PLN#3 LeBron James

In the book I am reading about LeBron James, towards the end of the book as LeBron reaches a superstar status, the OHSAA begins to keep a closer eye on LeBron to make sure that he doesn’t “loose his amateur status.” This means that LeBron cannot accept any gifts from stores or get paid to do anything, but several controversies about these rules came up as LeBron got better and better as a senior. The first situation was when LeBron’s mother, Gloria, bought him a new car, a hummer to be specific. This hummer cost a grand total of 90,000 dollars and led to an OHSAA investigation to make sure this hummer was not a gift from an agent. Normally this would not be an issue, but considering that the hummer was more than every house on LeBrons street, this became an issue. But LeBron handled the situation well and no suspension was handed to him but unfortunately now the OHSAA would keep a closer eye on LeBron now. Finally later in the book, LeBron was hanging out with some friends and shopping in his home town when he came across his favorite place, a throwback jersey store. LeBron entered the store was given 2 jerseys that cost 900 dollars for free and got in trouble with the OHSAA for “losing his amateur status and received a 3 game suspension but everything ended well for LeBron and he finished his senior year and was drafted 1^st overall in the 2003 NBA draft.