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claims he was blindsided. I don't know but that story never rang true to me. For all of the needed kids in all of the USA, they just happened to stumble onto the 6 foot 4, 300 lbs guy!

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'Blind Side' subject Oher alleges adoption was lie

In a 14-page court petition, the former NFL star alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him, instead tricking him into signing a document that gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.
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Wow. I always thought the story sounded a bit "too good to be true" but if the Tuoeys never actually adopted him as the book and movie portrayed, this is beyond creepy. Legal proceedings should be able to uncover the exact nature of the contracts signed and, if what Oher alleges is true, this is truly despicable behavior.
 
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doctornick said:
Wow. I always thought the story sounded a bit "too good to be true" but if the Tuoeys never actually adopted him as the book and movie portrayed, this is beyond creepy. Legal proceedings should be able to uncover the exact nature of the contracts signed and, if what Oher alleges is true, this is truly despicable behavior.
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Welcome to the other America... The crazy f-ing loonie one.
 
Obliviax said:
claims he was blindsided. I don't know but that story never rang true to me. For all of the needed kids in all of the USA, they just happened to stumble onto the 6 foot 4, 300 lbs guy!

www.espn.com

'Blind Side' subject Oher alleges adoption was lie

In a 14-page court petition, the former NFL star alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him, instead tricking him into signing a document that gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.
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When the book came out I discussed it with several locals.

Their opinion was very strongly negative about the Toueys.

I'm not sure if Oher spent all his money or what, but if it is true he got no money from the film that's not a good situation.

On the flipside, the money could be sitting somewhere as part of the conservatorship. I guess we need to wait to find out.
 
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LionDeNittany said:
When the book came out I discussed it with several locals.

Their opinion was very strongly negative about the Toueys.

I'm not sure if Oher spent all his money or what, but if it is true he got no money from the film that's not a good situation.

On the flipside, the money could be sitting somewhere as part of the conservatorship. I guess we need to wait to find out.
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Agreed. Michael is now in his late 30s. 37 actually. One would hope he might have taken action earlier but it can be an intimidating situation. He made over $34m while in the NFL. I hope he doesn't need the money but just wants to make things right.
 
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LionDeNittany said:
When the book came out I discussed it with several locals.

Their opinion was very strongly negative about the Toueys.

I'm not sure if Oher spent all his money or what, but if it is true he got no money from the film that's not a good situation.

On the flipside, the money could be sitting somewhere as part of the conservatorship. I guess we need to wait to find out.
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When I read the book, I thought it sounded very shady - like SEC boosters trying to figure out an open way to guide a top prospect to their school of choice while seeming noble. But I figured if they actually legally adopted Oher as was reported, then that's a big and real commitment so I was inclined to consider this to be an exception to my skepticism and that they were just being gracious.

If what this lawsuit contends is true, not only did they not have good intentions, but they are actually far more despicable than just some boosters paying a recruit under the table to go to a school. But they deserve their day in court to provide their side of the story and defend themselves. If they actually adopted Oher, that should be easy to prove.
 
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I feel like both parties benefited and Oher's just desperate for money. Whether he was officially adopted or not he was someone they took in and provided financial support to. Without them Oher doesn't end up at Ole Miss and doesn't end up as a first round pick. He's hardly a sympathetic character and certainly not a victim. Best of luck to him. I'm sure the family will pay him off and be done with him.
 
I will take a knee and not care. The kid made millions. Did he give the toueys a dime?

Sounds to me like he blew his money. Maybe he should sue is real mom and dad for bad parenting.
 
Obliviax said:
claims he was blindsided. I don't know but that story never rang true to me. For all of the needed kids in all of the USA, they just happened to stumble onto the 6 foot 4, 300 lbs guy!

www.espn.com

'Blind Side' subject Oher alleges adoption was lie

In a 14-page court petition, the former NFL star alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him, instead tricking him into signing a document that gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.
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Blindsided is bs. He has been making some of these claims since day 1.

Sounds like he is out of cash.
 
doctornick said:
Wow. I always thought the story sounded a bit "too good to be true" but if the Tuoeys never actually adopted him as the book and movie portrayed, this is beyond creepy. Legal proceedings should be able to uncover the exact nature of the contracts signed and, if what Oher alleges is true, this is truly despicable behavior.
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Who said it was true? Oher himself has been saying it was not true since the movie was made.
 
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doctornick said:
Wow. I always thought the story sounded a bit "too good to be true" but if the Tuoeys never actually adopted him as the book and movie portrayed, this is beyond creepy. Legal proceedings should be able to uncover the exact nature of the contracts signed and, if what Oher alleges is true, this is truly despicable behavior.
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Is a booster adopting a player less creepy? #Sharief.Floyd
 
Don't act surprised that this stuff is going on. It has been going on for generations. There is nothing new.

Who do you players live with when they leave home and go to California or Florida to a football academy? When gus Felder went to Berwick for his 5th year of high school do you think he actually lived with his family?

The problem is psu boosters are not more involved. Psu needs to adopt a.couple 5* WRs.
 
voltz99 said:
Is a booster adopting a player less creepy? #Sharief.Floyd
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No, the whole ordeal was always creepy. But there was at least a small chance it was actually done for noble reasons if the family had truly adopted him and made him officially part of the family.

The family’s response doesn’t exactly refute this (ignoring that adoption of a legal adult seem to be possible and legal in Tennessee) - if the issue was that he simply couldn’t go to Ole Miss since they are boosters, they could have easily just said it wasn’t worth the perception of impropriety and for him just to not consider that school. Instead, by actually going there it actually broadcasts the entire seemingly corrupt nature of it all.
 
doctornick said:
No, the whole ordeal was always creepy. But there was at least a small chance it was actually done for noble reasons if the family had truly adopted him and made him officially part of the family.

The family’s response doesn’t exactly refute this (ignoring that adoption of a legal adult seem to be possible and legal in Tennessee) - if the issue was that he simply couldn’t go to Ole Miss since they are boosters, they could have easily just said it wasn’t worth the perception of impropriety and for him just to not consider that school. Instead, by actually going there it actually broadcasts the entire seemingly corrupt nature of it all.
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The conservatorship had little or nothing to do with a negative perception. Nobody cared until this week.
 
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The Touey family made 200M off a fast food chain.

Oher made 30M playing football. After taxes he probably had about 20m. He has 12 siblings.

How much cash do you think he has left?
 
voltz99 said:
Is a booster adopting a player less creepy? #Sharief.Floyd
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That supposed adoptive family supposedly lived in a 10,000 sq ft golf course home in Southern Chester County. I taught the boys of the builder who had lived there until it sold in a slow real estate market at the time. Never saw Floyd around though....but yes...weird
 
voltz99 said:
The Touey family made 200M off a fast food chain.

Oher made 30M playing football. After taxes he probably had about 20m. He has 12 siblings.

How much cash do you think he has left?
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He should have a ton of cash left at 37 having earned 20M
 
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He should have a ton of cash left at 37 having earned 20M
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You would think that. I heard a quarter of nfl players go broke.

Antwoin walker made 100M in tge NBA and was broke a month after he retired.

Oher has 12 siblings. How many people do you think he had on his payroll?
 
voltz99 said:
You would think that. I heard a quarter of nfl players go broke.

Antwoin walker made 100M in tge NBA and was broke a month after he retired.

Oher has 12 siblings. How many people do you think he had on his payroll?
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Too many probably. He shouldn't have had the siblings on the payroll. I know many would do that but it's important sometimes to leave people behind so they don't destroy you.
 
voltz99 said:
You would think that. I heard a quarter of nfl players go broke.

Antwoin walker made 100M in tge NBA and was broke a month after he retired.

Oher has 12 siblings. How many people do you think he had on his payroll?
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In your rush to become SuperRacistMan, you forgot the facts. He has 8 "siblings" that were not part of the Tuoy family. And of those siblings is decreased. Many others are half-siblings, and he didn't know about some of them. But keep digging that ditch, grand wizard.
 
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PurposePitch said:
In your rush to become SuperRacistMan, you forgot the facts. He has 8 "siblings" that were not part of the Tuoy family. And of those siblings is decreased. Many others are half-siblings, and he didn't know about some of them. But keep digging that ditch, grand wizard.
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His mom Denise oher had 12 kids according to his wiki page. Who knows how many kids his dad had. At least 12 siblings by my count.
 
voltz99 said:
The conservatorship had little or nothing to do with a negative perception. Nobody cared until this week.
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Why is their a conservatorship any way? He was 18 in 2004, no cognitive disability or inability to handle his own affairs. People don't just create a conservatorship with their children when they turn 18.
 
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Get a job and go introduce yourself to your kids.
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I'm successful enough that I make my own hours (and could never work again and I'd be set financially, many lifetimes over). Both my kids are quite well off and know who I am.

How about you, Grand Wizard?
 
ryoder1 said:
Why is their a conservatorship any way? He was 18 in 2004, no cognitive disability or inability to handle his own affairs. People don't just create a conservatorship with their children when they turn 18.
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No cognitive disability. So he says. He flunked 1st and second grade. His mom was a crackhead.

Able to handle his own affairs? He was a teenager and homeless. He had a .76 GPA.
 
PurposePitch said:
I'm successful enough that I make my own hours (and could never work again and I'd be set financially, many lifetimes over). Both my kids are quite well off and know who I am.

How about you, Grand Wizard?
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So capitalism works? You are a reaganomics success story. What is stopping the poor from following your lead?
 
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