Page 12 Portland Observer April 30. 1981
Sports Talk
PUBLIC FORUM
By Ron Sykes. Sports Editor
At last George Rogers w ill have
his day.
Born d irt poor and often as a
child not knowing when and where
his next meal would come, the 6-2,
215 pound running back from South
Carolina and this year’ s winner o f
the coveted Heisman Trophy award
is expected to become the firs t
player picked in the 1981 NFL draft.
Rogers is expected to be drafted
and signed by the New Orleans
Saints and where else but America
can one go from dirt poor to filth y
rich in one day?
Yes, what a difference a day w ill
make for Mr. Rogers. All those who
belittle sports on the collegiate level
should only take a look in the life o f
one George Rogers. Athletics
opened many doors to George
Rogers, whose m other raised 10
children by herself, while the father
was doing time in prison. Through
sports young George was able to
give a good life to the mother who
struggled so hard so that her family
could exist.
When George signs his lucrative
contract, for him, the ‘ ‘ American
Dream ” w ill have been realized.
And Ralph Sampson, the 7-4 center
from V irg in ia , has shocked the
basketball w orld by declaring to
remain at school. The D etroit
Pistons and Dallas Mavericks o f
the NBA both vowed to make the
young man the highest paid rookie
ever.
period.
It's m ind boggling to imagine
anyone turning down that much
money.
To earn a college degree is fine,
but one has to ask ‘ ‘ What is the
reason for obtaining a degree?” A
degree w ill help you get ahead in
your chosen field; it w ill give you
the potential to earn more money; it
w ill give you a chance to secure
your future; it will not earn you 3.3
million dollars probably in your en
tire lifetime.
It is the opinion here that the man
from Virginia should have taken the
money and run. I t ’ s obvious that at
some venture in his life, he w ill be
come a pro basketball player. It
is also a fact that i f not fo r his
basketball ability, the University of
V irg in ia would not have been in
terested in Ralph Sampson, and it
is also known that i f he suffers a
severe knee in ju ry w hile playing
basketball, and it could happen at
anytime. His value w ill diminish, if
not disappear, and that great love
affair with the NBA will be over.
C ongratulations to In d ia n a ’ s
Isiah Thomas, who knew all along
his goal was to be a N BA player.
Isiah announced that he was giving
up his last two years at Indiana to
earn money and take care o f his
mother who toiled fo r 19 years to
take care o f him.
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The Philadelphia Sixers w ill
fin a lly pay their debt to the C ity
o f B ro th e rly Love. For the past
three years, after failing to capture
the w orld cham pionship, they’ ve
told the C ity ‘ ‘ we owe you one.”
This year they w ill w in, and fo r
sure, the cham pionship series is
being played in the East between the
Sixers and the Boston Celtics.
H ouston has perhaps the best
center playing the game today in
Moses Malone, but Moses w ith all
his talents cannot beat the many
bodies that Philadelphia w ill have.
And don’ t believe a certain TV an
nouncer when he tells you L a rry
Bird is the best forward playing the
game today. B ird is good but the
best?
Bobby Jones, 6-9 fo rw a rd fo r
Philadelphia plays so well in every
department and is just as effective
as the B ird and w ith fewer tu rn
overs. And I can ju st see
M ilw aukee’ s Marques Johnson
laughing aloud when Bird is called
the game’ s best. Bird is just another
"H ope.”
But as always, this is ju st one
Black man’s opinion.
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