If You Were Kobe Bryant, Would You Accept $83 Million (Tax Free) To Play In Europe For Three Years?
JackWESQ
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Apparently, there are reports that Olympiakos is going to offer Kobe Bryant $83 million tax free for three (3) years to play in Europe. I'm not sure of the actual figures for here in the U.S, but I've heard that the most he could make here in the U.S., after taxes, is about $35 million. If you were Kobe Bryant, would you accept the offer, assuming it is ever made?
Me? If I already had $50 to $100 million in the bank (which I'm guessing Kobe does), I'd probably say no. But then again, I'm not Kobe Bryant and I have no idea what motivates him.
/s/ JackWESQ
P.S. I hear the endorsements in Europe could be equal to, if not more than what he could get here in the U.S.
Me? If I already had $50 to $100 million in the bank (which I'm guessing Kobe does), I'd probably say no. But then again, I'm not Kobe Bryant and I have no idea what motivates him.
/s/ JackWESQ
P.S. I hear the endorsements in Europe could be equal to, if not more than what he could get here in the U.S.
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Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>doesnt he pay off his wife that amount every year in bribes, jewelry and bonbons? She's still got his balls in a vice over raping that girl. >>
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<< <i>If You Were Kobe Bryant, Would You Accept $83 Million (Tax Free) To Play In Europe For Three Years? >>
Yup. I wouldn't even have to think about it either.
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<< <i>If You Were Kobe Bryant, Would You Accept $83 Million (Tax Free) To Play In Europe For Three Years? >>
Yup. I wouldn't even have to think about it either. >>
Kobe will go there if he thinks the women are better than here.
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<< <i><< Rapist? yea right... like Kobe has to push himself on women.>>
That is a really silly statement. I hope your bright enough for me not to have to elaborate. >>
I am no fan of Kobe Bryant, but I think it is very possible that the encounter was consentual and that he was set up (and it is possible there was sexual assault as well). Given the accusing party dropped the criminal case and settled the civil case, we will never know what really happened, but one could suggest that the plaintiff's cash was not very strong.
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<< <i>I agree, he didnt rape that greedy girl, she was just trying to take advantage of the situation. You gotta wonder whatever happened to her? >>
I also do not think he raped anyone. How many women have followed you to a hotel room?
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>I do believe at the end of the day Kobe raped that girl. I think she came up and maybe even planned on doing him but it sounds like she wanted to stop before and during the sexual encounter based on what I heard. >>
The additional facts that came out immediately after the case broke (not all of which were released nationally) included multiple sexual partners in the same week and more DNA on her clothing than in a peep show booth.
What about the other 4 or 5 guys that "raped" her that week? They must not have had enough money to throw false allegations at.
I mean, could you imagine the hurt she would have suffered if Kobe was convicted of rape?
I am sure that she sleeps much, much more comfortably at night, secure in the knowledge that her husband is not a rapist and that when he has sex with other women, it is consensual.
Yeah I am sure that it much easier for her to tell her kids that "Daddy is having consensual sex with someone other than Mommy" than it would be for her to tell her kids that "Daddy has sex with other women who do not want to".
I guess the "Quid Pro Quo" for women married to "high profile" husbands is that they get all the perks that go along with a high profile lifestyle [material comforts, power, money, travel to exotic places, publicity, rubbing elbows with the glitterati, etc.] and in return have to deal with a philandering husband.
The "marriage" [aka "business arrangement"] of the Clintons is a prime example. Same thing with many sports, business, entertainment, political, music and other heros; regardless of their family, economic, political, religious, ethnic, racial, gender or other backgrounds.
Some guys are alpha dogs and some women choose to hang out with alpha dogs.
<< <i>I am sure that she sleeps much, much more comfortably at night, secure in the knowledge that her husband is not a rapist and that when he has sex with other women, it is consensual. >>
It must be nice up on your pedestal, SanctionII. The line between being an adulterer and a rapist is not thin. Neither is right, but only one is a crime.
I make no excuses for Kobe's adultery, however I do find it ridiculous when after all of the facts of the case are out there to be found, people still think of him as a rapist.
I am not on a pedastal. I have no clue whether Kobe raped the young woman or not. I suspect that she sought him out for reasons of her own. A he said, she said situation, with no clear conclusion.
Regardless of whether the sex was or was not consensual, Kobe's conduct was and is slimey (IMHO one should not cheat on one's spouse).
My comments were sarcastic in nature, pointing out that people (women and men both) will stay with a dog of a spouse, so as to keep all of the benefits of being with a high profile dog.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>I don't think anyone read your comments as sarcastic. The fact is 80% of America has cheated on their significant other. Like it not, agree or not, that is America. >>
Not trying to jump in the middle, but I did think he was being sarcastic when I read it. Maybe because most of my comments are sarcastic as well, it's easy to see it.