Money to Burn!

Some of you that know me, know about my passion for sole, and no, I didn't spell "sole" incorrectly, then you know I like fresh sneakers and host an Internet call-in talk show titled OSD-Obsessive Sneaker Disorder. 

Well, having watched many of the events that took place in Phoenix, AZ at the NBA All-Star Weekend, I find it unbelievable that someone was lucky enough to get a similar pair of the Nike basketball sneakers that Mr. Nate Robinson of the New York Knickerbockers wore and had the audacity to list them on eBay.  Hey, I was raised that if you were given something, you don't give it away and you certainly don't sell it!  Call me 'ol fashioned.

First things first, Nate a/k/a/ KryptoNate does wear a size 10 and stands 5 feet 7.75 inches tall, even though he's listed as 5-feet 9-inches tall on the NBA's website, the seller just witnessed their auction end with the winning bidder being someone with "1" positive feedback and a final price of $22,300.00.  Yes, that is correct-- twenty-two thousand three hundred dollars for a pair of sneakers!!

Maybe the City of Worcester can re-enter the footwear business and start manufacturing shoes and sneakers and sell them on eBay?  That would be one way for the City to eliminate the budget gap and we wouldn't have to hear about the proposed PILOT program ever again.  You never know.