Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade has spent quite a bit of time in the headlines recently, but unfortunately for D-Wade, only lately have those headlines been about him being a possible MVP candidate in the NBA. That tends to happen when you make crazy one-handed running threes at the buzzer to rip out my heart and beat the Bulls in overtime. The MVP headlines also help push the ones about giving your ex-wife an STD or having wild sex parties to the back burner, which is a good thing in the image conscious NBA.
Unfortunately, not everybody forgets these possible transgressions. Wade was supposed to be an endorser for a new series of schools in the Miami area designed specifically for high school dropouts, and even had his name on the buildings of the D. Wade’s Schools. Now Mavericks in Education, who are running the schools, say that Wade hasn’t lived up to his end of the bargain and they’re dropping him from the project.
From PAGE2LIVE.COM:
Wade, 27, didn’t fulfill his obligations to the D. Wade’s Schools, said Mavericks in Education CEO Mark Thimmig. Those included appearances in TV commercials.
“We need to move on; the dropout rate is at epidemic levels,” Thimmig said. “This contract made Dwyane Wade the biggest celebrity committed to turning around the national dropout crisis.
“He was supposed to participate in marketing campaigns and public appearances, but he has not been engaged.”
Thimmig also took a dig at Wade by saying that Mavericks needs a pitchman with “strong family values.” Neither Wade or his lawyer had any comment on the story, though it’s entirely possible that they just didn’t hear the phone ringing with that wild sex party going on.
12:31 pm on March 16th, 2009
We dont know all the details here…maybe he didnt want his name on something that wasnt gonna be run correctly.
2:43 pm on March 17th, 2009
Absolutely stupid! A man's own sex life has got absolutely nothing to do with how much he cares for children or the well-being of human-kind as a whole. If he commited a capital crime such as beat his wife or raped somebody, that's one thing. But just because he enjoys having consensual sex with different women, to say he can't still be a great role model, just makes no sense. And when you consider all that NBA players that beat women, such as Jason Kidd, Jason Richardson, Glen Robinson, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest & others, all which I do have a problem with; Dwyane Wade is only guilty of having fun. Whether one should only have sex with 1 partner or with multiple, is ones' own prerogative.
1:52 am on March 18th, 2009
honestly this is something i don't think you can really hold against him. with all the things going on in his personal life i could see why he hasn't been able go through with his commitment to the schools. unfortunate but understandable. he's in a nasty custody dispute with his ex and i'm sure that takes priority over most things.
also Alex Akopyan not to attack you or anything but if that's your moral standards for life that's pretty freaking sad. the only way a person can be immoral is to kill or rape or beat someone? seriously? if you're married and you step out on your wife and allegedly abandon your children that sir is wrong and immoral. d wade is an incredible athlete no doubt but that doesn't mean he's a good man. he may be. he may not be. who knows.
and who he's sleeps with may not be anyone else's business but i gurantee it has a direct negative affect on his children. it's not so fun anymore when your ex is attempting to take your children from you. because of his "fun and carefree" lifestyle his wife wants sole custody of their children. how are thos boys going to learn to function as men without their father?
i know a lot people think it's cute and fun to bang everything walking but when you're married that sh*t has consequences. it's fine when you're single with no attachments but this dude was married with kids. which makes shamelessly whoring around WRONG. even if it's widely done in the NBA and in our society in general doesn't make it any less wrong.
oh and all those other guys you named off they're wrong as hell too. just because in your eyes he's not as bad as those guys doesn't exactly make him an upstanding citizen.
*assuming the supposed allegations are true that is.