August 4th, 2004, 2:19 pm
would ensure that as a world champion, you are assigned a state protection group: that ensures no undesirables are near you,So the secret service treat you as a critical national asset. The mechanisms exist, but would be quite challenging. Boxers want to mix with the sort of people that the secret service are paid to keep away.Does the world champion get a choice in the matter ? all your monies are carefully managed by the top fund managers whose role is to ensure you have your capital + interest when you finally do give up the sport.I can see this being quite cool.A lot of fund managers would like the kudos of looking after the money of an A list celebrity. Come to think of it, why don't they do it already ?If I looked after Brad Pitt's money, it would be in my adverts, an obvious deal is endorsement for no fees.However, I think we both share a slight unease in the government "looking after" our money.No undesirables = types like King/GivensOK, King is easy. Givens is a lot more tricky.Lets just pass on her actions and look about what we know about the woman before.A respectable, mildly educated woman.There is no doubt that sex happened, and I feel there would be real problems with trying to stop boxers fucking pretty women who offered themselves to them. The only solution I can see is continuous video.Have you ever been at a bar with a celebrity ? They do get pestered by women, even the really minor ones I've bumped into.Mangaged money as in: Types like Givens who had Tyson sign over his monies as a pre-requisite to marriage.Tar pit time.What if she had kids ? You're biting into a big cake here. If this lady had 3 kids by Tyson, you're obviously not saying she should get nothing.Some wives do help their husbands, especially since 90% of women are smarter than 90% of professional sportsmen. Does this not merit reward ? Ensure that this does not happen.. also prevents sportsmen "pissing" money away.Hard to do.I can see a fund set up as an annuity, so that the sportsman has level income for expected life, and as he wins more, this level goes up.I also see value in a bomb proof trust, that basically guarantees that no matter what, his kids can go to college, he eats, gets his medical bills paid, and somewhere respectable to live. But I'd sell that to him, no government necessary.Fairly simple: encourages those from improverished backgrounds to make good and still have the majority of the cake left when they are finished... I fear we part company here. I think poor kids should be deterred from professional sport by all legal means available to the government.I might be in the top 5,000 in the world at what I do. I get a decent living at this. An equivalent boxer is a no good bum.Would you want to be the 5,000th best basketball player ?Same with any sport. For every Tyson, there are thousands of kids (often black and poor) who get sucked into a fantasy, and exploited without even having the fun that Tyson has had. I'd keep my life rather than his, I even seem to have slept with prettier women, and I never get hit by people who do it for a living. I also seem to be wealthier. I won, he lost.This fantasy takes poor kids away from studies or work that would give them a decent life. Other kids who have some chance are pushed by peer pressure into crap that has no value to them. I'm all for kids having fun, keeping fit, and playing rather than drugs or TV, but the vast number take sport far too seriously.
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