While brainstorming today, I became a little frustrated because I wanted to write an immigration blog that would appeal to many of us. First let me ask how many of you will watch the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs and championship game this year? You may be asking yourself how is basketball related to resident aliens? Believe me by the time you finish reading this blog you will be surprised at the facts that I learned on the internet.
During the 2000-1 NBA season the NBA had a total of 46 international players from 28 countries. Hakeem Olajuwon was a basketball player who immigrated here from Africa to play basketball at the
Because Hakeem possessed the ability to dunk the basketball, jump at high parameters, rebound the ball and block shots he entertained students, alumni and the television viewers across the
Although he hadn’t attained citizenship the NBA welcomed his skills to the league because his basketball skills had the potential to bring lots of earnings to the association. Currently, a ticket to an NBA may peak at $100 plus depending on your location in the stadium/arena. While employed by the Houston Rockets team Hakeem's salary peaked at 14.3 million. Tell me why is it that we are willing to accept those who entertain over the immigrants who only poesess basic labor skills?
Should those who poesses talent be treated better then those who don’t? Currently, Yao Ming is the most famous international player in the NBA. He has played against Americans in the Olympics and the owners of Houston Rockets decided to offer him employment here in the
It’s evident that these players are brought here to bring more revenue to the proprietors. Why does their talent allow their visas to be expedited? How many years are they allowed to stay here in the
I guess their talent makes them extraordinary so we must go to extremes to get them here to
1 comment:
Wow, you're on FIRE in this post! I think you make very valid points. Because, of course, for entertainment purposes, people like Craig Ferguson or Anthony Hopkins can become American citizens without any trouble, but those who work manual labor jobs that we need cannot. It's pretty shocking.
However, don't forget to either link us or refer us to the site where you found those stats on Olajuwon. And where was he from originally?
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