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Jobless Father Of Two Bound For Jail, Turns Down $20k For Kearse Ball
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:42 pm
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If a $20,000 lottery ticket fell out of the sky and landed in the hands of an unemployed father of two who is going away to jail shortly, you would expect him to cash it in, right? That is basically the situation Scott Shelton finds himself in, and he has reportedly decided not to.
When Jermaine Kearse chucked the ball into the stands after scoring the game-winning touchdown in Sunday's NFC Championship Game, Shelton was the one who caught it. He said that a sports memorabilia dealer has already offered him $20,000 for the ball, but he planned to give it back to Kearse. He later indicated that he might instead save it for his son, but either way, the ball isn't for sale.
What would you do?
I imagine I wouldn't be spending a minimum of $200 on a ticket to that game in the first place, but does this make you a great fan or just an idiot for not cashing in, given you're unemployed with kids and going to jail the day after Super Bowl?
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This post was edited on 1/20/15 at 1:24 pm
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Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:44 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
How long is he going to jail for?
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:45 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
I know I would have given Jeter's 3000th hit ball back to him for free.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:46 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
Moron fricking idiot.
I know its a football that was a part of a big play, but he could go buy another football that looks the same as it, and use it as a memorial ball. Sell the frick out of it dumbass
I know its a football that was a part of a big play, but he could go buy another football that looks the same as it, and use it as a memorial ball. Sell the frick out of it dumbass
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:46 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
I think he's stupid but there are a ton of stupid people in the world so it's not out of the realm of possibility that all this publicity leads to a Kickstarter for him and he ends up with 100K and still gets to keep the ball. 
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:47 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
I'd sell it for $20,000 in a heartbeat
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:47 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
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I imagine I wouldn't be spending a minimum of $200 on a ticket to that game in the first place, but this this make you a great fan or just an idiot for not cashing in, given you're unemployed with kids and going to jail the day after Super Bowl?
Idiot.
First of all, those seats he was sitting in were a minimum of $600 on the secondary market all week. So he's either dumb for not selling his ticket, or buying his ticket considering he doesn't have a job.
If I didn't have a job and was offered $20K, I wouldn't even think twice about it.
It doesn't sound like this guy has been making very good decisions anyways
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:47 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
Would take 20k easily, it's a ball. A football. I'd buy a replica lol if I wanted a ball
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:48 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
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he planned to give it back to Kearse
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Jermaine Kearse chucked the ball into the stands
With baseball it's a bit different because they're hitting the ball out of the park....kearse threw the damn thing in the stands. If he wanted it that bad he should have kept it, I'd cash the frick out of that thing.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:49 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
Seems like an intelligent fellow with impeccable decision making
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:50 pm to TDawg1313
He may be a season ticket holder
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:51 pm to Lester Earl
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He may be a season ticket holder
Well if that's the case, then he's dumb for not selling his ticket considering he has no job.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:51 pm to TDawg1313
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It doesn't sound like this guy has been making very good decisions anyways
This.
If Kearse wanted it back, why wouldn't he open up his checkbook and counter the $20K offer?
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:51 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
I tend to agree that I would sell it, but I think you have to put yourself in that situation with a team that you cared about. For instance, in the semifinal playoff game (one game before the national championship, or Super Bowl in this case) and Coop caught the game winning td and threw it into the stands and it landed in my lap, I don't know if I would sell it or not. Hell, I might return it to him, or the University for free.
Now, if I were unemployed with kids, there is no doubt that I would sell the ball.
Now, if I were unemployed with kids, there is no doubt that I would sell the ball.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:52 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
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but he planned to give it back to Kearse
Da frick?
Kearse doesn't want it, he threw it in the stands. It's not like a home run ball where the batter never gets his hands on it.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 12:58 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
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I imagine I wouldn't be spending a minimum of $200 on a ticket to that game in the first place, but this this make you a great fan or just an idiot for not cashing in, given you're unemployed with kids and going to jail the day after Super Bowl?
I agree that it seems like he has already shown pretty bad judgment just by being at the game in the first place while unemployed and with a family, unless the tickets were just gifted to him, and he didn't have an opportunity to sell them.
I think it's pretty plain that the dude is a fool.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 1:03 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
I always tend to have the athletes' back, way more than the norm around here.
But there isn't a ball out there that if I caught I'd just give back to the player, i'd sell it every single time. In this situation especially, I get the excitement angle obviously, but Kearse threw it in the stands, I'm keeping the ball at that point.
Jeter's 3000th hit, Bonds 756th homer, I'm keeping and selling all of them and not feeling one bit of remorse for doing so.
But there isn't a ball out there that if I caught I'd just give back to the player, i'd sell it every single time. In this situation especially, I get the excitement angle obviously, but Kearse threw it in the stands, I'm keeping the ball at that point.
Jeter's 3000th hit, Bonds 756th homer, I'm keeping and selling all of them and not feeling one bit of remorse for doing so.
Posted on 1/20/15 at 1:05 pm to shel311
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Jeter's 3000th hit
I just would feel badly because Jeter's 3000th hit isn't supposed to be a homer. Not a fan in the park is thinking that they'll catch it.
ETA: And the package the fan received for giving it back was probably worth at least $100,000 lol
This post was edited on 1/20/15 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 1/20/15 at 1:08 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
If they're willing to pay $20k, I bet they would go to $30k
Posted on 1/20/15 at 1:09 pm to BayouBengals03
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I just would feel badly because Jeter's 3000th hit isn't supposed to be a homer.
I wouldn't feel "a couple hundred K, at minimum" bad.
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