Reality Check: It's Just a Game, But It's One Man's Life -- and It's His

Just a note little to all the folks who are livid on the one hand, and those who are ecstatic, on the other hand.

• If a team owner wants to get rid of a player, that player is simply put out on waivers, cut or traded.  The player has no say whatsoever in the team owner's decision as to the player's disposition.
• Before free agency, professional athletes were like slaves.  They had no input regarding where they would play.  Hats off to Curt Flood, a long forgotten baseball who paid the ultimate sacrifice for professional athletes.  I seriously doubt if they even know who he is.
• Where a person chooses to work, to the extent that the person has alternatives, is entirely up to him/her.   
• Obviously everything is not about money.  Wouldn't you like to be in a position where your choice of employment does not hinge on the amount of your salary?  Evidently Mr. James aspires to win; most likely he can afford to pursue that goal. 
• Lebron James, though he has generously bestowed upon himself the title of "King," is just one man, living his own life.  He should not be construed as a beacon of hope for anything or anyone other than himself and the persons he truly holds dear. That definitely does not include all of his many, misguided fans.

In closing, I wonder if the good folks in Cleveland would be half as upset if King James was really King Jesus, and he chose to set up his throne in Miami.  On the other hand, I cannot help but wonder if the good folks in Miami would try to send Him back while still in airspace, or tooling down Highway 95.