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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

The ESPN article on this story is more clear than the Yahoo one linked on the first page. There's a legal distinction between adoption and conservatorship in terms of the financial piece:

"If Oher had been adopted by the Tuohys, he would have been a legal member of their family, and he would have retained power to handle his own financial affairs. Under the conservatorship, Oher surrendered that authority to the Tuohys, even though he was a legal adult with no known physical or psychological disabilities."

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38190720/blind-side-subject-michael-oher-alleges-adoption-was-lie-family-took-all-film-proceeds[/quote]

This is worse than Britany Spear's conservatorship.[/quote]

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