A Christmas Gripes Reply: Hey, Lakers, Put a Stocking in It
It was truly heartwarming to wake up today and read of the Lakers’ resentment at having to play basketball on Christmas Day. Included among the affronted were Shaquille O’Neal (who earned more than $130,000 for his day’s work) and Byron Scott, who has the “stigma” of working for the NBA minimum, a pauperlike $275,000 a year.
Scott expressed anger at not being able to see his children’s faces “light up” at gift-receiving time, and undoubtedly his feelings are genuine.
But hey, how about the millions of other Americans who had to work (undoubtedly harder and for far less money) on Christmas? What about the millions of kids whose faces will never have a reason to “light up” on Christmas, or any other day?
About the only thing Scott’s children lack is a father capable of showing them how to be grateful for their current lot in life.
ART KRAWITZ
Santa Monica
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