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Re: Just curious: if Kobe goes, do the Lakers get cap relief?
Arrangements will be made for Kobe to get furloughs for games. He will spend
nites in jails in towns where games are played. Special considerations will
be made to keep him from other male inmates. If he earns a triple double he
will just need an ankle bracelet, of course designed by Nike.
DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Beauregard" <sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "John Sermini" <jsermini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "celtics list" <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: Just curious: if Kobe goes, do the Lakers get cap relief?
> I find this very interesting. I agree with you wholeheartedly and me being
me
> I am skeptical that even if Kobe did what he is accused of that he will
see
> one day of prison time.
>
> That said, if he is convicted and gets jail time, what happens to his
> contract? Does he collect in prison? What happens to the Lakers? This has
to
> be a precendent. WHat will the players association want?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Sermini
> To: Stephen Beauregard
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Just curious: if Kobe goes, does the Lakers get cap relief?
>
>
> NO WAY. Celts didn't get relief when Reggie Lewis passed away! So the
> Fakers
> shouldn't get relief is Koby gets time.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Beauregard" <sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "celtics list" <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:07 AM
> Subject: Just curious: if Kobe goes, does the Lakers get cap relief?
>
>
> > Bryant's problems are just beginning
> >
> >
> > By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist, 7/19/2003
> >
> > obe Bryant has led a very charmed life, but now he's going to find out
> what
> > trouble is, and it doesn't really matter if he's proven innocent of
the
> > charges pending against him.
> >
> >
> >
> > It's not like people in America trust the legal system, which, we have
> > learned, is not about justice at all, but about ''winning.'' The very
> fact
> > Bryant is fabulously rich and can afford the best (i.e. most
expensive)
> legal
> > representation will turn some people against him. Of course, for
bigots,
> being
> > black means he's already guilty of, well, everything this side of
global
> > warming.
> >
> > Let's begin with the obvious. No one other than Bryant and the
> 19-year-old
> > woman who has accused him of sexual assault knows exactly what went on
> inside
> > that room at The Lodge & Spa at Cordillera in Edwards, Colo., on the
> night
> of
> > June 30. Bryant has publicly confessed to adultery, but that's all.
There
> were
> > sexual relations. But consensual sexual relations is one thing, and
> unwanted
> > sexual relations is another. And in the classic case of ''he said, she
> said''
> > how can outsiders judge?
> >
> > All we can say is that ''no'' is supposed to mean ''no,'' and any man
who
> > forces himself on a woman after she tells him ''no'' is no longer just
> plain
> > stupid. He is a criminal. A man must be very certain that what takes
> place
> > between himself and a woman is consensual. Explaining yourself
> >
> > to a wife or Significant Other is hard enough, but explaining yourself
to
> > someone such as Mark Hurlbert is something else. Hurlbert is the
District
> > Attorney of Eagle County, Colo. He's the prosecutor in this case. The
> partner
> > in your life can throw you out of the house; the DA is quite capable
of
> > putting you in The House for, in this case, probation to life in
prison.
> So
> > when you start your thinking a bit too far south of your brain, you'd
> best
> > beware. You'd better ask yourself if a moment of pleasure is worth
years,
> > perhaps a lifetime, of shame. The cost is even higher if you're a
> celebrity,
> > and Bryant is all of that. He has spent a half-dozen years positioning
> himself
> > as the NBA's Mr. Suave. Not for him the Allen Iverson market. Not for
him
> the
> > anti-establishment shtick. If he's got a tattoo, we can't see it.
Bryant
> is
> > Cary Grant meets The Playground. But in Kobe's case, it isn't the
> playground,
> > it's a nice indoor gym. In his commercials, it's as if he's shown up
at
> the
> > Newton Y. And, yes, he's trash-talking, but in Italian. And why not?
No
> sense
> > in letting that Continental upbringing go to waste.
> >
> > For Bryant, it's a case of first things first. He is facing serious
> charges.
> > If convicted, he could get probation to life in prison, and the DA
claims
> he
> > wouldn't be bringing charges if he didn't feel completely comfortable
> doing
> > so.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, at a press conference in Los
> Angeles
> > Friday evening. (Reuters Photo)
> >
> > Eagle County, Colo., District Attorney Mark Hurlbert announces
the
> > charges against Bryant. (AP Photo)
> >
> > IN TODAY'S GLOBE
> >
> >
> > Bryant charged with sex assault
> > Ryan: Problems just beginning
> >
> >
> > RELATED COVERAGE
> >
> >
> > Prosecutors face a challenge
> > Chronology of the Bryant case
> > Other athletes charged with crimes
> >
> > TEXT
> >
> >
> > Text of charge against Bryant
> > Statement from Bryant
> > Statement from Bryant's wife
> > Statement from NBA commissioner
> >
> >
> > REALVIDEO
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > | NECN.com | Help with video |
> > Bryant charged in assault case
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > ON THE WEB
> >
> >
> > Official LA Lakers site
> > www.nba.com/lakers
> >
> > Official NBA site
> > www.nba.com
> >
> > Eagle County, Colo.
> > www.eagle-county.com
> >
> > Lodge & Spa at Cordillera
> > (Where assault allegedly took place)
> > www.cordillera-vail.com/spa/main
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hurlbert seems to understand the perils of a full-fledged celebrity
> trial.
> > ''This did not come easily,'' he said. OK, but is this man fully
> cognizant
> of
> > all the ramifications? This is the kind of trial that will wind up in
> People
> > and the National Enquirer, to name two entities not normally
interested
> in
> the
> > goings-on of Edwards, Colo. Mark Hurlbert, or whomever prosecutes the
> case,
> > will be subjected to the full Marcia Clark scrutiny if this thing
heats
> up.
> > Kobe is big news. He doesn't play for the Indiana Pacers. He plays for
> the
> Los
> > Angeles Lakers, and he is a crossover celeb.
> >
> > If he's convicted, he goes away, presumably. Endorsements will be a
> > short-term, moot point. But if he's acquitted, does this mean he picks
up
> his
> > life as if it were June 29, 2003? That's rather doubtful. He was a
> dubious
> > sneaker-seller, anyway. Urban youth like his game, but they were never
> lining
> > up to buy his sneakers. It's hard to imagine white parents purchasing
the
> > sneakers of a black man so tainted, especially since his new
endorsement
> is
> > for Nike, and Nike already has enough problems with those persistent
> sweatshop
> > charges.
> >
> > Sprite is his other big endorsement (''Obey Your Thirst''). I can see
the
> > Sprite people invoking any out clause they can find.
> >
> > The flip side is that some writers have already speculated in print
that
> this
> > new notoriety will actually aid him in certain circles by giving him
what
> has
> > been termed ''street cred.'' Responsible African-American adults have
> > expressed their outrage that anyone would dare suggest such a thing.
But
> it
> > has been put out there, and it's an X-factor, at the very least.
> >
> > We don't know the evidence or what the trial could reveal. But we can
> assume
> > it will be very humiliating for both Kobe and his accuser. Bryant will
be
> > portrayed as a sexual predator. We know that his lawyer(s) will be
> denigrating
> > the young lady in question. Even if the verdict is in her favor, there
no
> > doubt will be an attempt to depict her in a negative light. Unless
Bryant
> > breaks down and confesses to the crime, as charged, there will be
> millions
> of
> > people who will ignore the verdict and maintain that Bryant was
> victimized
> by
> > this young vixen and just couldn't get a break in court. The ''Free
> Kobe''
> > chants would start as soon as a guilty verdict is rendered.
> >
> > But say Bryant is acquitted. He will return as a basketball player. If
he
> is
> > convicted and gets the minimum and is then paroled, he would likewise
> come
> > back as a basketball player, albeit one without endorsements. He could
> resume
> > his life. The Constitution gives us many rights, but nowhere in there
> does
> it
> > say there is an inalienable right to endorse a product.
> >
> > And if that's what's on his mind, it's about time someone straightened
> him
> > out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve
> > sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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