Nice Story, BUT !

On ESPN.com LA there is a heartwarming story
of how a former coach for the LA Clippers
Kim Hughes was diagnosed with prostate cancer
and his medical coverage with the Clippers
wouldn't cover his surgery. The insurance with
the Clippers wouldn't cover his surgery? ? ?
HUGE Surprise, no? The story goes on to say
that he would elect to pay for it himself, and
when news of this got out, a few players
including Corey Maggette, Chris Kaman, Elton
Brand and Marko Jaric offered to help.
Now personally that is GREAT!, but to make a
big deal over them paying about $70,000 for his
surgery is probably the wrong direction to go
here. These four guys make a combined 44.4
million dollars in 2011 alone, not to mention
any other unnamed players in this story, so
why is them coming up with the 70k more of a
story than that dirt bag owner Donald Sterling
having too cheap a medical insurance to save
this mans life? Don't get me wrong, these guys
did an awesome thing, and it's true that there
is way too much negativity in the press, but
70,000 was probably not a huge sum to Kim
Hughes either. According to the story the
Clippers didn't respond to the ESPN story,
but truth is there phones were probably
disconnected, and there not due for internet
service until 2055, so they may not even know
the story ran anyway. When players like Adrian
Peterson whine about money, and modern day
slavery it really shows the bad side of some
athletes, and this story showed the good,
the real good side, but some owners like
Donald Sterling make Peterson look like in
that moment of insanity/stupidty, he may have
had a point, no matter how stupid the comment
was.