... have paid him over $11-million a year. Not enough. "`Zo" said he could not survive on less than $13-million, so bye-bye - he was traded to the Miami Heat. WAIT A MINUTE! If money is a measure of value, what does that say about our society? If Alonzo Mourning gets $13-million a year and the average Guilford County school teacher gets around $25,000, do you mean to say that, to our society, one 25-year-old basketball player is worth the same as FIVE-HUNDRED-AND-TWENTY TEACHERS? That is insane. Money is a VERY ...
... to a score--each game. Today the number is 43.6." Coach Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers said it this way, a couple of years ago when Michel Jordan was still playing: “The NBA promotes individuals, not teams. When the Bulls are playing Miami, it's Alonzo Mourning against Michael Jordan, instead of the great Chicago Bulls against the great Miami Heat. It sends a bad message. Why play a team sport and not help your teammates?" (3) We in the church can be just as guilty of having a “me-me-me" mind-set ...
