCAA requirement and the family got him 20 hours of tutoring per week. Oher took correspondence courses from BYU to raise his gpa and allow him to play NCAA football at Ole Miss.

Not trying to praise or criticize anyone, but there is always at least two sides to every story.

Also, many ex football players experience depression as a result of having suffered multiple concussions. I wonder if this is a factor in this matter.

All the 1st paragraph is what normal parents do for their children if they have the resources. That's not a far reach. I did that for my kids and I don't expect them to pay me back or to take their earnings.

+1 .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Michael Oher's net worth is about $20 million or more. He had a very successful football career and is now age 37.

I worry he spent it all and he is looking at this as a way to get some money.

$20 million gross might sound like a lot... what did he net? Did he graduate from college? Then you figure he had no internships or job experience through college, 20s, and most of his 30s. Not great economic options. And he can't collect his NFL pension until he's 55.

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Anyone look up the 990 for the family foundation? Website has all sorts of references to this football player. Wonder if they were getting big bucks in donations off his name and brand, then giving each other salaries?

[Anonymous]

I avoided the movie on purpose because of the white savior aspect of it. This revelation just makes the whole thing such a perfect metaphor for the system of exploitation that is American football.

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Obviously they don't give a damn about a random poor Black kid. It was always motivated by putting the ringer teen athlete on their private school team and steer him to the old man's college alma mater.

Even super rich tech guys were doing similar at a Seattle prep school, where Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer sent their kids. Parents had poor Black star athletes randomly living in their mansions to try and win a basketball state championship.

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lakeside-basketball-and-steve-ballmer-just-the-latest-symptoms-of-a-bigger-problem/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They sound like vultures. Scammers. Saw their chance and went for it.

What chance?

You think you can see a kid walk down the street and know he will play in the NFL and be the main character in a block buster movie.

Are you daft?

They will be sued and he will get money from his NIL.

But if you think they had a master plan you’re insane.

Tell me you’ve only seen the movie without telling me you’ve only seen the movie.

Wow you can tell a kid will be an NFL player by looking at him, you should go into recruiting and make a mint,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They sound like vultures. Scammers. Saw their chance and went for it.

What chance?

You think you can see a kid walk down the street and know he will play in the NFL and be the main character in a block buster movie.

Are you daft?

They will be sued and he will get money from his NIL.

But if you think they had a master plan you’re insane.

Tell me you’ve only seen the movie without telling me you’ve only seen the movie.

Wow you can tell a kid will be an NFL player by looking at him, you should go into recruiting and make a mint,

Have you seen him???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that it has taken this long for Michael Oher to sue them. Clearly something happened fairly recently in their relationship. Maybe he has been asking to have the conservatorship ended for a while and they have been dragging their heels. He had a book come out this week, so, maybe the lawsuit was timed with that.

He only recently found out he wasn’t adopted but conservatorship

He had endorsements when playing (very succesfully) in the NFL. Who signed those deals? How could he if he was under a conservatorship? If they did, why did he think they were involved? He also got married presumably without requesting their formal permission if he didn't know he needed to. How could he do that under a conservatorship? Strange story... Maybe the conservatorship was terminated awhile back and he's just offended now that he found out about it (understandably)?

I agree with you that it doesn't make sense he wouldn't have known about a conservatorship as he was negotiating his nfl contract, endorsement deals, his marriage. Maybe he knew about the conservatorship but thought he was also legally adopted. Maybe there are more limited conservatorships or maybe it terminated when he was 21? It will all come out if it goes to court.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't say this has anything to do with Bullock. I just wonder what she thinks about it, as she portrayed the white savior in the movie. Like, in this more enlightened world, and in light of the lawsuit, I wonder, does she regret signing onto the project?

Anyway, this lawsuit doesn't surprise me either. I found that movie, which was supposed to be a feel-good show, pretty cringey.

Yep. That this is shocking to anyone is shocking to me.

I was shocked by the news story. But only because I didn’t think it was news. I’m not sure where I got the idea from, but for some reason I was certain this had already been established.

[Anonymous]

People sniffing around at money are always going to try and take advantage of each other and sue each other when they think it’s in their financial interests. Whether it’s Aretha Franklin’s family, or Elvis Pressley’s family, or Michael Jackson’s family, or those involved here who technically may or may not have been family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously they don't give a damn about a random poor Black kid. It was always motivated by putting the ringer teen athlete on their private school team and steer him to the old man's college alma mater.

Even super rich tech guys were doing similar at a Seattle prep school, where Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer sent their kids. Parents had poor Black star athletes randomly living in their mansions to try and win a basketball state championship.

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/lakeside-basketball-and-steve-ballmer-just-the-latest-symptoms-of-a-bigger-problem/

Yes everybody has seen Hoop Dreams. Everybody know Washington Jesuit School was created to groom poor athletes to go to Gonzaga.

It’s different to go out and seek a kid and get them to come to your school than to have one just showing up to your school and help him be success.

He was not recruited.

Also do you know what % of those kids are actually successful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that it has taken this long for Michael Oher to sue them. Clearly something happened fairly recently in their relationship. Maybe he has been asking to have the conservatorship ended for a while and they have been dragging their heels. He had a book come out this week, so, maybe the lawsuit was timed with that.

He only recently found out he wasn’t adopted but conservatorship

He had endorsements when playing (very succesfully) in the NFL. Who signed those deals? How could he if he was under a conservatorship? If they did, why did he think they were involved? He also got married presumably without requesting their formal permission if he didn't know he needed to. How could he do that under a conservatorship? Strange story... Maybe the conservatorship was terminated awhile back and he's just offended now that he found out about it (understandably)?

I agree with you that it doesn't make sense he wouldn't have known about a conservatorship as he was negotiating his nfl contract, endorsement deals, his marriage. Maybe he knew about the conservatorship but thought he was also legally adopted. Maybe there are more limited conservatorships or maybe it terminated when he was 21? It will all come out if it goes to court.

The point is he didn’t know about the conservatorship and just found out he was not adopted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They sound like vultures. Scammers. Saw their chance and went for it.

What chance?

You think you can see a kid walk down the street and know he will play in the NFL and be the main character in a block buster movie.

Are you daft?

They will be sued and he will get money from his NIL.

But if you think they had a master plan you’re insane.

Tell me you’ve only seen the movie without telling me you’ve only seen the movie.

Wow you can tell a kid will be an NFL player by looking at him, you should go into recruiting and make a mint,

You don't think the Tuohys knew that Oher had already been named Lineman of the Year in Tennessee the year before they took him in?