WHY? I'm getting quite aggravated at people questioning Malone because in this instance they're questioning how Jamar views Curtis. Jamar asked for the money because of how he views his relationship with Curtis. Jamar picked up the Western Union because of how he viewed his relationship with Curtis. Jamar admitted to taking the money because of how he viewed his relationship with Curtis. Curtis, Jamar, and several people around Jamar including his head coach and his long time girlfriend have said they didn't think they did anything wrong because I'm assuming 1, because of the prior relationship and 2, because he's done it before.
Granted, I don't read every message in this thread, but were there people saying that Jamar shouldn't have associated with Malone? I mean, I get why Jamar did what he did, and I'm not even angry about it, even though my opinion doesn't matter at all. I'm sure Jamar thought everything was on the up and up because of all of the reasons you listed.
Essentially because Mike and Fatima took money from Joel Bell some (most) of you think he shouldn't ask a man for help who has helped his family for over a decade, that's bullshit and frankly tuckish. If the athletic department told him specifically not to take anymore money from Curtis Malone even though they knew he's done it in the past that's also bullshit. He shouldn't break ties with someone he's knows as long as he has because someone else Jamar knew for 18 months did something wrong. He shouldn't starve because Mike and Fatima wanted cash from an agent. If Jamar couldn't dunk a basketball, if he was Shawn Meyer or some dude on the track team no one here would be lining up to buy him food. In Malone's world Jamar's achievements aren't much, just another guy. If he wanted something other than to give a kid some money because he said he's hungry, he sure didn't pick a great target.
You got on me earlier in this thread for saying we ("we" being the KSU AD) might have been a little overly conservative because it was Curtis Malone and the Mike/Fatima/Bell situation is still hanging out there. Again, I didn't read every thread out there, so I don't know if you're talking to me, but Jamar has the right to reach out to who he wants to reach out to for whatever reason. But he reached out to a person that the AD probably sees as radioactive right now, and even though CC pretty much said that it being Malone didn't really make a difference, I wonder if they still would have held him out simply because of that reason.
It's a shame that Jason fatass Whitlock and Dave Zirin realizes this and most of us who have an emotional, vested interest in taking Jamar at his word that his relationship with Curtis Malone was harmless, he was a friend with money quick to help him and his family when needed.
I have no doubt the relationship was harmless, and I don't think most people who think the NCAA is essentially abusive of the student athlete (in this regard) question the sincerity of said relationship. I harbor no ill will towards Jamar or Malone here, and honestly, all I ask is that we just leave well enough alone at this point and put this behind us because, as you said, this probably wasn't the first time Malone gave Jamar some money, and if he's this willing to give a little to a DC Assault guy with no NBA future, you never know if he gave to Wally, Rodney, Dom, etc. And I honestly don't want anyone asking those questions because we're probably going to get hit by the NCAA if we find out the answer.
