It's cheaper to keep her

[Vic Vega]

Jordan knew that the possibility of paying out all that money was incentive for him to “act right”.
He didn’t.  Now it’s time for Juanita to bounce.  I suppose Juanita has been grinning and bearing it for years.  She’s obviously reached her limit.  Things would have to be pretty unbearable for her to relinquish him and his whole estate for only half of it.
Of course she deserves it!  Yes, it’s an enormous amount of money, but  wasn’t she  with Jordan before the money?    SI, you say is not worthy of Jordan's millions, I say it was a trade-off.  Perhaps if she had not been married to him, she would have made her own money doing her own thing.  We will never know.
Also, Juanita has grown accustomed to a comfortable lifestyle over her years with Air Jordan.  Should she be penalized for her husband’s philandering?  Should she be tossed back to the projects?  I hardly think that’s fair. 
Lastly, half Jordan’s current estate is a FIXED AMOUNT that Juanita will have to budget to last for the rest of her life.  Without the promise of future earnings, she will have to scale her lifestyle back accordingly. 
Of course it’s cheaper for him to keep her!  But she only comes out on top only if she stays.  There are no winners here.  (Except Jordan’s attorneys and hoze.)

ONLY half?

FIXED AMOUNT???

I find it hard no, impossible to imagine that Juanita will have to suffer any if she's forced to eke by on a measly 150 million or so.

Its not like she has a mortgage (you have to figure she's getting a house out of this too) or car payments. Or a raging coke habit. I don't see how living on 150 is going to be a struggle for her.

The logic that states that marriage is an equal partnership in which each party is entitled to an equal share of the value thereof kinda falls flat here, I think.

And Magic, the hoze don't win. They ain't getting any more than they got before. Jordan can just do his tomcatting openly now. Which might be a relief for the brotha, but I highly doubt the privilege is worth all that dough.

As usual the only winners are the lawyers. When the bomb finally gets dropped, I'm certain that all that's going to be left are cockroaches and lawyers selling them real estate.


 

[The Dark Wright]

I wonder will the base price of new Jordans go up further?

Man, from 100 and change back in '86 to 20 years later 174 and some.  Can a brother get a pair of 50 dollar sneaks anymore?

And the interest that Juanita will make off of her 150 mil is WAY more than she could earn on a year-to-year basis.  Paid.

[Mastrmynd]

they already did... or were they always starting at 118$

[supreme illuminati]

Jordan knew that the possibility of paying out all that money was incentive for him to “act right”.
He didn’t.  Now it’s time for Juanita to bounce.  I suppose Juanita has been grinning and bearing it for years.  She’s obviously reached her limit.  Things would have to be pretty unbearable for her to relinquish him and his whole estate for only half of it.
Of course she deserves it!  Yes, it’s an enormous amount of money, but  wasn’t she  with Jordan before the money?    SI, you say is not worthy of Jordan's millions, I say it was a trade-off.  Perhaps if she had not been married to him, she would have made her own money doing her own thing.  We will never know.
Also, Juanita has grown accustomed to a comfortable lifestyle over her years with Air Jordan.  Should she be penalized for her husband’s philandering?  Should she be tossed back to the projects?  I hardly think that’s fair. 
Lastly, half Jordan’s current estate is a FIXED AMOUNT that Juanita will have to budget to last for the rest of her life.  Without the promise of future earnings, she will have to scale her lifestyle back accordingly. 
Of course it’s cheaper for him to keep her!  But she only comes out on top only if she stays.  There are no winners here.  (Except Jordan’s attorneys and hoze.)

ONLY half?

FIXED AMOUNT???

I find it hard no, impossible to imagine that Juanita will have to suffer any if she's forced to eke by on a measly 150 million or so.

Its not like she has a mortgage (you have to figure she's getting a house out of this too) or car payments. Or a raging coke habit. I don't see how living on 150 is going to be a struggle for her.

The logic that states that marriage is an equal partnership in which each party is entitled to an equal share of the value thereof kinda falls flat here, I think.

And Magic, the hoze don't win. They ain't getting any more than they got before. Jordan can just do his tomcatting openly now. Which might be a relief for the brotha, but I highly doubt the privilege is worth all that dough.

As usual the only winners are the lawyers. When the bomb finally gets dropped, I'm certain that all that's going to be left are cockroaches and lawyers selling them real estate.


 

Magic and Cheirel,my wonderful ladies of HEF...


There is no cookie anywhere ever ever evereverevereverever worth 150 million dollars.The Virgin Mary's cookie ain't worth a 150 million dollars.Period point blank.Juanita won't have to scale back diddly squat in her life,and neithe will all of those other filthy rich wives whom are being rewarded for sharing the sheets with the man who brought the bread and made the cash.Nothing that they did makes them worth half the effort and labor that it took to acquire the income in the first place.

If MJ sat down half of his high school,pro and college careers and Juanita came in and played those games for him in equally sterling fashion? Yep,she'd be worth half of his estate.If she did half of his commercials,played against half of the players,cultivated the demonic work ethic of his and worked out at half of the practices,was equally talented and as maniacally driven as MJ is? If she made half of the business deals because she was half as marketable as he is? Yep,she deserves half.

But what she has done basically boils down to living in his crib and getting stuff through his bank account and having his kids.All of which MJ himself supplied either all of the effort or at least half of it.Therefore she isn't entitled to half of his money period point blank ever and that's it.Now,maybe based upon a mathematical formula and the kids she could come off with a mere million or so...you know,that way she could merely spend the rest of her life in luxury,instead of filthy rich triple snootiness.Basically,she would literally be entitled to Lottery money just because she shared the sheets with Jordan.That's really what it boils down to.

Plus,as Catch and others pointed out...how do we know that Juanita WASN'T gettin her freak on too? WE DON'T. All we know is that she's getting 150 million plus and she didn't generate a dime of that money.

The converse is ALSO true.

If anybody marries Oprah Winfrey,the don't deserve a damn dime of her empire.Same for Martha Stewart and Paris Hilton (I can't believe I'm defending Paris,but I am...). Nobody deserves a nickle of,say,Beyonce's money except BEYONCE.If you work for the money,the money is yours.Period.Nobody else's but yours.Until they bring an equal or equivalent value to the relationship--if you bring something of significant net worth to the partnership--you don't deserve the money that your mate made.Period point blank that's all that's it.

[Sam Wilson]

There is no cookie anywhere ever ever evereverevereverever worth 150 million dollars.The Virgin Mary's cookie ain't worth a 150 million dollars.

I'd like to meet some though, and put that sh*t on layaway... 

[supreme illuminati]

I have never been a fan of the 50/50 settlement across the board.Bottom line? Juanita didn't do one thing to be worthy of Mike's millions.Whatever you can say Juanita did,you can ALSO say Mike did.Mother? Hell,Mike's a father...THAT'S HOW JUANITA GOT TO BE A MOTHER.She didn't play one bball game.She never faced Magic and Larry.She didn't go to ONE bball practice and dish to Scottie or Phi Slamma Jamma or anyone.She didn't get her ankles broken by A.I.

Basically,she's gettin paid because she screwed the greatest bball player in history and lived with him.Hell,you can hit the club and get a maid and snuggle up to all your millions,man.The institution of marriage is getting so difficult on the downside that a lot of people--including me--are highly suspect of it.Hell,it's getting to the point that you don't even want to have kids anymore because she'll get millions just for that.She went through changes for nine months--which put you through changes for nine months--and she gets paid millions and millions for the rest of her life.From you.

WooW

Jordan is not hurting from losing that money. Not that that fact alone makes it right for her to get half.

What about the fact that she's been there since the beginning? I think even before he was a big star. What about her holding down the house and the family while he was on the road and probably knocking the bottoms out of groupies? Yeah he could have gotten a maid to take care of his kids and his house, but he didn't. Are you saying that a maid is a good substitute for a mother?

Jordan isn't hurting? Darling,you could be BILL GATES and that 150 million plus IS GONNA HURT.That's a major part of the reason that she went for the big bucks...to permanently harm MJ.Purely for punitive purposes only.The "standard of living that she is used to"? Yeah,she didn't EARN that.MJ did.HE PAID FOR THAT AND GOT THE CONTRACT MONEY TO LAVISH HER WITH LUXURY.If she went out and hustled up the money on her own,that's one thing.And you wouldn't find MJ trying to get half of it,that's for damn sure.

Somehow,though,I think that Juanita wouldn't've generated 300 million dollars all by her lonesome though,whatever her talents are.I mean,our boi REGINALD HUDLIN DOESN'T MAKE THAT MUCH,and I kinda sorta think that he probably is more talented and has more contacts than Juanita does.Call it a hunch.A nagging suspicion.

None of those women deserve a dime of the man's money.Notice how the rich guy isn't trying to snag money from the woman...rich or not.Yeah.That's a pattern.And even if he did? He doesn't deserve a damn dime of HER money.Somehow,though,people are intellectually insufficient enough to think that it's okay for the woman...WHOEVER SHE MAY BE...to snag half of the man's belongings,HOWEVER MUCH SHE DIDN'T DO TO EARN IT.My response to that?

HELL NO GETCHA OWN DOUGH.

Point blank.


ENDETH ILLUMINATION

[BarbaraB]

Jordan isn't hurting? Darling,you could be BILL GATES and that 150 million plus IS GONNA HURT.That's a major part of the reason that she went for the big bucks...to permanently harm MJ.Purely for punitive purposes only.The "standard of living that she is used to"? Yeah,she didn't EARN that.MJ did.HE PAID FOR THAT AND GOT THE CONTRACT MONEY TO LAVISH HER WITH LUXURY.If she went out and hustled up the money on her own,that's one thing.And you wouldn't find MJ trying to get half of it,that's for damn sure.


None of those women deserve a dime of the man's money.Notice how the rich guy isn't trying to snag money from the woman...rich or not.Yeah.That's a pattern.And even if he did? He doesn't deserve a damn dime of HER money.Somehow,though,people are intellectually insufficient enough to think that it's okay for the woman...WHOEVER SHE MAY BE...to snag half of the man's belongings,HOWEVER MUCH SHE DIDN'T DO TO EARN IT.My response to that?

HELL NO GETCHA OWN DOUGH.

Point blank.


ENDETH ILLUMINATION

If you were married and you and your wife were getting a divorce you would leave her with nothing while you basked in your riches? Two of their kids are still in high school what about their standards of living? Its not like they are going to be with Mike all the time, and probably not even half of the time. Seventeen years of helping to uphold his family man image is worth something, and so is having his children. Somehow though,some people are intellectually insufficient enough to think that Juanita deserves nothing.

Don't act like you don't hear about men going after their rich wives & girlfriends money because if you haven't then you must live under a rock, Darling.

[supreme illuminati]

Jordan isn't hurting? Darling,you could be BILL GATES and that 150 million plus IS GONNA HURT.That's a major part of the reason that she went for the big bucks...to permanently harm MJ.Purely for punitive purposes only.The "standard of living that she is used to"? Yeah,she didn't EARN that.MJ did.HE PAID FOR THAT AND GOT THE CONTRACT MONEY TO LAVISH HER WITH LUXURY.If she went out and hustled up the money on her own,that's one thing.And you wouldn't find MJ trying to get half of it,that's for damn sure.


None of those women deserve a dime of the man's money.Notice how the rich guy isn't trying to snag money from the woman...rich or not.Yeah.That's a pattern.And even if he did? He doesn't deserve a damn dime of HER money.Somehow,though,people are intellectually insufficient enough to think that it's okay for the woman...WHOEVER SHE MAY BE...to snag half of the man's belongings,HOWEVER MUCH SHE DIDN'T DO TO EARN IT.My response to that?

HELL NO GETCHA OWN DOUGH.

Point blank.


ENDETH ILLUMINATION

If you were married and you and your wife were getting a divorce you would leave her with nothing while you basked in your riches? Two of their kids are still in high school what about their standards of living? Its not like they are going to be with Mike all the time, and probably not even half of the time. Seventeen years of helping to uphold his family man image is worth something, and so is having his children. Somehow though,some people are intellectually insufficient enough to think that Juanita deserves nothing.

Don't act like you don't hear about men going after their rich wives & girlfriends money because if you haven't then you must live under a rock, Darling.

Hahahahaha,I LIKE that response BarbaraB! However...

In the issue of the 17 year olds? Yeah,I did half the work of the fathering aspect plus ALL THE MONEY MAKING.So NO she doesn't deserve half of the 300 million.If she did all the money making and half of the parenting? Yeah,not many people would argue that she shouldn't keep her money.In my previous posts,I listed how I emphatically think that Beyonce is entitled to every penny she has earned through her record sales,no matter who she marries,and whomever is her husband doesn't deserve a single peso of her income.Becase SHE earned it,not him.Same with Oprah,Madonna,Martha Stewart,the girls on THE VIEW or whatever that show's called,and the whole crew of independent women.

And YEP, there ARE raggedy men whom try to leech off of their women *cough cough KEVIN FEDERLINE cough cough*.But these sorry ragamuffins are the exception.And I think that they deserve NADA.

Back to the seventeen year olds...yeah,Juanita should deserve some form of compensation for that.As I stated earlier in my posts,a cool million dollars for turning down the sheets with the greatest bball player EVER and having his kids? That's literally Lottery money,and she should be happy to get it.I honestly think that a million bucks is more than a bit excessive,because...does it really take a million bucks to raise kids? Nope.If they need something,they can ask MJ.Hell,they might LIVE with him,and that way they would receive the best of everything.Live with MJ,visit Juanita.I think that she should honestly get MAX about half a million bucks.Don't sneer.I sorta kinda think that a half million bucks plus a round promoting her book called something like THE GAME YOU DIDN'T SEE would give her stupid levels of cash.So half a million bucks plus putting her name out there promoting works that she ACTUALLY DID and can ACTUALLY CLAIM CAME FROM HER OWN EFFORTS,and NOT basically bumming off of her husband.So go with half a million to about a million... given MJ's income? One million out of three hundred million seems about right...

And let's stop all this noise about Juanita being there from the beginning.There was only ONE person who was with MJ from the beginning,and you know who it was? MICHAEL JORDAN.As a child,MJ excelled in sports.As a child,he determined to make sports his way of life.Where was Juanita when MJ was in preschool or elementary or junior high or high school? Nowhere to be found.So she WASN'T at the beginning.Only MJ was.She met MJ in college,right? College is MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE BEGINNING.God blessed him with G.O.A.T. potential and the never-say-die ferocious demonic work ethic and unconquerable spirit that he displayed throughout his career.We ever see Juanita rise like a projectile missile and bring the thunder funk on Manute Bol or Mtumbo or anybody? Did we all excitedly jabber about the possibility of MJ facing MAGIC and the LAKERS in the NBA FINALS? Oh...we weren't givin a damn about Juanita then,were we? We were talking about MICHAEL.He was the one that got our hearts racing and imagination triple pumping into overdrive and awakening the inspiration to fly and BE LIKE MIKE...I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE.I don't wanna be like Juanita. I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE.

We are going overboard here with all the empathy and sympathy for the wives of superstar athletes...we're making far too many assumptions here.

Do we know if Juanita was gettin freaky with others? NOPE. Do we know if MJ was? NOPE,we only know what THE MEDIA SAYS.You know,that trustworthy media which NEVER bandies about racial stereotypes and stuff and which brought us debacles like the OJ case and many others.We can trust them.Jenn even has a link to YAAMS about how trustworthy they are.

That was sarcasm,by the way,and in no way intended to be disrespectful to women at all.But the points I made are quite valid.

Martha Stewart shouldn't have to part with a fraction of a peso to someone whom didn't come up with a single printing pattern or whatever for her company.That's like saying that--Panther God forfend--if Ororo and Tchalla break up,well...SHE DESERVES HALF OF WAKANDA.That's literally that kind of mindblowing dooficity that we are annointing here.Clearly preposterous.

Take a half a million to a million and bounce.It was hard on BOTH sides,I'm sure of it...but 150 million dollars? You can buy up all the top hitmen on the East Coast and from the former Soviet Union COMBINED for LESS THAN THAT.

[BarbaraB]

Jordan isn't hurting? Darling,you could be BILL GATES and that 150 million plus IS GONNA HURT.That's a major part of the reason that she went for the big bucks...to permanently harm MJ.Purely for punitive purposes only.The "standard of living that she is used to"? Yeah,she didn't EARN that.MJ did.HE PAID FOR THAT AND GOT THE CONTRACT MONEY TO LAVISH HER WITH LUXURY.If she went out and hustled up the money on her own,that's one thing.And you wouldn't find MJ trying to get half of it,that's for damn sure.


None of those women deserve a dime of the man's money.Notice how the rich guy isn't trying to snag money from the woman...rich or not.Yeah.That's a pattern.And even if he did? He doesn't deserve a damn dime of HER money.Somehow,though,people are intellectually insufficient enough to think that it's okay for the woman...WHOEVER SHE MAY BE...to snag half of the man's belongings,HOWEVER MUCH SHE DIDN'T DO TO EARN IT.My response to that?

HELL NO GETCHA OWN DOUGH.

Point blank.


ENDETH ILLUMINATION

If you were married and you and your wife were getting a divorce you would leave her with nothing while you basked in your riches? Two of their kids are still in high school what about their standards of living? Its not like they are going to be with Mike all the time, and probably not even half of the time. Seventeen years of helping to uphold his family man image is worth something, and so is having his children. Somehow though,some people are intellectually insufficient enough to think that Juanita deserves nothing.

Don't act like you don't hear about men going after their rich wives & girlfriends money because if you haven't then you must live under a rock, Darling.

Hahahahaha,I LIKE that response BarbaraB! However...

In the issue of the 17 year olds? Yeah,I did half the work of the fathering aspect plus ALL THE MONEY MAKING.So NO she doesn't deserve half of the 300 million.If she did all the money making and half of the parenting? Yeah,not many people would argue that she shouldn't keep her money.In my previous posts,I listed how I emphatically think that Beyonce is entitled to every penny she has earned through her record sales,no matter who she marries,and whomever is her husband doesn't deserve a single peso of her income.Becase SHE earned it,not him.Same with Oprah,Madonna,Martha Stewart,the girls on THE VIEW or whatever that show's called,and the whole crew of independent women.

And YEP, there ARE raggedy men whom try to leech off of their women *cough cough KEVIN FEDERLINE cough cough*.But these sorry ragamuffins are the exception.And I think that they deserve NADA.

Back to the seventeen year olds...yeah,Juanita should deserve some form of compensation for that.As I stated earlier in my posts,a cool million dollars for turning down the sheets with the greatest bball player EVER and having his kids? That's literally Lottery money,and she should be happy to get it.I honestly think that a million bucks is more than a bit excessive,because...does it really take a million bucks to raise kids? Nope.If they need something,they can ask MJ.Hell,they might LIVE with him,and that way they would receive the best of everything.Live with MJ,visit Juanita.I think that she should honestly get MAX about half a million bucks.Don't sneer.I sorta kinda think that a half million bucks plus a round promoting her book called something like THE GAME YOU DIDN'T SEE would give her stupid levels of cash.So half a million bucks plus putting her name out there promoting works that she ACTUALLY DID and can ACTUALLY CLAIM CAME FROM HER OWN EFFORTS,and NOT basically bumming off of her husband.So go with half a million to about a million... given MJ's income? One million out of three hundred million seems about right...

And let's stop all this noise about Juanita being there from the beginning.There was only ONE person who was with MJ from the beginning,and you know who it was? MICHAEL JORDAN.As a child,MJ excelled in sports.As a child,he determined to make sports his way of life.Where was Juanita when MJ was in preschool or elementary or junior high or high school? Nowhere to be found.So she WASN'T at the beginning.Only MJ was.She met MJ in college,right? College is MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE BEGINNING.God blessed him with G.O.A.T. potential and the never-say-die ferocious demonic work ethic and unconquerable spirit that he displayed throughout his career.We ever see Juanita rise like a projectile missile and bring the thunder funk on Manute Bol or Mtumbo or anybody? Did we all excitedly jabber about the possibility of MJ facing MAGIC and the LAKERS in the NBA FINALS? Oh...we weren't givin a damn about Juanita then,were we? We were talking about MICHAEL.He was the one that got our hearts racing and imagination triple pumping into overdrive and awakening the inspiration to fly and BE LIKE MIKE...I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE.I don't wanna be like Juanita. I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE.

We are going overboard here with all the empathy and sympathy for the wives of superstar athletes...we're making far too many assumptions here.

Do we know if Juanita was gettin freaky with others? NOPE. Do we know if MJ was? NOPE,we only know what THE MEDIA SAYS.You know,that trustworthy media which NEVER bandies about racial stereotypes and stuff and which brought us debacles like the OJ case and many others.We can trust them.Jenn even has a link to YAAMS about how trustworthy they are.

That was sarcasm,by the way,and in no way intended to be disrespectful to women at all.But the points I made are quite valid.

Martha Stewart shouldn't have to part with a fraction of a peso to someone whom didn't come up with a single printing pattern or whatever for her company.That's like saying that--Panther God forfend--if Ororo and Tchalla break up,well...SHE DESERVES HALF OF WAKANDA.That's literally that kind of mindblowing dooficity that we are annointing here.Clearly preposterous.

Take a half a million to a million and bounce.It was hard on BOTH sides,I'm sure of it...but 150 million dollars? You can buy up all the top hitmen on the East Coast and from the former Soviet Union COMBINED for LESS THAN THAT.

I'm going to end this discussion between you and I here because I just realized that I'm putting a lot of thought into something that affects me in no way. I just came from the casino around the corner from me and damn near skipped home all because I played 15.00 in the slots and won 5. and here I am discussing Juanita and Mike's MILLIONS.

Thanks for killing my gambling buzz Supreme

[zulu801]

whatever the laws in the state of IL say about of divorce settlements IS the law (like it or not) and if a wife or husband can get the most from soon-2B-X that has the $$$$$$, well it is what it is.  On the radio yesterday a woman caller said that JJ should get more than what she may be getting and then some.  I had to turn the station after hearing that BS. 

the law stinks but you got to do what ya gotta

[Catch22]

f course the law stinks!  No one should get half of someone's assets unless they worked TOGETHER to make that money.  Jordan was in the league for 6 or 7 years and already had a huge Nike contract before they met.  She didn't help build Brand Jordan.  She didn't shoot one jump shot, she didn't make one Gatorade commercial.  No one's going to tell me that she cooked and cleaned and took care of those kids all by herself.  If he's worth $300 million she had LOADS of help.  Hell, I guess the nanny, the cook, the maid, the driver, and the butler should get a small cut, too following that logic.  If the shoe was on the other foot, I'd be saying the same thing.  Bobby shouldn't get a dime from Whitney and he probably won't because he's a man...and a dope fiend.  Federline shouldn't have gotten a cent from Britney...who knew he was the more stable of the two?  Unless there's blood, sweat and tears from both parties, there should be an amicable settlement, but half is ridiculous!

[zulu801]

f course the law stinks!  No one should get half of someone's assets unless they worked TOGETHER to make that money.  Jordan was in the league for 6 or 7 years and already had a huge Nike contract before they met.  She didn't help build Brand Jordan.  She didn't shoot one jump shot, she didn't make one Gatorade commercial.  No one's going to tell me that she cooked and cleaned and took care of those kids all by herself.  If he's worth $300 million she had LOADS of help.  Hell, I guess the nanny, the cook, the maid, the driver, and the butler should get a small cut, too following that logic.  If the shoe was on the other foot, I'd be saying the same thing.  Bobby shouldn't get a dime from Whitney and he probably won't because he's a man...and a dope fiend.  Federline shouldn't have gotten a cent from Britney...who knew he was the more stable of the two?  Unless there's blood, sweat and tears from both parties, there should be an amicable settlement, but half is ridiculous!

there should be a law that states, in detail, "amicable" settlement bcuz within a lot of states after X amount of years, regardless if a spouse is/was with someone for y amount of years, when a person was or was not wealthy at the start of their marriage,  states say that a person can get 1/2. 

[Curtis Metcalf]

Y'all ever heard of a prenuptial agreement?   Without one of those:  "For better or worse.  For richer or poorer..."

[bluezulu]

If ferderline doesn't get mack or pimp of the year then they need to define the term. He basically  has become a millionair for doing nothing but laying pipe, only in America indeed.



mj showing he is broke up over the break up.

[D- Ruck]

If you dont' like the 50/50 thing, don't get married.