PP is on Planet White Savior. They won’t accept that the Tuohys had ulterior motives and never cared about a homeless Black teenager. |
They get help along the way. Like Naquan Jones, who doesn't pretend he did it alone. Some talented athletes do get shut out. https://honestgame.com/success-stories/naquan-jones/ |
It was a mutually beneficial arrangement. Everyone knows that. But they didn't get rich off him, they were already wealthy. They didn't have to do any of this, they could have done nothing like the vast majority of people. |
Most adults had no clue what a conservatorship was prior to Britney Spears and this was prior to that whole situation. He also just turned 18. A lot of 18 years old sign things without fully understanding them. He also signed it under the advise of his “family.” They even encouraged his bio mother that this was the best for him when it wasn’t necessary. They could have done a legal adoption. |
Before moving in with the Tuohys, Michael Oher had only Fs & Ds. Abysmal GPA. If you know so much, which schools & how do they "get around this all the time" ? |
You must be very young and naive then. Speak for yourself. |
I would rather they did nothing than push a fake adoption and get famous off of a homeless and vulnerable teenager while making him looking special needs. |
It’s reality. Most adults outside of legal circles were not familiar with that term especially at 18. You’re trying to call him dumb for signing something his fake family told him to sign. He thought they cared about him. |
People not bashing the Tuohys: it was mutually beneficial relationship
People bashing them: he would have gone to the nfl and published his book all by himself One of these seems far more grounded in reality |
In what way did they not care about him? They welcomed him into their home. Fed him, got him on the right track, made him NCAA eligible, bought him a truck, set him up with health insurance, cleared the path so he could make the most of his gifts. What monsters. |
Because convincing a bio mother to let them adopt her child would have gone over well???? |
Yeah, but if they did nothing, Ol Miss wouldn't have gotten a 5 star left tackle, so... |
They sold her the same scam. The Tuohys would be his adoptive family but she would always be his bio mother. No adoption can change who someone’s bio mother is. She lost custody of Michael when he was like 7. She knew she was not his “mama” or “mom” but his birth mother. |
Oh well. Seems like a small thing to ask for in return. Certainly didn't hurt him. |
THEY ARE OLE MISS BOOSTERS!! They did all of that so they could get him to go to that school and the Briarcrest football coach also got hired by Ole Miss. He was also investigated for other NCAA recruiting violations. They are all self serving frauds. None of what they did was for Michael. It was for themselves. |