A news story recently caught my attention, telling of a San Francisco Giants baseball prospect, Angel Villalona, being charged with murder in the Dominican Republic. Villalona, who is 19 years old, was arrested and charged with the killing a 25 year old man in a bar. The reason why he was in DR was to play fall league baseball with a local team after the Giants single A minor league baseball team's season came to a close.
Yahoo Sports says that Villalona signed a $2.1 million dollar contract when he was 16 years old. In certain countries, if word that you have money like that gets out, that could be trouble for you and your family. Villonalona probably had a weapon on his for self protection, but having that weapon on him gives him the means to kill if he gets too mad. Since this happened in a bar, there was alcohol involved which blurs his decision making to not use the gun even more.
It's unfortunate that a young ball player with a lot potential and promise ends up committing this crime and possibly ruining the rest of his life. It seems that this is a case of wrong time, wrong place, and wrong situation. But so goes with anyone's life, not just that of an athletes, that your life can go sour in a heartbeat.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Tampering
Today news came forth that the San Francisco 49ers have filed a complaint saying that the New York Jets tampered with their First round draft pick Michael Crabtree. Speculation from an article on ESPN.com says that the Jets GM contacted the Crabtree's agent telling him that if he did not sign and entered back into the draft next year, they would draft him and give him the money he wants, making it difficult for the 49ers to sign him.
This story, if true, has similarities to corporate crime. This communication looks like fraud when two companies are communicating on a deal and a third company comes in and bribes one of the other companies under the table to make the deal with them. Stuff like this makes it almost impossible to do business honestly and makes it very frustrating.
Recently, news has come from all over the sports world of players committing crimes in their daily lives, millionaires shooting themselves and assaulting others. This story can also show that team executives can do backroom deals that would be illegal in the corporate world.
ESPN Video
This story, if true, has similarities to corporate crime. This communication looks like fraud when two companies are communicating on a deal and a third company comes in and bribes one of the other companies under the table to make the deal with them. Stuff like this makes it almost impossible to do business honestly and makes it very frustrating.
Recently, news has come from all over the sports world of players committing crimes in their daily lives, millionaires shooting themselves and assaulting others. This story can also show that team executives can do backroom deals that would be illegal in the corporate world.
ESPN Video
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