The Blind Side scandal

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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,

Have you seen him???

Yes. I’ve seen tons of kids just like him tgat are not pro -athletes.

[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.

This is all set out in the Michael Lewis book that the movie is based on. The family let Michael stay at their house. It grew from that. I have no idea if they adopted him. He now says they did not but we will have to wait and see. Maybe it was just the conservatorship. That would be easier to do than an adoption. That may be why they did it. Also Michael was a bit crazy in his actions unlike in the movie. They may not have wanted the liability. Remember they were quite wealthy. What does not make sense is to me is that Michael was over 18 when the book came out and well over 18 when the movie was in production and made. I don't know why the conservatorship would still be on or if he really did get no money -- how that was possible. The movie would have had to pay someone to use Michael's name and story. No production company would rely on a conservatorship for a dude already in the NFL who was over 18. They would want Michael's signature as well. And did he not notice he had received nothing?

This story is not at all adding up at the moment and I am a bit suspect of Michael.

I see now that he says that he signed a document giving away the film rights for nothing. Very odd.

He signed a conservatorship… he did not sign away his rights to his name, likeness or image.

NIL laws are new, they used his NIL and his story and took the money.

They will have to pay him out his portion.

He says he himself signed a document with the producers that gave him no money.

[Anonymous]

This is for books publicity. He learned at least one thing from Leann - she is the biggest self promoting pain - anyone from Ole Miss can tell you that for sure.

[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.

This is all set out in the Michael Lewis book that the movie is based on. The family let Michael stay at their house. It grew from that. I have no idea if they adopted him. He now says they did not but we will have to wait and see. Maybe it was just the conservatorship. That would be easier to do than an adoption. That may be why they did it. Also Michael was a bit crazy in his actions unlike in the movie. They may not have wanted the liability. Remember they were quite wealthy. What does not make sense is to me is that Michael was over 18 when the book came out and well over 18 when the movie was in production and made. I don't know why the conservatorship would still be on or if he really did get no money -- how that was possible. The movie would have had to pay someone to use Michael's name and story. No production company would rely on a conservatorship for a dude already in the NFL who was over 18. They would want Michael's signature as well. And did he not notice he had received nothing?

This story is not at all adding up at the moment and I am a bit suspect of Michael.

I see now that he says that he signed a document giving away the film rights for nothing. Very odd.

He signed a conservatorship… he did not sign away his rights to his name, likeness or image.

NIL laws are new, they used his NIL and his story and took the money.

They will have to pay him out his portion.

He says he himself signed a document with the producers that gave him no money.

No he signed a document he was told was for adoption and it wasn’t. He was mislead and did not have legal representation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Former NFL player Michael Oher is suing Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, accusing them of tricking him into a conservatorship and using that power to negotiate a deal that made them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from the Oscar-winning "The Blind Side" film, while Oher earned nothing.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/report-michael-oher-says-he-was-never-adopted-tricked-into-conservatorship-didnt-see-the-blind-side-money-170602061.html

I wonder what Sandra Bullock thinks.

Appalling if true.

Hope he wins compensation and control over profiting from his life and successes …

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know why a conservatorship would have been set up if he was a legally competent adult? Seems very odd.

[Anonymous]

Also, how did he not realize that he wasn't adopted until he was in his mid-30s, and why was the conservatorship still continuing to this point?
I'm not doubting his case, just trying to understand what happened.

[Anonymous]

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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?

Can you name another Tenn lineman of the year? I'll wait while you google it. Now let me know how many are in the NFL. That might take a few more googles.

[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.

This is all set out in the Michael Lewis book that the movie is based on. The family let Michael stay at their house. It grew from that. I have no idea if they adopted him. He now says they did not but we will have to wait and see. Maybe it was just the conservatorship. That would be easier to do than an adoption. That may be why they did it. Also Michael was a bit crazy in his actions unlike in the movie. They may not have wanted the liability. Remember they were quite wealthy. What does not make sense is to me is that Michael was over 18 when the book came out and well over 18 when the movie was in production and made. I don't know why the conservatorship would still be on or if he really did get no money -- how that was possible. The movie would have had to pay someone to use Michael's name and story. No production company would rely on a conservatorship for a dude already in the NFL who was over 18. They would want Michael's signature as well. And did he not notice he had received nothing?

This story is not at all adding up at the moment and I am a bit suspect of Michael.

I see now that he says that he signed a document giving away the film rights for nothing. Very odd.

He signed a conservatorship… he did not sign away his rights to his name, likeness or image.

NIL laws are new, they used his NIL and his story and took the money.

They will have to pay him out his portion.

He says he himself signed a document with the producers that gave him no money.

No he says his name was signed, not that he signed it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, how did he not realize that he wasn't adopted until he was in his mid-30s, and why was the conservatorship still continuing to this point?
I'm not doubting his case, just trying to understand what happened.

How many adopted children go back and read the documents that made them adopted? How many every read those documents? Why would you?

Nobody probably knew about the concervatorship except the Tuoeys and their lawyer, it's not like there is a computer system that alarms every time someone in a conservatorship signs a document.

[Anonymous]

A major plot point of The Blind Side is when the NCAA investigates the family because they think their whole arrangement with Michael is shady. And IIRC the way it gets resolved is Michael tells the investigator "The reason I want to go to Ole Miss is because that's where people in my family go."

I mean, they were really telling on themselves. These are not good people.

[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/

This was also a huge thing in Los Angeles, where I grew up. Both basketball and football. Harvard-Westlake was ranked top 10 in the nation in basketball last year.

[Anonymous]

Also, how did he not realize that he wasn't adopted until he was in his mid-30s, and why was the conservatorship still continuing to this point?
I'm not doubting his case, just trying to understand what happened.


How many adopted children go back and read the documents that made them adopted? How many every read those documents? Why would you?

Nobody probably knew about the concervatorship except the Tuoeys and their lawyer, it's not like there is a computer system that alarms every time someone in a conservatorship signs a document.

My point is that a conservatorship generally requires the conservator to have input on financial and personal decisions that a regular adoption would not require by the time a person is an adult. Maybe he had some different kind of conservatorship? If not, I don't understand how he did not realize that something was amiss until February 2023.

[Anonymous]

They should make a movie out of this scandal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, how did he not realize that he wasn't adopted until he was in his mid-30s, and why was the conservatorship still continuing to this point?
I'm not doubting his case, just trying to understand what happened.

I've read that this issue came to a head bc Michael was following the Britney conservatorship scandal. That story hitting the news made him think about his status and start asking questions.