Well, Lebron can play...

[skins]

(AP) - LeBron James received permission Wednesday to resume playing high school ball, when a judge blocked a state ruling that had stripped him of his eligibility. Summit County Judge James R. Williams said James could rejoin his team but must serve a two-game suspension. James, a senior at St. Vincent-St. Mary, has already missed one game after the Ohio High School Athletic Association declared him ineligible for accepting free sports jerseys valued at $845 from a store.

I knew this would happen, but it would be nice if he couldn't come back so everyone coouldn't make anymore money off of him.

[RedTorro]

And we wonder why athletes think they are above the law. This is clearly an example of special treatment. If you have enough money to hire a good lawyer you can get away with practically anything.... even murder (OJ Simpson)! How the hell Lebron was able to get a hold of a new hummer (provided by Chris Mills) when his mom clearly couldn't afford it is beyond me.

[Boyk]

good to see, man y wont they leave him alone, if some aerage college/high school player got all this stuff, no-one would care, but Lebrons fame is getting to be a bitch of a thing.

Even when he gets new clothes I spose everyone is like " Oh where did he get those from, lets ban him!"

[Wall St. Peon]

if some aerage college/high school player got all this stuff, no-one would care, but Lebrons fame is getting to be a bitch of a thing.

Actually, if it was college the player would lose all eligibility, and it could be anyone, from the practice team to the starting lineup. The same goes for high school, but it's a bit harder to catch stuff like that because of family and friends being so close; however, the sporting goods store that gave James the jerseys were using him for future profit, and that's the reason the state had a problem with it.

I don't think it's fair, as James' high school is making a ton of cash off of him, as are all the college teams...but those are the rules. I may be off on some of those, but I don't think so.

[Boyk]

well fair enough, i live in australia so i dont really understand how the rules of high shool and college go over there, but to suspend him for the season(which is cut to 2 games now pfew!) was a bit overboard.

But like they said, if he was using his fame for gifts and stuff, it would be more than a few jerseys.

[TheBob]

which is cut to 2 games now pfew!

I'm not sure that it's been cut to 2 games. I thought I'd heard that his lawyers had just made it possible for him to play untill the apeal was decided.

[bomba90]

Lebron James' suspension was silly from the beginning.
The owner of a sport store took some pictures of him and gave him the jersey as a salary (this is probably what James' lawyers claimed).

About the H2, as far as I know his mama took a loan from the bank and bought the H2 for his 18th birthday.

[Wall St. Peon]

About the H2, as far as I know his mama took a loan from the bank and bought the H2 for his 18th birthday.

Yeah, that's true, but I also read that James' mother has horrible credit and shouldn't have been able to get the loan for $75,000...they gave the loan because James is supposed to be making millions this time next year.

[Clinton]

I'm not sure that it's been cut to 2 games.

I think it has.

[scubilete]

LOL, Shane, even when EG is not in the post you reply to him,

[Andrew]

Yeah, that's true, but I also read that James' mother has horrible credit and shouldn't have been able to get the loan for $75,000...they gave the loan because James is supposed to be making millions this time next year.

Which is still legal, because the rules don't seem to fully cover a situation like that. They don't take into account the reasons for a loan being granted, and since it was a present from his mother, there's no violation.