Comments on: Report: Cuttino Mobley sues Knicks for forcing him to retire

By: skids003

skids003 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:26:25 +0000

Yeah, it gets expensive maintaining 12 cars, a mansion, a posse, and making it rain.

By: irishjackmp

irishjackmp — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:57:35 +0000

I suspect Reggie Lewis and Hank Gathers would disagree with you on the seriousness of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

As for Mobley, just another spoiled, entitled athlete. Teams have to worry about their fiduciary responsibility when it comes to allowing a player with a serious medical condition that could result in sudden death play for them. If they had let him play and he dropped dead on the court, his family would have sued and would have been calling public press conferences disparaging the Knicks for “placing winning/profits over an employees safety”. Knowing what happened to Gathers/Lewis, they almost certainly would have won.

Mobley was in his 11th year in the league. He was an average player at the end of his career anyway. He’s probably burned through all his cash and is now looking for a payday. It’s become the American way “I’ll sue!!!”.

Not allowing him back on the court might be the one smart move Jim Dolan has made running the Knicks.

By: chicagofan

chicagofan — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:31:35 +0000

He could be dead now, like Reggie Lewis of the Celtics and many other athletes with this problem, you cannot predict when a fatal ,dangerous heart rhythm will occur with this condition and you will never get a reputable physician to let you play(Dr. Conrad Murray will not be available for up to 4yrs). He should have spent the last 2-3yrs getting a college degree and/or making a new career beyond playing professional sports. I am a physician and I believe the Knicks did him and themselves a favor.

By: yournuts

yournuts — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:57:48 +0000

another entitled player who want something for nothing and in this case the team might of saved his life. How disappointing is this?

By: diablito0402

diablito0402 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:52:42 +0000

Now, the truth,, he ran out of money and he is desperate to make a buck. Hows that for a theory..

By: diablito0402

diablito0402 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:51:20 +0000

Brett favre has retired 17 times and keeps coming back, why is cuttino the cat so bitter, just come back, im still looking for the part on this article where the knicks put a gun to his head forcing him to retire..

By: gor76

gor76 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:59:54 +0000

Couldn’t he have just sent the league a fax saying,”I’m back”, and continued playing?

By: Kurt Helin

Kurt Helin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:05:42 +0000

The different take than I’m used to on the coffee lawsuit is interesting. Still not sold, but I could see McD sitting on something to save money.

By: goforthanddie

goforthanddie — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:59:23 +0000

Why? Because he wasn’t smart enough to look into it first, before retiring? Because he was too stupid to see another doctor?

By: ironhawk

ironhawk — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:57:21 +0000

Yeah, this exactly. He’s saying the Knicks knowingly withheld information because they wanted him to retire. If they did, than he should be suing.

By: LPad

LPad — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:27:22 +0000

The fact that Mobley said that after retiring he did research the condition and received other medical opinions would indicate that the condition may not have been as serious as the Knicks medical staff told him. If that is the case, he has every right to sue.

By: skids003

skids003 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:52:49 +0000

Yeah, but the Knicks “owe” him, he’s entitled to it. It doesn’t matter they could have saved his life, they should have kept paying him millions, just because.

By: goforthanddie

goforthanddie — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:28:03 +0000

but it’s two and a half, three years I haven’t played.

Because nobody wants you? Can’t sue for that.

By: sweepthleg

sweepthleg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:58:25 +0000

Yeah, I agree with changesteinelgamal. I studied that case in a business ethics class a couple years ago. The evidence against McDonalds was pretty overwhelming with tons of memos saying they knew the coffee was hot enough to cause the kinds of burns that it did. It’s pointed to as a very frivolous lawsuit, but if you ever look at the evidence presented it was an important case in getting a dangerous product changed for customer safety.

By: changsteinelgamal

changsteinelgamal — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:32:02 +0000

Offtopic sorta, but that hot coffee line is uninformed.

In that case, McDonald’s purposely kept the coffee extremely hot (~200 degrees), knowing that people had been severely burned by it for many years, partly to keep from losing money on refills.