NBA star (TMAC) in court over child support from Herald Tribune (Florida)

This is a delicate situation because I've know females who go after the big athleague for the big money its out there Im not saying this womans is doing that but its out there. What need to be clarified is how much McGrady wants to pay and how mmuch this woman is asking for. If she is asking for anything over the salary she already is making a year than she is a person who needs to be looked at. Also who knows TMAC is probaly setting up a trust for his daughter himself.

 

Oh come on, she is asking for enough money to live the NBA lifestyle.....

She has a miners hat on, and a pick axe, and is panning the river, what more do you want to prove she is a gold digger?

I feel for the child.

DD

 

oh come on,

if you're rich and you have a kid, that kid should live your lifestyle, do you really disagree with that

 

The sad part is McGrady isn't even my hero nor is he my favorite player. Yao is. In fact some think I'm a McGrady hater. I'm just calling a spade a spade. Really, is there reasonable doubt that this woman is not a gold digger? I don't think so.

By the way, no one here says that McGrady shouldn't pay to support the child. The issue is that she's almost certainly asking for exorbitant amounts of money to support herself, which makes her a gold digger. If you're going to talk about McGrady lacking morals or whatever, doesn't the woman have even less morals for selling her body out so that she can have McGrady's baby and thus get money from him a.k.a. glorified prostitution?

 

No not really. I think the kid should be taken care of but I don't think a person is entitled to the "good" life just because the belong to the lucky sperm club as Warren Buffet calls it.

It like saying I am legal obligated to buy my kid a Porsche when they turn 16 just because I have the means to do so. Its my choice what I give my kid beyond their basic needs. There is no entitlement to living the a life a luxury regardless of who your parents are.

 

On the way to work I was actually thinking about this.

One, it must such for Mrs. Mac to see this kid because it is a reminder of her husbands infidelity.

But worse than that you know this poor child will have no real relationship with him. I mean his real kids already don't see him enough imagine this poor child. All she/he will get is a monthly check. And then when she turns 18 she will be on a pole somewhere.

 

Which is why WOMEN need some accountability in these matters as well.

She KNEW her child would NOT have a father. It did NOT MATTER to her.
*HA, refer to my signature for this one*

Again, accidents happen and people arent perfect, they make mistakes. But if it was about the child having the FULL functioning family life, the woman shouldnt think
"High chances of absentee father, and my child will grow to have a complex and resent me, her father and possibly life....OKAY!!! "

 

Your sig is pretty r****ded. Placing blame on the woman. I bet you don't have much respect for women.

 

Nope, that is why Tmac should get joint custody of the child......and during the time that child is living with Tmac, she would live the lifestyle.

When she lives with mom, give mom a nice enough stipend to help with the bills and live a nice comfortable middle class lifestyle, until the girl is 18.

Having a baby does not entitle you to a lifestyle...IMO.

DD

 

I didn't ask about the mom, I asked about he kid, is the kid entitled to lifestyle of his/her dad?

 

how much should it be?

http://www.alllaw.com/calculators/Childsupport/Texas/

I can't vouch for the accuracy but it should give a ballpark figure.

Some of you youngsters are in for a rude awakening when you hit the real world, with births, deaths, marriages, divorces, kids, etc.

 

its not your choice, if you have custody of the kid and the kid lives with you, the kid lives in your house and rides in your car, and enjoys all of your luxuries. why should it be different if the kid isn't living with you?

 

have u guys watched those 16-yr old on MTV? u REALLY want to let your kid live the "rich" lifestyle from day 1 and not know hard work?

even if ur rich, u should provide enough for ur kids to live a nice life but not spoil them. like when they get their driver's license, buy them an old used car. but tell them to buy for it themselves and get their own job. why should a teen have a nice brand new mercedes?

idk, that's how i think. i don't care who u are. everyone should know the definition of hard work. rich kids w/ rich parents, their parents worked hard for their money.

 

Because the kid isn't living with you. Children are a give and take relationship. If there isn't as much taking, there shouldn't be as much giving.

 

No, I'm saying that he's never mentioned her before, so he is treating her differently from his other kids. Lets turn the tables here. How do you know that he IS in her life? Like I said, even if he sees her twice a week, she is still without a father 5 days a week. I don't know if you've ever experienced being without one or the other parent, but it is hard on most kids. So what if her takes her out during the offseason? Is that supposed to make it all better?

 

I totally agree with you. Both parties are in the wrong.

 

Would it be different if TMac was frugal and lived in a middle class 3 bedroom house with limited luxuries like Warren Buffet?

 

I think money is a small (but important) part of the issue.

Both parents need to be emotionally, physically and financially responsible for their kids. The only excuse is if the parent has a mental, physical or emotional disability that prevents them from doing so. Once you have a child -- the child's welfare (until they are 18) should be the primary consideration in your decsions.

 

Some of ya'll are realy pissing me off, how the hell is this not a 5 star thread?

I mean atleast now we know our boy ain't no p***y, his hoe pissed him off and he went and spread his seed.

Good job Mac!

"Mac has hoe's, he has hoe's in different area codes"

 

Tmac is indeed 'inconsistent'!